Stupid Facts

[Shooter]

Flam or not to flam is not part of this discussion... we are discussing interesting tidbits of information here... Flaming or not flaming is interesting but in a different way <LOL>

Oh yeah, and as for the comma issue... actually I believe either is considered appropriate. Thats what I get for living with a linguist for 8 years...

[Matt87GTA]

Tracers work both ways.

[Obscene1]

Tracers work both ways

if you speaking of Tracer fire..then yes it not only shows you where your rounds are headed but it also lets the enemy know where to aim there rounds.


HOWEVER modern technolgy has finaly cought up to this proably that has plagged soliders since way back when.

Now tracers fire rounds Will have some kind of couting or some shit (some sientific word) that can only be sean through a Set of goggles/glasses ect

[Darkness]

out of the 1003 (or something really close) toxins in coffe 103 of them are know to give lab rats cancer.

[fuzzy moonunit]

cigarettes: not only do they make you look cool, but theyre good for you too!

[Agent91]

Racecar spelled backwards is still racecar.

[Darkness]

one million one dollar bill's laid end to end would strech 94.7 miles

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by Sweet35th

100% of studies on studies indicate that there is a greater need for more studies due to the inacuracy of the studies.

Lol! That one is great


• The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.


• Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

[SVT5LITER]

• Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.


• It is impossible to lick your elbow.


• At least 75% of people who read that will try to lick their elbow

[SVT5LITER]

• In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"


• Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.


• In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

[SVT5LITER]

• "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.


• In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".



• It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.

[SVT5LITER]

• Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
> Spades - King David,
> Hearts - Charlemagne,
> Clubs -Alexander, the Great
> Diamonds - Julius Caesar



• If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.


• Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

[SVT5LITER]

• The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.


• The youngest pope was 11 years old.


• The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.


• The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.


• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

[punch]

Tim's all over this one. Yeeesh.

Good stuff.

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by punch
Tim's all over this one. Yeeesh.

You opened up a can of worms on this one, didn't ya' buster

• Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.


• The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
~> Alaska!


• The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

(now get this...)

• The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%


• The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
~> $6,400


• The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
~> 61,000