October 15, 2011
FW: A Fun Physiological Test
The first three words I spotted for myself were: funny, fat, and pretty. I guess I am a pretty funny fat person, or maybe a funny person who is pretty fat Ü. Hope you have fun with this!
Archive for the ‘Trivia’ Category.
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September 10, 2011
FW: September 11th Statistics
- Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819
- Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
- Number of NYPD officers killed: 23
- Number of Port Authority police officers killed: 37
- Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60
- Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
- Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
- Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
- Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22
- Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115
- Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
- Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
- Bodies found “intact”: 289
- Body parts found: 19,858
- Number of families who got no remains: 1,717
- Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center:36,000
- Total units of donated blood actually used: 258
- Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609
- Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051
- Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20
- Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300
- Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
- Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98
- Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124
- Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99
- Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100
- Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6
- Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81
- Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26
- Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714
- Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion
- Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
- Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
- Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion
- Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11:$40.2 billion
- Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 billion
- Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion
- Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million
- Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25
- Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow:$1 million
- Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9
- Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40
- Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50
- Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered “inappropriate” to play after 9/11: 150
- Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26
- Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup:30,000
- Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110
- Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million
- Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000
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July 21, 2011
FW: High School Exam
New High School Exit Exam,
(Passing requires only 4 correct answers)
1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI’s first name?
8 ) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Remember, you need only 4 correct answers to pass.
Check your answers below ….
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November
5) What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs
7) What was King George VI’s first name? Albert
8 ) What color is a purple finch? Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange (of course)
What do you mean, you failed?
Me, too.
(And if you try to tell me you passed, you LIED!)
Pass this on to some brilliant friends, so they may feel useless too!.
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March 19, 2011
FW: Baby Boomer Game Memory Test
Have a paper and pencil handy to record your answers. Your mind isn’t as sharp as it once was (in case you hadn’t noticed)! This is NOT a pushover test. It’s a Baby Boomer Era test! There are 20 multiple choice questions. Average total score is 12. This one will be difficult for the younger set. Have fun, but no peeking! When you forward this to your friends/family, put your score in the subject line and let them know your score. Good luck!
1. What builds strong bodies 12 ways?
A. Flintstones vitamins
B. The Buttmaster
C. Spaghetti
D. Wonder Bread
E. Orange Juice
F. Milk
G. Cod Liver Oil
2. Before he was Muhammed Ali, he was:
A. Sugar Ray Robinson.
B. Roy Orbison.
C. Gene Autry.
D. Rudolph Valentino.
E. Fabian.
F. Mickey Mantle.
G. Cassius Clay.
3. Pogo, the comic strip character said, ‘We have met the enemy and….
A. It’s you.
B. He is us.
C. It’s the Grinch.
D. He wasn’t home.
E. He’s really me and you.
F. We quit.
G. He surrendered.
4. Good night, David.
A. Good night, Chet.
B. Sleep well.
C. Good night, Irene.
D. Good night, Gracie.
E. See you later, alligator.
F. Until tomorrow.
G. Good night, Steve.
5. You’ll wonder where the yellow went.
A. When you use Tide.
B. When you lose your crayons.
C. When you clean your tub.
D. If you paint the room blue.
E. If you buy a soft water tank.
F. When you use Lady Clairol.
G. When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
6. Before he was the Skipper’s Little Buddy, Bob Denver was Dobie’s friend:
A. Stuart Whitman.
B Randolph Scott.
C. Steve Reeves.
D. Maynard G. Krebs.
E. Corky B. Dork.
F. Dave the Whale.
G. Zippy Zoo.
7. Liar, liar…
A. You’re a liar.
B. Your nose is growing.
C. Pants on fire.
D. Join the choir
E. Jump up higher.
F. On the wire.
G. I’m telling Mom.
8. Meanwhile, back in Metropolis, Superman fights a never ending battle for truth, justice and…..
A. Wheaties.
B. Lois Lane.
C. TV ratings.
D. World peace.
E. Red tights.
F. The American way.
G. News headlines.
9. Hey kids! What time is it?
A. It’s time for Yogi Bear.
B It’s time to do your homework.
