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Lions sleep 17 Hours a Day
Chance that a Peanut grown in the US will end up as Peanut Butter - 33%
Before learning that he was a Marxist, Wall Street gave Fidel Castro a ticker tape parade
England's Stonehenge is 1,500 years older than Rome's Colosseum
"Caribbean" is dericed from the same root as the word "Cannibal"
On average, Americans go Bowling 233 times in their lives
I am watching 'Married With Children' will I type this - that's a fact!
Most valid credit cards owned by 1 person: 1,397
Charles Darwin suffered from seasickness
The Earth weighs 6,600 Billion Billion Tons
Oldest unchanged flag: Denmark has remained the same since the 13th century
Biologists have been able to teach raven to count to 6
Lions sleep 17 Hours a Day
Chance that a Peanut grown in the US will end up as Peanut Butter - 33%
Before learning that he was a Marxist, Wall Street gave Fidel Castro a ticker tape parade
England's Stonehenge is 1,500 years older than Rome's Colosseum
"Caribbean" is dericed from the same root as the word "Cannibal"
On average, Americans go Bowling 233 times in their lives
I am watching 'Married With Children' will I type this - that's a fact!
Most valid credit cards owned by 1 person: 1,397
Charles Darwin suffered from seasickness
The Earth weighs 6,600 Billion Billion Tons
Oldest unchanged flag: Denmark has remained the same since the 13th century
Biologists have been able to teach raven to count to 6
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Music CD's spin 10 times a second. Computer CD-Roms spin up to 100 times a second
"Lenin" was only one of 151 pseudonyms that Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov used in his lifetime
57% of Americans have pets
The Black Box on an Airplane is actually Orange
Eighty Eight, Kentucky was named by a guy who had 88 cents in his pocket on the day he named it
On average, a woman's heart beats faster than a man's
In the Old West, more Cowboys died crossing rivers than during gunfights
The Canadian Mountie haven't ridden horses since 1938
Nearly 17 million people around the world surf. Cowabunga!
A bowling pin needs to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down
Odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your liftime: 1 in 6,500
The Cliff Notes of "The Scarlet Letter" outsells the novel 3 to 1
"Lenin" was only one of 151 pseudonyms that Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov used in his lifetime
57% of Americans have pets
The Black Box on an Airplane is actually Orange
Eighty Eight, Kentucky was named by a guy who had 88 cents in his pocket on the day he named it
On average, a woman's heart beats faster than a man's
In the Old West, more Cowboys died crossing rivers than during gunfights
The Canadian Mountie haven't ridden horses since 1938
Nearly 17 million people around the world surf. Cowabunga!
A bowling pin needs to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down
Odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your liftime: 1 in 6,500
The Cliff Notes of "The Scarlet Letter" outsells the novel 3 to 1
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Rats can't vomit, which is why they are so susceptible to poison
On US Coins, all portraits (except Lincoln's) face left
Alaskans eat twice as much ice cream as the rest of the nation
Approx. 56,000 pigeons "fought" in WWII
You burn 26 calories with a one minute kiss
More people die playing golf than any other sport. Leading causes" Heart Attacks and Strokes
On average, you spend 5 years of your life eating
On US Coins, all portraits (except Lincoln's) face left
Alaskans eat twice as much ice cream as the rest of the nation
Approx. 56,000 pigeons "fought" in WWII
You burn 26 calories with a one minute kiss
More people die playing golf than any other sport. Leading causes" Heart Attacks and Strokes
On average, you spend 5 years of your life eating
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First Coast-to-Coast HWY in the USA: Lincoln Hwy (NY to SF). It opened in 1913
The center of the sun is estimated to be 59,000,000 degrees F
99% of the creatures on Earth are smaller than a chicken egg
Astronauts grown between 1 and 2 inches taller in space
At most, elephants sleep 3 hours a night
El Paso is the largest city withour a Major League sports team (Pop. 612,000)
Elvis owned 18 TVs
The center of the sun is estimated to be 59,000,000 degrees F
99% of the creatures on Earth are smaller than a chicken egg
Astronauts grown between 1 and 2 inches taller in space
At most, elephants sleep 3 hours a night
El Paso is the largest city withour a Major League sports team (Pop. 612,000)
Elvis owned 18 TVs
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From: limerick
Originally Posted by Clayman,Jun 9 2006, 09:01 AM
Did you know the origin of the saying "the whole 9 yards" is from fighter pilots in the early 20th century requesting a full belt of ammunition for their planes when refueling? The belt just so happened to be 9 yards long. "Gimmie the whole 9 yards" would mean they wanted a full load of ammo. 
