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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Did you know the Lincoln and Kennedy facts?

Did you know that:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born! in 1839. I was corrected on this and he was born on 1838
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Kennedy.' I was corrected on this and the theater was named Ford at the time of the assassination. Thanks H.!
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Lincoln and Kennedy

Don't this little part of US history make you go h-m-m-m?

Monday, June 22, 2009

Did you know that Pet superstores now sell about 40 percent of all pet food ?

Did you know that:

The only President to win a Pulitzer Prize: Was John Kennedy

for "Profiles in Courage."

Pet superstores

now sell about 40 percent of all pet food

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.

Ghandi

didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Did you know that right handed people live longer than left handed people?

Did you know:

The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

The first known marketer of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

In a normal lifetime an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat.

The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Did you know that More steel in the US is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies

Did you know that:

The motto of the American people, "In God We Trust," was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly

than the U.S. treasury.

Cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of 11: $6,400.

More steel in the US is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Did you know that only 2 singles have hit number one twice?

Did you know that "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis is only the second single to ever fall from the number one position on the Hot 100 and then return to number one on the charts at a later date? These dates were 26 April 2008 and again on 10 May 2008.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-ivkeNQe8FgU/leona_lewis_bleeding_love_wetten_dass_am_01_03_2008/ - The most amazing home videos are here

The first was "Le Freak" by Chic in 1978 and 1979.[47]