C. It’s Howdy Doody Time.
D. It’s time for Romper Room.
E. It’s bedtime.
F. The Mighty Mouse Hour.
G. Scoopy Doo Time.
10. Lions and tigers and bears….
A. Yikes.
B. Oh, no.
C. Gee whiz.
D. I’m scared.
E. Oh my.
F. Help! Help!
G. Let’s run.
11. Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone….
A. Over 40.
B. Wearing a uniform.
C. Carrying a briefcase.
D. Over 30.
E. You don’t know.
F. Who says, ‘Trust me’.
G. Who eats tofu.
12. NFL quarterback who appeared in a television commercial wearing women’s stockings:
A. Troy Aikman
B. Kenny Stabler
C. Joe Namath
D. Roger Staubach
E. Joe Montana
F. Steve Young
G. John Elway
13. Brylcream…
A. Smear it on.
B. You’ll smell great.
C. Tame that cowlick.
D. Grease ball heaven.
E. It’s a dream.
F. We’re your team.
G. A little dab’ll do ya.
14. I found my thrill…
A. In Blueberry muffins.
B. With my man, Bill.
C. Down at the mill.
D. Over the windowsill.
E. With thyme and dill.
F. Too late to enjoy.
G. On Blueberry Hill.
15. Before Robin Williams, Peter Pan was played by:
A. Clark Gable.
B. Mary Martin.
C. Doris Day.
D. Errol Flynn.
E. Sally Fields.
F. Jim Carrey.
G. Jay Leno.
16. Name the Beatles:
A. John, Steve, George, Ringo
B. John, Paul, George, Roscoe
C. John, Paul, Stacey, Ringo
D. Jay, Paul, George, Ringo
E. Lewis, Peter, George, Ringo
F. Jason, Betty, Skipper, Hazel
G. John, Paul, George, Ringo
17. I wonder, wonder, who.
A. Who ate the leftovers?
B. Who did the laundry?
C. Was it you?
D. Who wrote the book of love?
E. Who I am?
F. Passed the test?
G. Knocked on the door?
18. I’m strong to the finish…
A. Cause I eats my broccoli.
B. Cause I eats me spinach.
C. Cause I lift weights.
D. Cause I’m the hero.
E. And don’t you for get it.
F. Cause Olive Oyl loves me.
G. To outlast Bruto.
19. When it’s least expected, you’re elected, you’re the star today.
A. Smile, you’re on Candid Camera.
B. Smile, you’re on Star Search.
C. Smile, you won the lottery.
D. Smile, we’re watching you.
E. Smile, the world sees you.
F. Smile, you’re a hit.
G. Smile, you’re on TV.
20. What do M & M’s do?
A. Make your tummy happy.
B. Melt in your mouth, not in your pocket.
C. Make you fat.
D. Melt your heart.
E. Make you popular.
F. Melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
G. Come in colors.
Below are the right answers:
1. D – Wonder Bread
2. G – Cassius Clay
3. B – He Is us
4. A – Good night, Chet
5. G – When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent
6. D – Maynard G. Krebs
7. C – Pants on fire
8. F – The American Way
9. C – It’s Howdy Doody Time
10. E – Oh my
11. D – Over 30
12. C – Joe Namath
13. G – A little dab’ll do ya
14. G – On Blueberry Hill
15. B – Mary Martin
16. G – John, Paul, George, Ringo
17. D – Who wrote the book of Love
18. B – Cause I eats me spinach
19. A – Smile, you’re on Candid Camera
20. F – Melt in your mouth not in your hand
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March 13, 2011
FW: 60 More Very Odd Facts
- If right handed, you tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. Left handed, you tend to chew on the left side.
- To make half a pound of honey, bees must collect nectar from over two million flowers.
- Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by Bayer.
- Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam.
- Tourists visiting Iceland should know tipping is considered an insult!
