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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You Need to Know This --------------------- No doubt if you receive email, you have gotten at least one copy of email with a bunch of weird/neat/useless/interesting facts. Over the past year I have received six different ones. Here they are, all in one format, with dupes weeded out (hopefully). Some of these will make you wonder who had less time than you, and used it to figure some of this out. :) * The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. * The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. * The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. * There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of the thirteen blimps are in the United States. * Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. * Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. * David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. * Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of "F." * Camel's milk does not curdle. * "Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram for Jim Morrison. * The word "modem" is a contraction of the words "modulate, demodulate." (MOdulateDEModulate) * Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. * In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. * The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. * Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants. * Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games. * Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. * February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. * It takes a lobster approxiamately seven years to grow to be one pound. * Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds. * Giraffes have no vocal cords. * The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. * The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. * There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. * Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. * Roger Ebert is the only film critic to have ever won the Pulitzer prize. * Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church. * Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. * An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. * Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator. * The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. * Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. * It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot. * In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. * Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. * The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. * Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously * If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. * The most common name in the world is Mohammed. * Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. * No NFL team which plays it's home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl * The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver". * In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured * Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son. * One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. * The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game. * Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. * The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." . * If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom. * The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. * The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F. * A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. * Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula." * Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots * The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie "Barbarella". * Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. * A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. A whale's penis is called a dork. * The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children. * Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. * The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life" * Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker. * Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute. * Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight. * Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape. * The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows." * The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. * 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. * To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly. * A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of officers is called a mess. A group of larks is called an exaltation. A group of owls is called a parliament. Twelve or more cows are known as a flink. * Physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the sub-atomic particles known as quarks for a random line in James Joyce, "Three quarks for Muster Mark!" * Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. * "Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing. * The word "queueing" is the only English word with five consecutive vowels. * The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are "screeched" and "strengths." * The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is "floccinaucinihilipilification," which means "the act of estimating as worthless." * The abbreviation for pound, "lb.," comes from the astrological sign Libra, meaning balance, and symbolized by scales. * The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' symbolizes 'two women living under one roof'. * In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same. * Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." * A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. * In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1. * The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards. * The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." * The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. * The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. * Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic." * Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason. * Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. * The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead". * Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head." * An animal epidemic is called an epizootic. * The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used. * Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan. * All porcupines float in water. * Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio. * Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? * Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom." * If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall, you are entitled to receive $.10 from the town. * The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. * Non-dairy creamer is flammable. * The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.) * Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. * The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan. * Pamela Anderson Lee is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence. * When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. * The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. * 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 * 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. * Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village". * Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. * "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. * 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. * Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice." * In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam." * 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. * Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. * Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. * 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 * In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. * Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" in his 1950 book "If I Ran the Zoo" * It takes 3000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. * Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. * There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun. * The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1. * Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. * The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. * When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year. * It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. * The Bible has been translated into Klingon. * Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands. * Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka. * Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. * On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. * In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. * Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. * Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. * Average age of the Rolling Stones: 50.6. * Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can. * The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. * Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate. * According to one study, 24% of Iawns have some sort of lawn ornament in their yard. * Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history. * Coca-cola was originally green. * Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury. * Smartest dogs: 1)border collie 2)poodle 3)golden retriever * Dumbest dog: Afghan * The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. * Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. * Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up: 1 in 2 * Amount American Airlines saved in '87 by taking out 1 olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000 * City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong * State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska * Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4 * Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12 * Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% * Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% * Estimated % of American adults who go on diet each year: 44% * Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7 * Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36% * Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43% * City with highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington DC * Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman * if they had it to do all over again: 80% * Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50% * Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58% * Percentage of women who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 85% * Number of different family relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105 * Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 * Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. * Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70% * Average life span of a major league baseball: 6 pitches. * Coca-cola was originally green. * Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury. * Smartest dogs: 1)border collie 2)poodle 3)golden retriever * Dumbest dog: Afghan * The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. * Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. * Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up: 1 in 2 * Amount American Airlines saved in '87 by taking out 1 olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000 * City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong * State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska * Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4 * Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12 * Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% * Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% * Estimated % of American adults who go on diet each year: 44% * Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7 * Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36% * Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43% * City with highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington DC * Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman * if they had it to do all over again: 80% * Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50% * Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58% * Percentage of women who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 85% * Number of different family relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105 * Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 * Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. * Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70% * Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. * Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3 * Portion of potatoes sold that are French fried: 1/3 * Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonald's each day: 7 * Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90% * Percentage of mammal species that are monogamous: 3% * Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above national average: 50% * Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5 * Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7. * Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3 * Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanon * Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt * Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for "Profiles in Courage" * Only President awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buying vessels over shoals * Only food that does not spoil: honey * Only person to win $64,000 Challenge and $64,000 Question: Dr. Joyce Brothers (subject is boxing) * Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird * Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica * Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: pig * Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water. * An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. * In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. * Polar bears are left-handed. * Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. * Eskimos never gamble. * The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. * The youngest pope was 11 years old. * Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school. * Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses. * Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner. * Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined. * Hot water is heavier than cold. * The parachute was invented by da Vinci in 1515. * They have square watermelons in Japan. 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