"Did you know?" Random TidBits and Facts!

[tomtom22]

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

 

[Spartacus]

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

 

[tomtom22]

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

 

[Spartacus]

The turkey was named for what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin.

 

[tomtom22]

The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

 

[Spartacus]

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.

 

[Spartacus]

(I know your not supposed to double post but I found this and I have to post it before I go which is now)

Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

 

[systemlord]

The duration record for a face-slapping contest was set in Kiev, USSR, in 1931 when a draw was declared between Bezbordny and Goniusch after 30 hours.

 

[tomtom22]

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

 

[systemlord]

More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.

 

[tomtom22]

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

 

[systemlord]

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Do not try this at home...... maybe at work.)

 

[Chocobo_Blitzer]

The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

(That is totally nuts!!!, no wonder people go mad playing it)

 

[tomtom22]

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

 

[OORAH]

My name is Brandon


:rambo:

 

[Bory]

Yemen is an Anogram of the word Enemy

 

[tomtom22]

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

 

[Spartacus]

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

Holy :cen:

It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire.

 

[systemlord]

All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930.

 

[Spartacus]

Sam Ketterling has recently petitioned the court to have a local surgeon cut off his left hand although there is no physical reason to do so. In 1908 a German neurologist discovered a disorder called Alien Hand Syndrome whereby a person loses control of one's hand. Ketterling said in court papers that his hand was trying "to kill him" and that it was only because his right hand was stronger that he could rest the left hand away from his throat. The court denied Ketterling's request after acknowledging this rare condition.