- People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
- Astronauts can’t belch—there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
- Ancient Roman, Chinese, and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
- The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
- The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them.
- The speed at which the Earth moves around the Sun makes it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than seven minutes 58 seconds.
- The night of January 20th is “Saint Agnes’s Eve” which is regarded a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
- There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of Champagne.
- Google is actually the misspelled name for a number with a million zeros.
- It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite number of times!
- The heat of peppers is rated on the Scoville scale.
- Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years.
- Your tongue is the only muscle attached at only one end.
- If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated its thirst mechanism shuts off.
- Each year 2,000,000 people quit smoking. Each year 2,000,000 people also die of tobacco-related disease.
- When it originally appeared in 1886, Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage.
- Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
- Kites were used in during the Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
- Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
- For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.
- Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 6 percent.
- Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doe’t smoke unless it’s heated above 450°F.
- The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop selling seashells in London.
- The roar heard when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
- Nine out of every ten living things live in the ocean.
- The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can only be propagated by the hand of man.
- Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
- People who sold Fish and Chips were considered to be in an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produced.
- The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
- The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
- In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
- Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil) and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
- Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- A comet’s tail always points away from the sun.
- The 1976 swine flu vaccine caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
- Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that’s why it is found in some medicines.
- If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
- When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
- Trivia in Roman mythology was the goddess who haunted crossroads, graveyards and was the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft. She wandered about at night, and was seen only by barking of dogs who told of her approach.
- In ancient times strangers shook hands to show they were unarmed.
- Strawberries are the only fruit whose seeds grow on the outside.
- Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit; 167 calories per hundred grams.
- It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts involving vending machines.
- The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
- The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
- Due to earth’s gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 50,000 feet.
- Men’s shirts have buttons on the right, women’s shirts buttons on the left.
- Mickey Mouse is known as “Topolino” in Italy.
- Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock down the bridge.
- The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when judged.
- Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
- For every extra pound carried on a space flight, 585 pounds of excess fuel is needed for lift-off.
- The letter ‘J’ does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
- And last but not least: 2011 July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years! This is called “money bags.”
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February 1, 2011
FW: 115 More Very Odd Facts
- Smelling bananas and/or green apples can help you lose weight.
- Lynyrd Skynard was the name of the gym teacher of the boys who went on to form that band. He once told them, “You boys ain’t never gonna amount to nothin’.”
- Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
- Bulls are color blind, therefore will usually charge at a matador’s waving cape no matter what color it is—be it red, yellow or neon pink.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- Look at the number four on a clock face that uses Roman numerals. If the clock is made correctly then the Roman numeral four is wrong. The standard and correct way to write the Roman numeral four is “IV,” but the traditional way to show it on a clock face is “IIII.” Legend has it that a clock was made for a British king. When he saw the clock he mis- informedly corrected the clock maker who re-did the clock face to show a “IIII” instead of an “IV” thus not risking offending the king. Other clock makers followed suit so as not to embarrass the king. Now it is the traditional way to make clocks.
- John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
- A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.
- Circus star, General Tom Thumb, had his growth slow down by the age of six months. At a young age of five, he joined the circus, and at adulthood he was merely a few inches over 3 feet tall.
- Because they had no proper garbage disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in trash.
- The Toltecs, 7th century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.
- China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.
- It’s rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breath-alyzer to read 0.
- Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912.
- Before it was stopped by the British, it was not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband’s funeral pyre.
- Ivan the terrible claimed to have “deflowered thousands of virgins and butchered a similar number of resulting offspring.”
- Before the Second World War, it was considered a sacrilege to even touch an Emperor of Japan.
- An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.
- The Anglo-Saxons believed Friday to be such an unlucky day that they ritually slaughtered any child unfortunate enough to be born on that day.
- During the 18th century, laws had to be made in order to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for alcohol amongst the poor. Their annual intake was as much as five million gallons.
- Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups
- The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence—he invented dynamite.
- It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
- Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
- Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”
- It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
- Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol.
