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Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Silly Facts

Did You Know?
Some trivial "facts" found via a link on J-Walk:
  • The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is 'Live Free or Die'. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.
  • The forward pass was created by the football team at Saint Louis University.
  • The only borough of New York City that isn't an island (or part of an island) is the Bronx.
  • The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
  • The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.
  • If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.
  • Walt Disney's autograph bears no resemblance to the famous Disney logo.
  • It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
  • The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' symbolizes 'two women living under one roof'.
  • In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same.
  • Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he hosted "Lorne Greene's Wild
    Kingdom."
  • Ralph Kramden made 62 dollars a week.
  • Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
  • A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
  • More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
    Now, I feel enlightened. When I saw the Lorne Green tidbit, I can't help but remember the song "Love Train" which is one of my own little mondegreens, or "mis-heard" lyrics. I always heard the lyrics as "people of the world, join in, on the love train....Lorne Green." Stupid I know, but plenty of other stuff is listed at KissThisGuy.com: The Archive Of Misheard Lyrics.
    • || JM, 9:58 AM

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