Total Trivia

[Daizie]

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year).

In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number.

In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

 

[brwneydgrl]

Americans eat 30 pounds of lettuce each per year.

 

[smotherman]

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

 

[smotherman]

One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

 

[smotherman]

Toxic house plants poison more children than household chemicals.

 

[Daizie]

Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve Got Mail!”). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as “Q-Link.”

 

[smotherman]

The biggest dog on record was an Old English Mastiff that weighed 343 pounds. He was 8 feet, 3 inches from nose to tail.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Project Echelon: Orbiting Big Brother?

By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
21 November 2001

WASHINGTON -- Earth-orbiting listening posts are on active duty in the United States-led war on terrorism. Signal-seeking spacecraft not only play a critical role in eavesdropping on nations from on high, but also within the borders of the U.S itself.

Hints and speculations about the true nature and capabilities of these "all ears" spacecraft have reached folkloric proportions.

Some reports suggest that cell phone traffic, ground line chats and faxes, telexes and satellite telecommunications links, as well as Internet emails are intercepted around the planet. Once electronically gobbled up, the information is sifted by supercomputers loaded with souped-up software to flag keywords of special interest to a network of must-know-it-all intelligence communities.

This worldwide chunky-style data interception is purportedly run by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), under the rubric of Project Echelon. Sister intelligence agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other like-minded governments or organizations are apparently in cahoots with the United States in operating this super-secret network of ground, airborne, and satellite gear.

Big Brother is watching us, be careful what you post

 

[smotherman]

Oprah Winfrey and Elvis Presley are distant cousins.

 

[smotherman]

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears

Evil bastards aren't they?

 

[fire_breeze]

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears

I don't think I want to know...

 

[Daizie]

Salary Facts

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.

Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991.

 

[fire_breeze]

The song with the longest title is 'I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues' written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943.

He later claimed the song title ended with "Yank" and the rest was a joke.

 

[BoomerP]

The world record for amount of masterbation is held by a german who achieved 27 orgasms in 24 hours

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Talking of dogs...

"A Dog's Theological Quest"

Dear God:
Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another?

Dear God:
When we get to heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it going to be the same old story?

Dear God:
Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We dogs love a nice ride! Would it be so hard to rename the 'Chrysler Eagle' the 'Chrysler Beagle'?

Dear God:
If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?

Dear God:
We dogs can understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent ID's, Electromagnetic energy fields, and Frisbee flight paths. What do humans understand?

Dear God:
More meatballs, less spaghetti, please.

Dear God:
When we get to the Pearly Gates, do we have to shake hands to get in?

Dear God:
Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize?

Dear God:
Let me give you a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good dog:

1. I will not eat the cats' food before they eat it or after they throw it up.

2. I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc., just because I like the way they smell.

3. I will not munch on "leftovers" in the kitty litter box; although they are tasty, they are not food.

4. The diaper pail is not a cookie jar.

5. The sofa is not a face towel; neither are Mom and Dad's laps.

6. The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.

7. My head does not belong in the refrigerator.

8. I will not bite the officer's hand when he reaches in for Mom's driver's license and registration.

9. I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.

10. Sticking my nose into someone's crotch is not an acceptable way of saying 'hello.'

11. I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table.

12. I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house.

13. I will not throw up in the car.

14. I will not come in from outside and immediately drag my butt.

15. I will not sit in the middle of the living room and lick my crotch when company is over.

16. The cat is not a squeaky toy; so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's usually not a good thing. And, finally, my last question.......

Dear God: When I get to Heaven may I have my testicles back?

 

[Daizie]

Odd Investments

Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.

An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.


But, why?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The world record for amount of masterbation is held by a german who achieved 27 orgasms in 24 hours

What a tosser

 

[smotherman]

Any month that has a Friday the 13th also has a Wednesday the 25th.

 

[desideratum]

That's a myth. Flamingos don't eat shrimps. Flamingos eat blue-green algae. Which ironicly can be red, violet, brown, yellow or orange

Thanks - crossing that Site off of my useful links heeee!

 

[smotherman]

Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.

 

[smotherman]

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth

 

[smotherman]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

 

[BoomerP]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

I blink twice as much as women!
When I get nervous I dont stop blinking

 

[fire_breeze]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

That's because we're batting our eyes at you!