- In the film “Star Trek : First Contact,” when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible—but New Zealand is missing.
- In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an “ugly” potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.
- For Roman Catholics, January 5th is St. Simeon Stylites’ Day. He was a 5th century hermit who showed his devotion to God by spending literally years sitting on top of a huge flagpole.
- When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years.
- The richest 10% of the French people are approximately fifty times better off than the poorest 10%.
- Henry VII was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle.
- During WWI, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.
- Richard II died at age 33 in 1400 A.D.,. A hole was left in the side of his tomb so people could touch his royal head, but 376 years later some took advantage of this and stole his jawbone.
- The magic word “Abracadabra” was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.
- The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols, judging them to be out of keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.
- Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.
- Uri Geller, the professional psychic, alleged that his powers came from the distant planet of Hoova.
- Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966, all were born on the 20 February.
- John D. Rockefeller gave away over $ 500 million USD during his lifetime.
- Only 1 child in 20 are born on the day predicted by the doctor.
- In the 1970′s, the Rhode Island Legislature entertained a proposal that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse in the state.
- In the Andes, time is often measured by how long it takes to smoke a cigarette.
- In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said “Play it again, Sam.” Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Captain Kirk never said “Beam me up, Scotty,” but he did say, “Beam me up, Mr. Scott.”
- If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. If you don’t, you can’t see it.
- If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
- John Glenn, the American who first orbited the Earth, was showered with 7,780,113 pounds of confetti when he got back.
- Native American Indians used to name their children after the first thing they saw as they left their tepees subsequent to the birth. Hence such strange names as Sitting Bull and Running Water.
- Catherine the First of Russia, made a rule that no man was allowed to get drunk at one of her parties before nine o’clock.
- If the population of the Earth continued to increase at its present rate indefinitely, by 3530 A.D. the total mass of human flesh and blood would equal the mass of the Earth. By 6826 A.D. it would equal the mass of the known universe.
- If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
- Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover the onset of baldness.
- Hummingbirds can’t walk.
- At the age of 12, Martin Luther King Jr. became so depressed he tried committing suicide twice, by jumping out of his bedroom window.
- It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
- The Turk’s considered it unlucky to step on a piece of bread.
- The Zambia authorities do not allow tourists to take pictures of Pygmies in their country.
- The Dutch in general prefer their french fries with mayonnaise.
- The initial “S” in the middle name of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, doesn’t in fact mean anything. Both his grandfathers had names beginning with “S,” and so Truman’s mother didn’t want to disappoint either of them.
- Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with the occult and the supernatural.
- One of Queen Victoria’s wedding gifts was a 9 foot in diameter, 1,100 pound roll of cheese.
- Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother, they were both deaf.
- It was considered unfashionable for Venetian women, during the Renaissance to have anything but silvery-blonde hair.
- Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.
- Peter the Great had the head of his wife’s lover cut off and put into a jar of preserving alcohol, which he then ordered to be placed by her bed.
- The car inventory, Henry Ford, was awarded Hitler’s Grand Cross of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle. Henry Ford was the inventor of the assembly line, and Hitler used this knowledge of the assembly line to speed up production, and to create better and interchangeable products.
- Atilla the Hun is thought to have been a dwarf.
- The warriors tribes of Ethiopia used to hang the testicles of those they killed in battle on the ends of their spears.
- On April 15, 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson’s fictional ship was the Titan.
- There are over 200 religious denominations in the United States.
- Cologne was originally marketed as a way of protecting yourself against the plague.
- Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper’s real name on Gilligan’s Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on the radio newscast about the wreck. The Professor’s real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann’s last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell’s maiden name was Wentworth.
- Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis’ middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
- The women of an African tribe make themselves more attractive by permanently scaring their faces.
- Augustus II, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland seemed to have a colossal sexual appetite, and fathered hundreds of illegitimate children during his lifetime.
- Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
- Hindus don’t like dying in bed, they prefer to die beside a river.
