Without Alaska, the United States would have a smaller land area than Brazil.
Chile has both the world’s driest climate (in the north) and the world’s rainiest (in the south).
In 1915, the Texas panhandle almost became a state named “Jefferson”.
In 1900, Galveston was the largest city in Texas.
Elvis Presley was a Shabbos Helper for a family of obsevant Jews in Memphis during the 1950’s.
John Quincy Adams, while president, was frequently seen swimming stark naked in the Potomac river.
Who was it made for?
More importantly, WHY?
From the Sexual Records website.
The theme song to ABC’s Monday Night Football (the famous instrumental, not “Are You Ready For Some Football”) is not an original composition. It’s actually a piece of production music off a record ABC bought from a production music company.
It only took Matt Groening five minutes to create his original sketch of “The Simpsons” while waiting outside of James L. Brooks’ office.
Just thought of this one while posting in a Muppet-themed thread:
The Muppet character of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is modeled after Lord Lew Grade, the British television producer who was kind enough to take a chance and finance The Muppet Show when none of the major TV networks would take it.
Should be 1/4 ton 4x4.
:o
Blood stains can be removed from clothing with milk (go on, try it today)
…but don’t let the milk dry round the edges, or you have to try and remove a milk stain…
Almost none of those are true. It’s one of those horseshit things that was published a bunch of times by hacks like Dear Abbey to prove a point, in this case why everyone should vote. For similar horseshit see “You would have aborted Beethoven” and “The amazing similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy.”
Haj
An ear of corn always have an even number of rows, between 12 and 16.
I know this is true, but strangely enough, I have never actually counted. I’m that confident.
What is wrong with me lately? An ear of corn has…
Dammit.
You can drink a pint of blood before you get sick. Don’t ask me how I know this.
In one californian city (can’t remember which) you will be fined one thousand dollars for detonating a nuclear device within the city limits.
During the cold war, a tactical nuke was designed to be launched by mortar, and had a blast radius of two miles. The weapon was never mass produced, however, because the launcher had a range of (wait for it…) one point five miles. 
Hmm…
Peeps do not dissolve in water, or sulfuric acid.
Louis XVI actually inspected the gulliotine(sp?) that was later used to behead him. He suggested a number of means by which the device could be improved.
Well, according to this site:
And then there’s this place:
The bolding is of course, mine. Now this may simply be an argument over semantics, but enduring labour and contractions sure sounds like giving birth to me.
I don’t know if it’s true or not but this fact was mentioned in Fight Club which is probably how you know it
the headlights on NASCAR stock cars are decals
The French call the cloth used to rub on polish, stain, shellac, etc. onto wood…a TAMPON.
Almost 50% of the people in the USA are below average.
Fight Club!
jsc1953 said:
Hello? Infinity comes in different sizes now? What have they done to math these days?
One set may be denser than the other…
Dark Lord Davidson said:
Dang it. brother rat and Loverboy beat me to it.
donkeyoatey said:
You mean ‘in our solar system’… right?
I suppose I have to contribute something now eh?
[list=1][li]When houseflies land on the ceiling, they reach over their heads with their front legs, and grab on while they are still flying upright, which causes them to flip and land upside-down in the opposite direction. cool huh?[/li][li]If you are riding a wheelie on a motorcycle, you can stay upright even if the rear tire gets ahead of the front tire for a short distance (In my younger days, I have done this many times on 1000cc street bikes, sorta makes your friends eyes bug out.) by closing the throttle and letting engine-braking pull you back upright. If you continue falling backward, and need just a little more drag, sometimes locking up the front brakes (in the air) can transfer enough energy from the rotating tire to the forks to pull you into balance. This is favorable to locking up the rear brake, because, it’s more difficult to apply and keep your foot on the peg, and it can cause the bike to come down extremely hard.[/li]Earthworms have a whole planet named after them.