Zeb | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 09:40 am   When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 10:17 am   That sounds like the Bingo Hall near me..LOL |
Willi | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 12:00 pm   If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in U.S. coins without being able to make change for a dollar. |
Zeb | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 01:31 pm   The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. |
Zeb | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 05:46 pm   Good one, Willi. Also, there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. |
Willi | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 05:48 pm   Really? Cool. A thread I can totally relate to!
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Willi | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 05:51 pm   Country comedienne Minnie Pearl always wore a hat with a price tag hanging from it when she performed. The amount ascribed on the price tag was $1.98. |
Zeb | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 07:15 pm   "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. |
Tksoard | Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 08:40 pm   Did anyone else try that one out? |
Willi | Thursday, May 03, 2001 - 07:52 am   Flying from London to New York by Concorde, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave. |
Zeb | Thursday, May 03, 2001 - 09:44 am   The full name for Los Angeles is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and its size can be abbreviated 96.37% to: "LA" |
Willi | Friday, May 04, 2001 - 05:40 am   Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters long) is the world's second-longest place name. This Maori name of a hill in New Zealand translates as "The Place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as a land-eater, played on the flute to his loved one." |
Tksoard | Friday, May 04, 2001 - 05:48 am   Geez Willi! How long did it take you to type that one out? Thanks for the HI and I'm looking forward to much more jibber jabber with you. |
Willi | Friday, May 04, 2001 - 12:34 pm   Goodness knows I like to jibber and jabber.
Now to find the world's longest place name. |
Zeb | Friday, May 04, 2001 - 07:41 pm   In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 05, 2001 - 11:04 am   Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 05, 2001 - 11:05 am   Barbie's full name is Babara Millicent Roberts |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 05, 2001 - 11:10 am   Americans pay over $30,500 federal,state,and local taxes every second |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 05, 2001 - 11:13 am   In the United States there are more 2nd streets than there are 1st streets |
Lobster | Saturday, May 05, 2001 - 06:55 pm   Massachusetts, the B.U. Bridge to be exact, is the only place where you can sail a boat under a car, driving under a train, driving under a plane. |
Zeb | Sunday, May 06, 2001 - 10:07 am   Almonds are a member of the peach family. |
Willi | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 - 04:01 pm   If the moon were placed on the surface of the continental United States, it would extend from San Francisco to Cleveland (2,600 miles). |
Willi | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 - 04:25 pm   There are 240 white dots on a Pac-man video game. |
Whit4you | Friday, June 08, 2001 - 09:54 am   No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, and purple. |
Whit4you | Friday, June 08, 2001 - 09:56 am   All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. |