| cflude |
DID YOU KNOW... Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song ""Happy Birthday."" They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
DID YOU KNOW...the microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
DID YOU KNOW...in England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak
DID YOU KNOW...that the planet Saturn has a density lower than water? If there was a bathtub large enough to hold it, Saturn would float.
DID YOU KNOW...Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time.
DID YOU KNOW...that a dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
DID YOU KNOW... that coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do? Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
DID YOU KNOW...a goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
DID YOU KNOW...that it is a misconception to believe that watching TV in a dark room is bad for your eyes? This myth was created to help sell lamps in the early 1950's.
DID YOU KNOW...the characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
DID YOU KNOW...that the spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the "water displacing" substance?
DID YOU KNOW...that Nestlé is the largest company in Switzerland, yet more than 98% of its revenue comes from outside the country
DID YOU KNOW...tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
DID YOU KNOW...that between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India?
DID YOU KNOW...that the IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war?
DID YOU KNOW...that lemons contain more sugar than strawberries?
DID YOU KNOW...Maine is the only state in the USA whose name is just one syllable.
DID YOU KNOW...that Brazil is the home of the world's largest snake, rodent, spider and ant?
DID YOU KNOW...that Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
DID YOU KNOW...that almonds are a member of the peach family?
DID YOU KNOW...no word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
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| dkny |
ahhaha.... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
that's funny...I read this on another forum already and it was titled "useless facts you should know" or something..that's some funny shiit Wilson...
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| wong |
Most I can believe, but this:
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DID YOU KNOW...no word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
I gotta research <_< |
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| cflude |
| Its funny that I found this from a Bank's internal web site... |
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| dkny |
wong:hmm???...yeah me too...ima do some research..
but what does that have to do with the bank????
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