Topic: "Did you know?" Random TidBits and Facts! 18

Bory · September 21st, 2005

Live splet Backwards is Evil

bulldogg · September 21st, 2005

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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.

And 700 of them are in Kansas.

Missileer · September 21st, 2005

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

tomtom22 · September 21st, 2005

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

ironhorseredleg · September 24th, 2005

In September of 1914, Erwin Rommel was wounded in the leg when he charged three Frenchmen with a bayonet because he'd run out of ammunition.

tomtom22 · September 24th, 2005

World Tourist day is observed on September 27.

Italian Guy · September 24th, 2005

Since 1945 Italy has had an average of one government every 9 months.

bulldogg · September 24th, 2005

Fried silkworm moths taste like overcooked bacon.

ironhorseredleg · September 25th, 2005

The last bayonet charge by an Australian military unit took place in during the Vietnam conflict.

tomtom22 · September 27th, 2005

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."

September 21st, 2005	Post 171
Bory Centurion	Live splet Backwards is Evil __________________ "Even if I wished to surrender to you - and I don't - I am commanding Australian's who would cut my throat if I accepted your Terms" Colonel C Hore, Siege of Elands River, 1900 If You want to See the Future, Read a History Book

September 21st, 2005	Post 173
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. __________________ “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 21st, 2005	Post 174
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. __________________ "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 24th, 2005	Post 175
ironhorseredleg Centurion	In September of 1914, Erwin Rommel was wounded in the leg when he charged three Frenchmen with a bayonet because he'd run out of ammunition. __________________ -------- If you're going through hell . . . keep going.

September 24th, 2005	Post 177
Italian Guy Milforum Hitman Gear	Since 1945 Italy has had an average of one government every 9 months. __________________ "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it". Pericles.

September 24th, 2005	Post 176
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	World Tourist day is observed on September 27.

September 24th, 2005	Post 178
bulldogg Milforum's Bouncer Gear	Fried silkworm moths taste like overcooked bacon.

September 25th, 2005	Post 179
ironhorseredleg Centurion	The last bayonet charge by an Australian military unit took place in during the Vietnam conflict.

September 27th, 2005	Post 180
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	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."