Did you know 2

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Did you know that Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935?

Did you know that:

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."

The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.







If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun.






Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.







Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Did you know that Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world?

Did you know that:


The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.






Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e."





Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.





The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used.








The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Did you know that Fires on land generally move faster uphill than downhill?

Did you know that:

More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year.






The third biggest party day after New Year's and Super Bowl Sunday is Halloween.






There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.








There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San Francisco seven feet deep.







Fires on land generally move faster uphill than downhill.








In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Did you know that a Scatologists are experts who study feces?

Did you know that:




In the wild, the poinsettia flower can reach a height of 12 feet, and have leaves that are eight inches across.













India has the most post offices in the world.






The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.






A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body.








Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.







Scatologists are experts who study feces. (aka. crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, excrement, etc.)

Friday, July 3, 2009

Did you know that the Titan arum is probably the world's smelliest flower, it smells like dead animal carcass.

Did you know that:

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.







In 1943, Navy officer Grace Hopper had to fix a computer glitch caused by a moth, hence the term 'computer bug'.








If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, the answer will always be 5.

Titan arum is probably the world's smelliest flower. Originating in the tropical rain forests of Sumatra, this huge, extremely rare flower is a giant lily. It seldom blooms, but when it does the smell is described as something like the dead carcass of an animal























Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" was the first Hollywood film that showed a toilet flushing.









In 1935, the police in Atlantic City, New Jersey, arrested 42 men on the beach. They were cracking down on topless bathing suits worn by men.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Did you know that Charley Pride is the first African American to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?


Did you know that these were the first African American to:














Robert L. Johnson (1946 - ), founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) is the first African-American billionaire.








Diahann Carroll (1935 - ) was the first African-American woman to have her own television series, "Julia" in 1968. It was a controversial, yet Nielsen top ten rated show about a single working mother raising her child .








Ralph J. Bunche (1904 - 1971), a politician and a U.N. diplomat, was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace prize in 1950 for mediating the Arab-Israeli truce.









Debi Thomas (1967 - ), the talented figure-skater, is the first African American to win a medal (bronze) at the Winter Olympic games (1988). In 2002 Vonetta Flowers (1973 - ) became the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympic games.







Nathaniel Adams Cole “Nat King Cole” (1919 - 1965), a singer, song writer and pianist, was the first African-American to host a national television program, The Nat King Cole Show, in 1956.








Maurice Ashley ( 1966 - ) is the first and only African-American to be crowned International Grand Master of chess in 1999. He opened the Harlem Chess Center in 1999, where he coaches young chess players.








Charley Pride (1938 - ) is one of the most successful African-American country singers of all time, with a career spanning over 40 years and 36 number one hits. He is also the first African-American to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Pride was a baseball player with the Negro League and the Memphis Red Sox before becoming a successful musician.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Did you know that Pringles are made from potato dough?

Potato crisps were invented in the summer of 1853, by a African American George Crum.














The word “set” has the most definitions in the English language, 424 Definitions.

















Windmills always turn counter-clockwise.



The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating its letters is uncopyrightable.








Unlike conventional potato chips that are made from sliced potatoes, Pringles are made from potatoes that are cooked, mashed, dehydrated, and made into a dough. They are then cut out, shaped, and dried.





The man who invented the tubular cans for Pringles was a Proctor & Gamble Co. organic chemist and food storage technician named Fredric J. Baur


he received a patent for the package as well as the method of packaging Pringles in 1970.".



















Pringles were introduced in 1973.

Did you Know

Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!