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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Random Thursday

I just wanted to give you a few goodies for Thursday! Some of these are so dang funny....and some are almost hard to believe. Either way, they are entertaining... or so I think. 

Did you know that Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital?

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Time to break out your Seinfeld DVDs. 

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Is that even a word? I got the little red squiggle lines under it telling me that Firefox doesn't recognize it. 

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
Friggin' engineers. 

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
PLEASE do not try this at home. 

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19.You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
Yeah, I'll wait while you process that. 

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-star Game.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
Eat Mor Chikin

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
THIS is sad. 

There is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.
You're welcome, McD's. There will be an increase in Big Mac sales within the next few days just so my blog followers can count the dang seeds.

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
It's a good thing we aren't made of wood, eh? 

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
I am certain it's much slower than that. 

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Why?

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
Once again, Why? 

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
It's true!

Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.



For those of you who didn't think these were entertaining at all... here's a picture of a cat with a mustache.

2 comments:

  1. So.. once you get the cow upstairs, you should plan on leaving it there, eh?

    The Baywatch fact shows you the power of boobies, because there sure as shit isn't anything else worth watching in that show.

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    1. Either leave it there, or call the Wilson corporation.


      GASP! Do you dare question the power of the Hasselhoff!?

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