Technocrat Posted October 22, 2013 #201 Share Posted October 22, 2013 A few more: The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Wearing headphones for just 1 hour will increase the amount of bacteria in your ears by about 700 times. Charlie Chaplin won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. An ant always falls over on it's right side when intoxicated. Incredible stuff! P.S. Now I know why I get those funny tingling sensations when I visit the dentist! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 22, 2013 #202 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I wanna play! (applies to the US - not sure about "furrin" places) The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. The first (Real) people to be shown in bed together were Samantha and Darrin Stephens ("Bewitched") (It was actually two seperate beds pushed together) The first toilet to be shown on (American) television was on "Leave It To Beaver" The first novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer." The only food that never spoils is Honey Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women. 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. I wanna play! (applies to the US - not sure about "furrin" places) The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. The first (Real) people to be shown in bed together were Samantha and Darrin Stephens ("Bewitched") (It was actually two seperate beds pushed together) The first toilet to be shown on (American) television was on "Leave It To Beaver" The first novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer." The only food that never spoils is Honey Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women. 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. The last three about the statue of a horse is one that I actually knew - yippee!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 22, 2013 #203 Share Posted October 22, 2013 ....And if the horse has all four legs in the air, somebody's shot the horse! Brilliant. I never thought of that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 22, 2013 #204 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Hollywood has had a population of feral chickens living under a freeway since the 70s. Nobody knows how they got there and all efforts to remove them have failed. I bet somebody's cashing in on the eggs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 22, 2013 #205 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Dog food, most likely... Did you not hear about the European horse meat scandal of about a year ago? We were all eating the stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted October 23, 2013 #206 Share Posted October 23, 2013 If you attempted to count the stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all. Better start counting now then! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted October 23, 2013 #207 Share Posted October 23, 2013 one.... two .... three .....&%#^$ .. one... two... three.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted October 23, 2013 #208 Share Posted October 23, 2013 one.... two .... three .....&%#^$ .. one... two... three.. I think we might have problems when daylight comes round. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 23, 2013 #209 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) If you attempted to count the stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all. Better start counting now then! No thanks, I think I'll put that one on the back burner for now! Edited October 23, 2013 by Technocrat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 23, 2013 #210 Share Posted October 23, 2013 one.... two .... three .....&%#^$ .. one... two... three.. Keep at it, you'll get there eventually! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted October 24, 2013 #211 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Folklore vampires often suffer from arithmomania, or a compulsion to count. The Muppet vampire Count von Count is based on this myth. :w00t: :w00t: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted October 24, 2013 Author #212 Share Posted October 24, 2013 In Alaska, although it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted October 25, 2013 #213 Share Posted October 25, 2013 In Alaska, although it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. Solution: Shoot the bear then take pictures. Problem solved! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted November 1, 2013 Author #214 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for yellow-red. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted November 1, 2013 #215 Share Posted November 1, 2013 The Disney character that has appeared in the most movies, TV specials, etc is not Mickey Mouse... It is Tinkerbell... (She can be seen in the opening credits of each movie, flying over Cinderella's castle)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 1, 2013 #216 Share Posted November 1, 2013 In Alaska, although it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. Oh S*** there's no trees to climb and I've awakened a Grizzly, helllppp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 1, 2013 #217 Share Posted November 1, 2013 When Potatoes were first brought to England there was a big debate on whether they should be called Ground Apples. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted November 2, 2013 Author #218 Share Posted November 2, 2013 When Potatoes were first brought to England there was a big debate on whether they should be called Ground Apples. Guess what they're called in France then....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted November 2, 2013 #219 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I read someplace that the thirty years after the introduction of the potato into Austria saw a doubling of its population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted November 4, 2013 Author #220 Share Posted November 4, 2013 If you fail your driver’s license practical test three times in Switzerland, you have to visit a Psychologist to explain why you failed it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted November 6, 2013 #221 Share Posted November 6, 2013 A few more: Over the next thirty minutes your body will generate enough heat to boil a half-gallon of water. According to a 2011 article in Wired Magazine, all the personal computers in the world can process about 6.4 quintillion instructions per second combined -- that’s the number 64 followed by 17 zeros. That’s equal to the number of nerve impulses sent out by a single human brain every second – meaning it would take almost every computer in the world to process the data your brain releases each second. The amount of energy a typical human heart produces in an hour of beating is the same amount of energy needed to lift a one-ton object three feet off the ground. Humans are the only mammals that can’t swallow and breathe at the same time. Our larynx sits lower in our throat compared with other mammals, which allows us to make the wide range of sounds needed for speech – but it also means if we try and breathe when we swallow, we’ll choke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted November 6, 2013 Author #222 Share Posted November 6, 2013 No one knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted November 6, 2013 #223 Share Posted November 6, 2013 A bit about WWII... Among the first "Germans" captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians then forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans then forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army. At the time of Pearl Harbor the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced "sink us"), the shoulder patch of the US Army's 45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train was named "Amerika". All three were soon changed for PR purposes. While the war (WWII) raged on, business, trade and commerce continued between the belligerent nations. Usually with a neutral nation acting as a go between. This resulted in having the lens of the American's super secret Norden bomb sight being made by the German camera company, Zuess. That was fair because the German fighters trying to shoot down the bombers were made from aluminum from the ALCOA Aluminum Company of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Here's an odd one: (From Star Trek) When asked what his 'first name' is Spock explains that it is "difficult to pronounce" and says nothing else... In the sanctioned books that followed it was revealed that his first name is only difficult to pronounce in Vulcan... Spock’s first name is Edward (from his maternal grandfather)... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted November 7, 2013 #224 Share Posted November 7, 2013 A bit about WWII... Among the first "Germans" captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians then forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans then forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army. At the time of Pearl Harbor the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced "sink us"), the shoulder patch of the US Army's 45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train was named "Amerika". All three were soon changed for PR purposes. While the war (WWII) raged on, business, trade and commerce continued between the belligerent nations. Usually with a neutral nation acting as a go between. This resulted in having the lens of the American's super secret Norden bomb sight being made by the German camera company, Zuess. That was fair because the German fighters trying to shoot down the bombers were made from aluminum from the ALCOA Aluminum Company of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Here's an odd one: (From Star Trek) When asked what his 'first name' is Spock explains that it is "difficult to pronounce" and says nothing else... In the sanctioned books that followed it was revealed that his first name is only difficult to pronounce in Vulcan... Spock’s first name is Edward (from his maternal grandfather)... "Very in-ter-est-ink." (From 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh In' many years ago!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaden Posted November 7, 2013 #225 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Chuck Conners (TV's Rifleman) was the first NBA player to shatter a backboard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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