Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 99396 times)

Nebula · « **Reply #60 on:** November 28, 2006, 10:07:23 PM »

heh thats crazy.... *I think we need to comment on the previous post before we post our own*

In 1879 Detroit telephone customers were first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #61 on:** February 03, 2007, 05:23:41 PM »

wow! long time no posts!
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickles the company once had.

Nebula · « **Reply #62 on:** February 03, 2007, 11:04:21 PM »

# Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the nation's first land-grant university and served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill Act of 1862. It was the first institution of higher learning in the nation to teach scientific agriculture.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #63 on:** February 03, 2007, 11:31:06 PM »

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #64 on:** February 04, 2007, 11:35:16 PM »

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #65 on:** February 13, 2007, 07:45:32 PM »

oh ffs, i am the only one who cares about this thread

ya, that was my fact, bitches

Nebula · « **Reply #66 on:** February 13, 2007, 07:58:45 PM »

The world's first international submarine railway tunnel was opened between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada in 1891.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #67 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:10:18 PM »

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".

hehe "tit"

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #68 on:** February 22, 2007, 10:45:34 PM »

this thread used to be cool at BCU

(where's trim?)

then again, BCU used to be cool

hehe

anyway (yay postcounts!)

40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

way to brainwash our fat kids, America

Nebula · « **Reply #69 on:** February 23, 2007, 01:01:54 AM »

The vignette on the back of the $100 note is Independence Hall in Philadelphia. There are three people depicted in the engraving. Two (a man and a woman) are in front of the hall close to the building; the third person is a man pictured looking toward the building. There is no record that the man and woman are embracing.

The hands of the clock are set at approximately 4:10. Although the time is not readily identifiable to the naked eye, it may be verified if examined under twenty-fold magnification. There are no records explaining why that particular time was chosen.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #70 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:55:47 AM »

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled...

Trim · « **Reply #71 on:** March 02, 2007, 07:29:31 AM »

Today In History
March 2, 1972
U.S. spacecraft Pioneer 10 was launched. It passed close by Jupiter and Neptune before leaving the solar system. It is now more than six billion miles from Earth.

starfleetadmiral · « **Reply #72 on:** March 02, 2007, 10:34:51 PM »

Women are 33% less likely to have schizophrenia.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #73 on:** March 12, 2007, 11:14:07 PM »

The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes... He was albino...

SGM82 · « **Reply #74 on:** March 13, 2007, 02:56:41 PM »

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #75 on:** March 13, 2007, 02:58:47 PM »

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily...
(i think i was one of them lol)

SGM82 · « **Reply #76 on:** March 13, 2007, 03:00:09 PM »

During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance :lol: :lol: :lol:

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #77 on:** March 13, 2007, 03:15:52 PM »

Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog...

Weasel · « **Reply #78 on:** March 13, 2007, 07:08:34 PM »

During the '70s, there was a rash of Thai women cutting off their drunk husband's member and feeding it to their farm animals. So epidemic was the crime that Thai men were often heard leaving their friends at the bar with "I'd better get home, or the wife will give the pigs a snack."

starfleetadmiral · « **Reply #79 on:** March 14, 2007, 01:56:08 AM »

Fact- Tribbles no longer exist in Star Trek. The Klingons wiped them all out.

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