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Post by DameJinx on Nov 24, 2004 14:42:56 GMT -5
the world record a chicken has gone without a head is..........
18 months!
his name was "Mike the headless chicken"...
in Sept. 10, 1945, in Utah, USA, Lloyd Olsen went to ready a chicken for dinner.... his axe missed the jugular.. there was a blood clot in the chicken's neck... he took the chicken to scientist in Utah to be looked at..... the chicken eventually died 18 months later choking on corn meal instead ... just goes to prove that a chicken really can do things with it's head cut off ;D
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Post by latyrx7 on Dec 28, 2004 11:51:58 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]* 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. (The other 65% want to be. The grass is always greener...)
* 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 (kilo for kilo), hamburgers cost more than new cars.
* When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year (except on Seinfeld).
* 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.
* Average lifespan of a major league baseball: 5 pitches.
* 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. (Celery - What where they thinking???) [/glow]
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Post by heavyassault on Dec 28, 2004 13:23:48 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]The candy bar named Snickers was named after Mr.Mars favorite horse.[/glow]
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Post by autobotsdie on Dec 30, 2004 2:40:31 GMT -5
Texas is the only state that had six countries rule over it.
Texas is the only state that was a country before becoming state.
If they would have left Texas the way it was after it was annexed in to the union in 1845 then there would be no Oklahoma or Kansas and only half of Wyoming and part of Colorodo and Texas would be the biggest state instead of the second biggest.
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Post by Hoist on Dec 30, 2004 12:36:25 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000] * It takes 3000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. That's kinda disturbing! Back when McDonald's started it was the owner that was very maticulous about how many sesame seeds were on a McDonald's Big Mac Bun. He was very strict about it. True fact.
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Post by Perceptor on Dec 30, 2004 15:10:17 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]On the subject of the Lone Star State, Texas is the reason that the USA could in theory expand to 54 States of the Union without adding a single centimetre of extra territory. The reason: When Texas became a US State, it reserved the right to create up to five states out of its existing territory.
Useless fact 1008.EXT[/glow]
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Post by autobotsdie on Dec 30, 2004 21:41:17 GMT -5
Its a good thing Texas didn't break up into 5 different states.
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Post by latyrx7 on Jan 2, 2005 19:03:02 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]My Dad was one of the four members of a newpaper in england that created the headline that became the famous catch phase 'Beatle Mania' way back in the day. [/glow]
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Post by X-BOT on Jan 2, 2005 23:07:16 GMT -5
California Fun Facts
[glow=red,2,300]More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.
The television show Seinfeld was set in New York City; however, the exterior that was used for Jerry Seinfeld's apartment house is actually in Los Angeles, California.
Death Valley in southern California is the lowest point in the United States at 282 feet below sea level. The highest point in the contiguous 48 states is also in California: Mount Whitney, which is 14,491 feet above sea level.
It is estimated that each year there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in California.
California consumes more bottled water than any other product
The Capitol Records building in Los Angeles is built to resemble a stack of records. A red airplane-warning light atop the structure flashes out the word "Hollywood" in Morse code every 20 seconds or so.
thingy(banned word used as a neme,lol) and Mac McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California.[/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on Jan 4, 2005 1:34:41 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]A tenth of the 7 million tons of rice grown in the U.S. each year goes into the making of beer.[/glow]
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Post by X-BOT on Feb 13, 2005 12:18:06 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]For Lust[/glow]* Useless Vampire Facts *
One legend claims stealing someone's shadow (by measuring it against a wall and driving a nail through its head) can turn the victim into a vampire.
Most vampires are described in folklore as flushed and ruddy, with swollen bodies and bloated faces. Often, they can be identified because they're sitting up in the grave.
According to folklore, there are a number of ways to protect yourself from vampires, including the ever-popular wearing of garlic or a religious symbol. You can slow a vampire down by giving him something to do, like pick up poppy seeds or unravel a net. (They're quite compulsive.) Cross water and he can't follow. If you can find the body, give it a bottle of whiskey or food so it doesn't have to travel. If that doesn't work, either shoot the corpse (may require a silver bullet) or drive a stake through the heart. And remember, the vampire won't enter your dwelling unless invited
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Post by Perceptor on Feb 13, 2005 13:17:52 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]That only holds true for occidental vampires. Oriental ones have far fewer hang ups about entering dwellings and the like. Oh, and crucifixes don't work either.
EDIT: Oh, and the whole stake through the heart? Not enough to kill a vampire. To be sure of the job you have to stake it's heart. decapitate it, fill the mouth with holy wafers (from Holy Communion - the Body of Christ) and then burn the head and body separately and then scatter the ashes to the four winds. Not something you see Buffy doing every time she stakes a vamp![/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on Feb 13, 2005 14:49:44 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]Hey Perceptor, any way of telling me how to kill power gamers?[/glow]
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Post by X-BOT on Feb 14, 2005 16:54:34 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]Hey Perceptor, any way of telling me how to kill power gamers?[/glow] Ya, Power gamers always make me mad! , but Thunderwing is gone! lol
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Post by latyrx7 on Feb 15, 2005 0:29:35 GMT -5
Ya, Power gamers always make me mad! , but Thunderwing is gone! lol [glow=blue,2,000]See how annoying they are? [/glow]
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