Silly Facts That Everyone Doesn't Need To Know

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Nancy

Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 11:38 am Click here to edit this post
- Why was the Animal Crackers box designed with a string handle?

The animal-shaped cookie treats were introduced in 1902 as a
Christmas novelty -- and packaged so they could be hung from
Christmas trees.

- What popular Children's rhyme was an outgrowth of the Bubonic plague?

"Ring-a-ring o'roses," which refers to the rosy red rash that was a
symptom of the Black Death.

- What was the powder used by America's Founding Fathers to keep their
wigs white?

Ground rice.

Whit4you

Tuesday, September 11, 2001 - 01:39 am Click here to edit this post
Silly fact:

I somehow ended up most prolific poster on BBFC for this year lol... perphaps I'm not anymore...:)

Buttercup

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 03:52 pm Click here to edit this post
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.

Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen had to be a girl.

We should've known. Only women would be able to drag a fat man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night, and not get lost.


You're a very smart man, Santa--love you!

Willi

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 04:23 pm Click here to edit this post
One of my most favorite threads ever.

:)

Willi

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 04:39 pm Click here to edit this post
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Willi

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 04:52 pm Click here to edit this post
Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of "F".

Leonardo Divinci invented scissors.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

Weinermr

Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 05:08 pm Click here to edit this post
Silly Fact -

There are people that record chicken flight times!

Mahrajah

Friday, November 16, 2001 - 03:56 pm Click here to edit this post
silly fact-
the earth revolves around the milky way

Car54

Friday, November 16, 2001 - 04:56 pm Click here to edit this post
willi, is that true about the scissors? What did they cut with before that? They didn't have scissors til the 1400's?

<if somebody tells me they had those chopper things from the As Seen On TV thread, I'm goin home!>

Willi

Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 06:41 am Click here to edit this post
Car...I'm looking into it.

Look in your folder.

Urgrace

Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 04:56 pm Click here to edit this post
Shannon (BB2) is signing autographs in San Antonio tonight! ... at 7pm... during Survivor! I'm not going!

Bookworm

Friday, December 28, 2001 - 12:46 am Click here to edit this post
I just stumbled across this thread and I love it. I found this in my email and thought it might interest some of you.

Did you know .........

*It is impossible to lick your elbow.
*A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
*A shrimp's heart is in their head.

*People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a millisecond.
*In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
*It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

*A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
*Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabet Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
*On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

*More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
*Rats and horses can't vomit.
*The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

*If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out.
*Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
*Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

*If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16,1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
*In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
*Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

*A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
*23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
*In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

*Most lipstick contains fish scales.
*Cat's urine glows under a black light.
*Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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(I bet you tried to lick your elbow!)

Grooch

Friday, December 28, 2001 - 12:53 am Click here to edit this post
I bet Gene Simmons, from Kiss, can lick his elbow.

Micknrc

Friday, December 28, 2001 - 04:13 am Click here to edit this post
I did try, how'djou know, Bookie?

Weinermr

Friday, December 28, 2001 - 03:17 pm Click here to edit this post
I got real close though. LOL
I can touch my tongue to the bottom of my nose. Don't know why I'd WANT to though... gotta keep working on that elbow thing......

Babyruth

Friday, December 28, 2001 - 07:46 pm Click here to edit this post
You'd be very popular in some circles I know..... LOL