Just funny and interesting facts
April 20, 2008 on 7:21 pm | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
- The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia.
- The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear.
- The oldest working Post Office in the world is located in the village of Sanquer, located in the Scottish Lowlands. It has been operating since 1712.
- The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA.
- The name “Tonka” trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means “great” in Sioux.
- The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world.
- The most famous movie theatre is the “Chinese Theatre” located in Los Angeles, USA.
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Today’s dose of funny and interesting facts
April 15, 2008 on 10:20 pm | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high.
- The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, was actually built for use as a tomb by Mogul ruler Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum.
- The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.
- The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton.
- The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated.
- The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses everyletter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twxcommunications)
- The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel.
- The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens.
Funny facts about Vin Diesel #1
March 19, 2008 on 4:50 am | In Interesting, Funny Facts, Other Facts | No Comments- Vin Diesel can play all the instruments of a 100-piece orchestra all at the same time.
- Vin Diesel’s tears are at a frequency and pitch that causes pigs’ heads to explode.
- Vin Diesel once punched a man so hard, it killed his entire extended family and close friends.
- Vin Diesel made out with the planet Jupiter once for six years, but he never called her again.
- Vin Diesel knows all there is to know about The Crying Game.
- Vin Diesel invented the internet while trying to steal cable TV.
- Vin Diesel began as a prototype for the Stealth Bomber, but became self-aware and escaped government control.
Funny and interesting facts
March 10, 2008 on 1:03 am | In Interesting, Funny Facts | No Comments- The real name of “the” Bill Gates is William Henry Gates III. Nowadays he is known as Bill Gates (III). By converting the letters of his current name to the ASCII-values and adding his (III), you get the following:B = 66I = 73L = 76L = 76G = 71A = 65T = 84E = 69S = 83I = 1I = 1I = 1————–= 666Coincidence?
- Bill Gates is worth enough money to send every single 18 year old in the country to a 4 year college
- Bill Gates has been heard saying that he wishes to become the first private citizen put into space. He is worth enough money to fund his own mission to Mars, twice.
- The gene in cats that causes the orange coat color is sexed linked, and is on the X sex chromosome. This gene may display orange or black. Thus, as female cat with two X chromosomes may have orange and black colors in its coat. A male, with only one X chromosome, can have only orange or black, not both.
- A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.
- When well treated, a cat can live twenty or more years.
- Kittens are born with both eyes and ears closed. When the eyes open, they are always blue at first. They change color over a period of months to the final eye color.
- If left to her own devices, a female cat may have three to seven kittens every four months. This is why population control using neutering and spaying is so important.
- Contrary to popular belief, the cat is a social animal. A pet cat will respond and answer to speech , and seems to enjoy human companionship.
- Cats have true fur, in that they have both an undercoat and an outer coat.
- The largest feline ever recorded is a captive Siberian tiger named “Jaipur.” He is 10 feet 11 inches long and weighs 932 lbs! “Jaipur” lives is New Jersey.
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