Topic: "Did you know?" Random TidBits and Facts! 13

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Spartacus · September 19th, 2005

If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park and many other activities without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for "maintaining the national forest without a permit."

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

tomtom22 · September 19th, 2005

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

Spartacus · September 19th, 2005

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

tomtom22 · September 19th, 2005

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

Spartacus · September 19th, 2005

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

tomtom22 · September 19th, 2005

The football huddle originated at Gallaudet University (the world's only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the deaf) in the 19th century when the football team found that opposing teams were reading their signed messages and intercepting plays.

Missileer · September 19th, 2005

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

tomtom22 · September 19th, 2005

Australia is the only continent without an active volcanoe.

September 19th, 2005	Post 121
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. __________________ “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 122
Spartacus Primus Pilus Gear	If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park and many other activities without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for "maintaining the national forest without a permit." __________________ Qui tacet consentire. Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. Nec Aspera Terrent. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.

September 19th, 2005	Post 124
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. __________________ "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 123
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

September 19th, 2005	Post 125
Spartacus Primus Pilus Gear	Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

September 19th, 2005	Post 126
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

September 19th, 2005	Post 127
Spartacus Primus Pilus Gear	There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

September 19th, 2005	Post 128
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	The football huddle originated at Gallaudet University (the world's only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the deaf) in the 19th century when the football team found that opposing teams were reading their signed messages and intercepting plays.

September 19th, 2005	Post 129
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

September 19th, 2005	Post 130
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	Australia is the only continent without an active volcanoe.