- While at Havard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating on a Spanish exam.
- It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
- The Emperor Caligula once decided to go to war with the Roman God of the sea, Poseidon, and ordered his soldiers to throw their spears into the water at random.
- The Ecuadorian poet, José Olmedo, has a statue in his honour in his home country. Yet, unable to commission a sculptor, due to limited funds, the government bought a second-hand statue of the English poet Lord Byron.
- Despite the hump, a camel’s spine is straight.
- Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.
- On January 7, 1904 the distress call “CQD” was introduced. “CQ” stood for “Seek You” and “D” for “Danger.” This lasted only until 1906 when it was replaced with “SOS.”
- Though it is forbidden by the government, many people from India still adhere to the caste system which says that it is a defilement for even the shadow of a person from a lowly caste to fall on a Brahman (a member of the highest priestly caste).
- In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men.
- Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
- Crickets hear through their knees.
- During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men’s beards.
- Chrysler built B-29′s that bombed Japan. Mitsubishi built the Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.
- Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.
- It is illegal to play tennis in the streets of Cambridge.
- Custer was the youngest General in U.S. history, he was promoted at the age of 23.
- Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
- Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don’t seem to have this problem.
- Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.
- Marie Currie, who twice won the Nobel Prize, and discovered radium, was not allowed to become a member of the prestigious French Academy because she was a woman.
- It was quite common for the men of Ancient Greece to exercise in public—naked.
- Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
- Iceland is the world’s oldest functioning democracy.
- Barbie’s full name is Barbra Millicent Roberts.
- The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- The Matami Tribe of West Africa play a version of soccer, the only difference being that they use a human skull instead of a more normal ball.
- John Winthrop introduced the fork to the American dinner table for the first time on June 25, 1630.
- Albert Brooks’s real name is Albert Einstein.
- Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.l.
- The great Russian leader, Lenin died January 21, 1924, suffering from a degenerative brain disorder. At the time of his death his brain was a quarter of its normal size.
- According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
- A whale’s penis is called a dork.
- In 1849, David Atchison became President of the United States for just one day, and he spent most of the day sleeping.
- Between the two World War’s, France was controlled by forty different governments.
- The original name for the butterfly was “flutterby.”
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- The state of Florida is bigger than England.
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January 31, 2011
FW: 115 Very Odd Facts
- The study of stupidity is called “monology.”
- The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
- When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn’t understand German.
- St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.
- The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.
- St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.
- Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.
- Hindu men believed it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marring a tree first. The tree (his third wife) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.
- More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on life insurance.
- In 1911 three men were hung for the murder of Sir Edmund Berry at Greenbury Hill, their last names were Green, Berry, and Hill.
- A firm in Britain sold fallout shelters for pets.
- During the seventeen century, the Sultan of Turkey ordered his entire harem of women drowned, and replaced with a new one.
- Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill “If you were my husband, I would poison your coffee.” His reply, “if you were my wife, I would drink it!”
- There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza consists of 2,300,000 blocks each weighing 2.5 tons.
- On February 9th, 1942, soap rationing began in Britain.
- Paul Revere was a dentist.
- The budget speech on April 17th, 1956 saw the introduction of premium savings bonds into Britain. The machine which picks the winning numbers is called “Ernie,”an abbreviation, which stands for “electronic random number indicator equipment.”
- Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
- The Russian mystic, Rasputin, was the victim of a series of murder attempts on December 16-17, 1916. The assassins poisoned, shot, and clubbed him in quick succession, but they found they were unable to finish him off. Rasputin finally succumbed to the icy cold waters of a river.
- Bonnie Prince Charlie, the leader of the Jacobite rebellion to depose of George II of England, was considered a great Scottish hero, he spent his final years as a drunkard in Rome.
- The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, apparently, as a result of his strong Puritan impulses, kept a selection of whips in his cellar with which he regularly chastised himself.
- A parthenophobic has a fear of virgins.
- South American gauchos were known to put raw steak under their saddles before starting a day’s riding, in order to tenderize the meat.
