There’s a little bit of South America on every Euro note.
Half the people in Ardee are innocent.
The Popemobile used while Pope John Paul II was in Ireland can still be seen on display in the Wax Museum along with a lifelike waxwork of the pope.
Joe Kapp was the starting quarterback in a Rose Bowl, a Super Bowl, and a Grey Cup championship game.
Elmore is the real first name of actor Rip Torn.
spiders dont have lungs…merely alveoli on the surface of their skin…now isnt that surprising considering the dimensions of an air particle compared with the creature’s miniature size?
this, boys and girls, is what we call an open blood system…
well, you DiD ask for random, and i AM king…
G is the seventh letter of the alphabet. It starts words such as Great and Gargantuan. I like G. It sounds nice. Oh, right, the fact…er - If you lick a power socket, you will turn into a Mighty Morphin’ Power Ranger.
Roundabout was the original name of Deep Purple.
Romulus and Remus’ mother was named Rhea Silvia… she was a vestal virgin prior to getting… in the family way.
The goldfish eating fad that started back in the 1950’s was originally started by a magician named Matt Schulien in Chicago, IL. It was originally done as a stunt and was a COMPLETE HOAX. He would grab a goldfish out of the tank, then cleverly replace it with a carrot skin shaving while looking as if he were placing the fish in his mouth. He would making it wriggle in between his lips so it looked like a goldfish tail. Some college students saw this feat, thought it was real, and started doing it for real.
Leslie Nielsen is from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada… his brother, Eric Nielsen, is a high-ranking Canadian politician as a Member of Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.
Armadillos (armadillo is spanish for “little armored thing”) are the only mammals with a shell.
Dallas Cowboy coach Jimmy Johnson and rock singer Janis Joplin were high school clasmates in Port Arthur, Texas, and their photos appear side-by-side in their Senior class yearbook.
King Kong’s roar, in the 1933 film, was a lion’s and a tiger’s roar combined and run backwards.
Symptoms of schistosomiasis (rash, fever, chills, muscle aches) is caused by eggs deposited by the worms Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, or S. japonicum.
Miyamota Musashi, the great Japanese swordsman, fought his first duel at age 13. His opponent that day was Arima Kibei, who was already famous in the area
Arthur and Louis are the first names (respectively) of pianists Ferrante and Telcher.
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Rimshots are often confused with cross sticks, which are both played on a snare drum.
My height increased by 3/4" in the year subsequent to meeting my future wife.
Eggshell accounts for approximately 9 to 12% of the egg’s total weight.
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No two snowflakes are alike, but there have been a couple which show a stunning resemblance.
Echelon is watching us.