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 foxy_fuchsia
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A funny list of useless facts!
Have a read...
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.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
An oyster is 90% testicle.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get
fired."
Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine
gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9
yards."
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic stopped
as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to
realize that *this* was the day of the changeover.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging."
Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb.
An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
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ClintsBug
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| posted on November 12th, 2005 at 11:35 PM |
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I read somewhere that 'Go' is the shortest sentence ... not sure though ... :alien
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"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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[ Edited on 12-11-2005 by ClintsBug ]
:P "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." :P |
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| posted on November 13th, 2005 at 04:24 AM |
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The modern salute is derived from medieval times. Two passing knights would lift thier helmets to show their faces.
The handshake also goes back to medieval times. The extending of an open right hand showed you were unarmed.
The gesture of two fingers in the air that we all know as get f##ked, again medieval. Captured archers would have their "bow fingers" cut off.
Escaping archers would hold these fingers up to show they were still a threat.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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theverybigtallman
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| posted on November 14th, 2005 at 01:54 PM |
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in texas it is illegal to consume roadkill
early 60s beetle for sale - ex bush basher - spares - $100 or offers
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ColumBUS
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| posted on November 14th, 2005 at 03:22 PM |
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in lebanon, a man has the right to consumate love to any animal, so long as it is female. consumating with a male animal in punishable by death.
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WABaja
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| posted on November 15th, 2005 at 06:57 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by foxy_fuchsia
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.
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And if the Horse has All 4 Legs in the Air....
The Person died as a result of having A BLOODY HORSE FALL ON THEM....!!!!!
:P
:alien
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....
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 vw54
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| posted on November 15th, 2005 at 07:04 AM |
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yep very usless.
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Midlife crisis
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| posted on November 15th, 2005 at 07:09 PM |
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Did you know that a slug has 4 noses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
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