- There are 240 white dots in a Pacman arcade game.
- In 1939 the US political party “The American Nazi Party” had 200,000 members.
- King Solomon of Israel had about 700 wives as well as hundreds of mistresses.
- Urine was once used to wash clothes.
- North American Indian, Sitting Bull, died on December 15, 1890. His bones were laid to rest in North Dakota, but a business group wanted him moved to a “more natural” site in South Dakota. Their campaign was rejected so they stole the bones, and they now reside in Sitting Bull Park, South Dakota.
- St. Nicholas, the original Father Christmas, is the patron saint of thieves, virgins, and communist Russia.
- Dublin is home of the Fairy Investigation Society.
- Fourteen million people were killed in World War I, twenty million died in a flu epidemic in the years that followed.
- People in Siberia often buy milk frozen on a stick.
- Princess Ann was the only competitor at the 1976 Montreal Olympics that did not have to undergo a sex test.
- Ethelred the Unready, King of England in the 10th century, spent his wedding night in bed with his wife and his mother-in-law.
- Coffins which are due for cremation are usually made with plastic handles.
- Blackbird, who was the chief of Omaha Indians, was buried sitting on his favourite horse.
- The two highest IQ’s ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.
- The Tory Prime Minister, Benjamin Disreali, was noted for his oratory and had a number of memorable exchanges in the House with his great rival William Gladstone. Asked what the difference between a calamity and a misfortune was Disreali replied: “If Gladstone fell into the Thames it would be a misfortune, but if someone pulled him out again, it would be a calamity.”
- The Imperial Throne of Japan has been occupied by the same family for the last thirteen hundred years.
- In the 17th century a Boston man was sentenced to two hours in the stocks for obscene behavior, his crime, kissing his wife in a public place on a Sunday.
- President Kaunda of Zambia once threatened to resign if his fellow countrymen didn’t stop drinking so much alcohol.
- Due to staggering inflation in the 1920′s, 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 German marks were worth 1 U.S. dollar.
- Gorgias of Epirus was born during preparation of his mother’s funeral.
- The city of New York contains a district called “Hell’s Kitchen.”
- The city of Hiroshima left the Industrial Promotion Center standing as a monument to the atomic bombing it endured.
- During the medieval crusades, transporting bodies off the battlefield for burial was a major problem, this was solved by carrying a huge cauldron into the Holy wars, boiling down the bodies, and taking only the bones with them.
- A 10 gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallon.
- George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
- All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
- Canada is an Indian word meaning “Big Village.”
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
- Almonds are members of the peach family.
- The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe.
- The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
- Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.
- Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
- Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp).
- Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
- In Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie,” mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
- Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make —five million going to actor’s salaries.
- A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.
- Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula” and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, “L.A.”
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
- In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
- Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
- Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.
- Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint—no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
- Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
- The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
- Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.
- A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
- When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third largest city.
- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
- The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “Its A Wonderful Life.”
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
- It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it’s stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it’s mouth. Then the frog uses it’s forearms to dig out all of the stomach’s contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.
- Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.
- Charles de Gaulle’s final words were, “It hurts.”
- ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid).
- The Beatles song “Dear Prudence” was written about Mia Farrow’s sister, Prudence, when she wouldn’t come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.
- Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- Who’s that playing the piano on the “Mad About You” theme? It is Paul Reiser himself.
- Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.
- The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
- Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
- The name for Oz in the “Wizard of Oz” was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won’t.
- Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
- Hugh “Ward Cleaver” Beaumont was an ordained minister.
- John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
- Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.
- Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.
- Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
- Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
- To “testify” was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
- The only planet without a ring is earth.
- Wayne’s World was filmed in two weeks.
- A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
- The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
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January 10, 2011
FW: Alzheimer’s Color Test
More difficult than you might think!
Color Test
These are the things we’re supposed to do to remove the cholesterol around our brain and try to slow up Alzheimer’s Disease.. A great test, do it until you get 100%!
