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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Did you know that in the United States and Canada, hazing is often associated with Greek-letter organizations (college fraternities and sororities)?

Did you know that hazing is the practice of various rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group?

Did you know that hazing is seen in many different types of social groups, including in gangs, sports teams, schools, military units, workplaces and fraternities?

Did you know that in the United States and Canada, hazing is often associated with Greek-letter organizations (college fraternities and sororities)?

Did you know that hazing is often prohibited by law and may comprise either physical (possibly violent) or psychological abuse. It may also include nudity or sexually oriented activities?[1]

 
Did you know that there is anti-hazing legislation in several countries, e.g. in France (the French term is bizutage) imposing a punishment up to six months in prison or 7,500 ?

Did you know that in 2011: in Andover, MA, two Andover High School basketball players were expelled and five were suspended for pressuring underclassmen to play "wet biscuit," where the loser was forced to eat a semen-soaked cookie."?








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Did you know that the World Record for a Tether Car is 214.36 miles an hour?



Did you know that Tether Cars are model racing cars powered by miniature internal combustion engines and tethered to a central post?

Did you know that Tether Cars unlike radio control cars, the driver has no remote control over the model's speed or steering?

Did you know that Tether cars are about 12–24 inches (30–61 cm) long, 3–4 inches (7.6–10 cm) wide, run on rubber tires 3–4 inches (7.6–10 cm) in diameter, have a cast metal body (usually magnesium and aluminum, but also fiberglass and wood bodies), and have robust gear drives?

Did you know that Tether cars were developed beginning in the 1920s–30s and still are built, raced and collected today?

Did you know that Tether Cars were first made by hobby craftsmen, tether cars were later produced in small numbers by commercial manufacturers such as Dooling Brothers (California), Dick McCoy (Duro-Matic Products), Garold Frymire (Fryco Engineering) BB Korn, and many others?

Did you know that examples of the early cars, made from 1930s to the 1960s, are avidly collected today and command prices in the thousands of dollars?

Did you know that the World Record for a Tether Car is  214.36 miles an hour?

Class Date Driver Speed
km/h mph
WMCR I (1.5cm³) December 9, 2006 Sweden Jan-Erik Falk 268.697 166.961
WMCR II (2.5cm³) May 31, 2008 Estonia Priit Hoyer 283.942 176.433
WMCR III (3.5cm³) August 13, 2004 Estonia Mart Sepp 293.375 182.295
WMCR IV (5cm³) July 1, 2012 Sweden Jan-Erik Falk 310.708 193.065
WMCR V (10cm³) March 29, 2009 Italy Gualtiero Picco 344.959 214.358









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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Did you know that Grover Cleveland was the President that appeared on the 1000 dollar bill?

Did you know that $1000 bills were first issued in 1861 and continued to be printed in different types until the 1934-A series?



Did you know that bill Circulation of bills larger than $100 was halted by President Richard Nixon in July 1969 to combat organized crime by making it more difficult to hide movements of large amounts of currency?

 Did you know that a 1000 dollar bill is no longer in use?

Did you know that Grover Cleveland was the President that appeared on the 1000 dollar bill?

Did you know that the last printed 1000 dollar was in 1945?

Did you know that $1000 bills were rarely used at the time and are effectively gone from circulation today?









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Did you know that a blue moon is never really blue?

Did you know that a blue moon is the appearance of the third full moon in a season that has four full moons, instead of the usual three?

Did you know that a blue moon is never really blue?

Did you know that because a blue moon occurs only every two or three years, the term blue moon is used colloquially to mean a rare event, as in the phrase "once in a blue moon"?[2]

Did you know that the Maine Farmers' Almanac says that blue moons will occur?
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Did you know that Rifca Stanescu became the world’s youngest grand mother at just 23?

Did you know that Rifca Stanescu became the world’s youngest grand mother at just 23?

Did you know that Rifca Stanescu, is from the village of Investi, Romania?

Did you know that Rifca Stanescu was 12 when she had her first child Maria?

Did you know that Maria gave birth to her son Ion while only 11?

 Did you know that Rifca had married jewellery seller Ionel Stanescu when she was 11 and he was 13?

 Did you know that Rifca mother also named Maria also became the world youngest great-grand at 40?







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Did you know that Wheeler won $500, 000 dollars for winning the Bass Fishing contest?

Did you know that Jacob Wheeler won the Bass Fishing contest that was sponsored by Walmart?


Did you know that Wheeler won $500, 000 dollars for winning the Bass Fishing contest?


Did you know that wheeler became the youngest angler at 21-year-old to win the Forrest Wood Cup?


 Did you know that Wheeler current resides in Indianapolis, IN ?

Did you know that the top 10 pros finished the tournament in?

1st: Fatheadz pro Jacob Wheeler, Indianapolis, Ind., 20 bass, 60-1, $500,000
2nd: Straight Talk pro Scott Canterbury, Springville, Ala., 20 bass, 52-12, $100,000
3rd: Chevy pro Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 20 bass, 52-4, $75,000
4th: National Guard pro Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 20 bass, 51-12, $60,000
5th: Castrol pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 20 bass, 49-13, $50,000
6th: Chevy pro Jay Yelas, Corvallis, Ore., 20 bass, 48-4, $45,000
7th: Andy Morgan, Dayton, Tenn., 19 bass, 47-7, $40,000
8th: Troy Morrow, Eastanollee, Ga., 20 bass, 46-11, $35,000
9th: Chevy pro Dion Hibdon, Sunrise Beach, Mo., 18 bass, 46-6, $30,000
10th: Chevy pro Luke Clausen, Spokane, Wash., 18 bass, 43-11, $25,000









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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Did you know that Postmen serve over 150 million addresses six days a week?

Did you know that although your dog won’t bite you in 2009,  2,863 Postal Workers were bitten?

Did you know that you don't have to stand in in line when you go to the Post Office?

Did you know that you can buy stamps online at usps.com

Did you know that you can place a hold on your mail, change your address and apply for a passport all from the comfort of your home?

Did you know that the Post Office even offer free package pickup and free flat-rate envelopes and boxes all delivered right to your doorstep?

Did you know that Media Mail is a bargain that many people don't ask for? 

Did you know sending a 10 pound package of books from New York City to San Francisco through Media Mail cost $5/89, compared with Parcel Post $16.77? 

Did you know that Media Mail is not only books, it is also manuscripts, DVDs and CDs?



6. Did you know that UPS and FedEx charge you $10 for messing up an address? Did you know that Post Office don't charge you anything, they just send it back?


Did you know that it is better to use a ballpoint pen, because they don't run like a felt tip marker?.



Did you know that Postmen serve over 150 million addresses six days a week? 


Did you know that most postal workers don’t mind if you pull up to their trucks to get your mail earlier? Although though they do have an issue if pull up to the window and wait for them to deliver it to you!







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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!