Topic: "Did you know?" Random TidBits and Facts! 11

FutureDevilDog · September 17th, 2005

Cicadas, as in the insect, will lay their eggs in the ground, and it takes 7 years before they hatch and morph into the big noisy bug. They live only long enough to reproduce and lay more eggs (usually less that 8 hours) before they die.

tomtom22 · September 17th, 2005

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Spartacus · September 19th, 2005

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Spartacus · September 19th, 2005

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.

tomtom22 · September 19th, 2005

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

One thousand

Spartacus · September 19th, 2005

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

September 17th, 2005	Post 101
FutureDevilDog Tribuni Angusticlavii	Cicadas, as in the insect, will lay their eggs in the ground, and it takes 7 years before they hatch and morph into the big noisy bug. They live only long enough to reproduce and lay more eggs (usually less that 8 hours) before they die. __________________ /rant

September 17th, 2005	Post 102
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." __________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations

September 19th, 2005	Post 103
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 __________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill

September 19th, 2005	Post 104
Spartacus Primus Pilus Gear	Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka. __________________ Qui tacet consentire. Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. Nec Aspera Terrent. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.

September 19th, 2005	Post 105
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Coca-Cola was originally green.

September 19th, 2005	Post 106
Spartacus Primus Pilus Gear	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.

September 19th, 2005	Post 107
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!

September 19th, 2005	Post 108
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand

September 19th, 2005	Post 109
Spartacus Primus Pilus Gear	When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year

September 19th, 2005	Post 110
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.