It takes an average of 5 tries to get to 100%. Follow the directions!
It’s harder than it seems, as it should be! A brain waker-upper for today!
Bet you can’t get 100% on the first try! But I’m rootin’ for ya…
This is pretty neat! See how you do with the colors! Have fun!
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November 8, 2010
FW: Dementia Quiz
Try this and be honest !!!!
DEMENTIA QUIZ
FIRST QUESTION:
YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT IN A RACE. YOU OVERTAKE THE SECOND PERSON. WHAT POSITION ARE YOU IN?
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ANSWER : IF YOU ANSWERED THAT YOU ARE FIRST, THEN YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG! IF YOU OVERTAKE THE SECOND PERSON AND YOU TAKE HIS PLACE, YOU ARE IN SECOND PLACE!
TRY TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME.
NOW ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION, BUT DON’T TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU TOOK FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, OK?
SECOND QUESTION:
IF YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON, THEN YOU ARE…..?
(SCROLL DOWN)
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ANSWER: IF YOU ANSWERED THAT YOU ARE SECOND TO LAST OR LAST, THEN YOU ARE….WRONG AGAIN. TELL ME SUNSHINE, HOW CAN YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON??
YOU’RE NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS, ARE YOU?
THIRD QUESTION:
VERY TRICKY ARITHMETIC! NOTE: THIS MUST BE DONE IN YOUR HEAD ONLY. DO NOT USE PAPER AND PENCIL OR A CALCULATOR. TRY IT.
TAKE 1000 AND ADD 40 TO IT. NOW ADD ANOTHER 1000
NOW ADD 30. ADD ANOTHER 1000. NOW ADD 20 .. NOW ADD ANOTHER 1000.
NOW ADD 10. WHAT IS THE TOTAL?
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER……
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DID YOU GET 5000?
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ACTUALLY 4100...
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT, CHECK IT WITH A CALCULATOR! TODAY IS DEFINITELY NOT YOUR DAY, IS IT?
MAYBE YOU’LL GET THE LAST QUESTION RIGHT… MAYBE…
FOURTH QUESTION:
MARY’S FATHER HAS FIVE DAUGHTERS:
1. NANA, 2. NENE, 3. NINI, 4. NONO, AND ???
2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIFTH DAUGHTER?
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DID YOU ANSWER NUNU? NO! OF COURSE IT ISN’T.
HER NAME IS MARY! READ THE QUESTION AGAIN!
OKAY, NOW THE BONUS ROUND,
I.E., A FINAL CHANCE TO
REDEEM YOURSELF:
A MUTE PERSON GOES INTO A SHOP AND WANTS TO BUY A TOOTHBRUSH. BY IMITATING THE ACTION OF BRUSHING HIS TEETH HE SUCCESSFULLY EXPRESSES HIMSELF TO THE SHOPKEEPER AND THE PURCHASE IS DONE. NEXT, A BLIND MAN COMES INTO THE SHOP WHO WANTS TO BUY A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES; HOW DOES HE INDICATE WHAT HE WANTS?
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IT’S REALLY VERY SIMPLE
HE OPENS HIS MOUTH AND ASKS FOR IT…
DOES YOUR EMPLOYER ACTUALLY PAY YOU TO THINK??
IF SO DO NOT LET THEM SEE YOUR ANSWERS FOR THIS TEST
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November 1, 2010
FW: Two Tough Questions
Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already,
three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and
she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.
Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote
counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates.
Candidate A:
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists.
He’s had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10
Martinis a day.
Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium
in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C:
He is a decorated war hero. He’s a vegetarian, doesn’t smoke,
drinks an occasional beer and never committed adultery.
Which of these candidates would be our choice?
Decide first… No peeking, and then scroll down for the
response.
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolf Hitler.
And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting isn’t it?
Makes a person think before judging someone.
Remember:
Amateurs … Built the ark.
Professionals … Built the Titanic