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Post a random fact

Doctors prior to WWII used to deworm humans annually like we do dogs and horses, now we’re just filled with parasites.

by Anonymousreply 273May 6, 2021 4:11 PM

The first person ever convicted of speeding was going 8 miles per hour.

by Anonymousreply 1April 11, 2021 4:11 PM

Copper door knobs are self-disinfecting. Brass and silver have self-sterilizing powers too.

by Anonymousreply 2April 11, 2021 4:12 PM

The severed head of a sea slug can grow a complete new body.

by Anonymousreply 3April 11, 2021 4:12 PM

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.

by Anonymousreply 4April 11, 2021 4:13 PM

Hans Zimmer wrote the theme tune for 80s British game show Going For Gold.

by Anonymousreply 5April 11, 2021 4:13 PM

Much like humans, birds have a critical period in which they learn to sing.

by Anonymousreply 6April 11, 2021 4:14 PM

Researchers have found that some common swifts can stay in the air for up to ten months without stopping.

by Anonymousreply 7April 11, 2021 4:16 PM

The "M's" in M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie."

Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, the two businessmen who created the candy-coated chocolates.

by Anonymousreply 8April 11, 2021 4:16 PM

The human head weighs eight pounds!

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by Anonymousreply 9April 11, 2021 4:17 PM

The world's smallest reptile was discovered this year, 2021.

by Anonymousreply 10April 11, 2021 4:19 PM

Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I requested that, upon his death, all his teeth be removed and his hair cut off and for them to be buried separately from his body. His grave has been exhumed twice. His teeth are indeed missing.

by Anonymousreply 11April 11, 2021 4:19 PM

A lot of people on Datalounge are fucking stupid!

by Anonymousreply 12April 11, 2021 4:20 PM
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by Anonymousreply 13April 11, 2021 4:20 PM

Nicolas Cage once did mushrooms with his cat.

by Anonymousreply 14April 11, 2021 4:22 PM

Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a trained sniper. She served in the Israeli army.

by Anonymousreply 15April 11, 2021 4:24 PM

James Lipton was a pimp in Paris in the 1950s.

by Anonymousreply 16April 11, 2021 4:26 PM

This is the largest known prime number (as of December 2020): 2⁸²˒⁵⁸⁹˒⁹³³ − 1

When written out, it has 24,862,048 digits.

by Anonymousreply 17April 11, 2021 4:26 PM

William the Conqueror's body exploded as priests tried to push his body into a too-small stone coffin. In the words of the English chronicler Orderic Vitalis—“the swollen bowels burst, and an intolerable stench assailed the nostrils of the by-standers and the whole crowd.” who ran screaming for the door to escape the putrid smell..

by Anonymousreply 18April 11, 2021 4:26 PM

The Siku Quanshu, a Chinese encyclopedia complied during the Qing Dynasty, contains an annotated catalogue of 10,680 titles along with a compendiums of 3,593 titles.

by Anonymousreply 19April 11, 2021 4:29 PM

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a big fan of Star Trek.

by Anonymousreply 20April 11, 2021 4:31 PM

Britain's Henry III was given a polar bear by King Haakon IV of Norway in 1252. He kept it in the Tower of London, and had it taken down to the River Thames each morning to swim and catch fish.

by Anonymousreply 21April 11, 2021 4:32 PM

Vivian Vance's husband refused to allow her to display her Emmy award in their home because he was so jealous.

by Anonymousreply 22April 11, 2021 4:33 PM

r18 / r21 you sound like a historian ...

by Anonymousreply 23April 11, 2021 4:34 PM

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

by Anonymousreply 24April 11, 2021 4:35 PM

The Twitter bird's official name Is Larry.

by Anonymousreply 25April 11, 2021 4:37 PM

Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (also mentioned at r11) gave a suit of armor to Henry VIII as a gift. It included the horned helmet, the only piece of the suit that survives:

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by Anonymousreply 26April 11, 2021 4:38 PM

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a real website devoted to "zombie preparedness."

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by Anonymousreply 27April 11, 2021 4:44 PM

This is an excellent thread.

by Anonymousreply 28April 11, 2021 4:45 PM

It takes twelve years to travel to Neptune from Earth.

by Anonymousreply 29April 11, 2021 4:46 PM

The sentence below is false.

The sentence above is true.

by Anonymousreply 30April 11, 2021 4:48 PM

High heels were originally invented for men not women.

As early as the 10th century, many horseback-riding cultures wore heels on their boots and on their shoes, because heels help you stay in the stirrups (which is why cowboy boots have heels).

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by Anonymousreply 31April 11, 2021 4:49 PM

I'm 72 but pass for 23.

by Anonymousreply 32April 11, 2021 4:50 PM

The massive stone heads on Easter Island have buried 'torsos' that extend roughly 33 feet deep into the ground.

by Anonymousreply 33April 11, 2021 4:51 PM

Demi Lovato threw the first brick at Stonewall.

by Anonymousreply 34April 11, 2021 4:52 PM
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by Anonymousreply 35April 11, 2021 4:53 PM

JFK would ring up Judy Garland and ask her to sing to him over the phone. He requested Somewhere Over the Rainbow most of the time.

by Anonymousreply 36April 11, 2021 4:53 PM

Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake to large vessels.

by Anonymousreply 37April 11, 2021 4:55 PM

Tina Mucklow, the flight attendant who acted as D.B Cooper's go between during the flight, disappeared from public view and was later found to be a nun in an Oregon monastery.

by Anonymousreply 38April 11, 2021 4:56 PM

R37, you always get naked in Lake Titicaca

by Anonymousreply 39April 11, 2021 4:56 PM

[quote] Nicolas Cage once did mushrooms with his cat.

That must explain his performance in Wicker Man.

by Anonymousreply 40April 11, 2021 4:56 PM

That explains his behavior for the last twenty years.

by Anonymousreply 41April 11, 2021 4:58 PM

An armed nuclear bomb was lost after being jettisoned from a U.S. jet and is lodged somewhere in the muddy seafloor just off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Scary.

by Anonymousreply 42April 11, 2021 5:00 PM

The Japanese were planning on using chemical weapons on the west coast of America during WW2--they just didn't get the opportunity because we nuked them first.

by Anonymousreply 43April 11, 2021 5:02 PM

Leonardo da Vinci was arrested twice at the age of 24 for having gay sex.

by Anonymousreply 44April 11, 2021 5:03 PM

^The Japanese Imperial Army actually breached the mainland continental U.S. once, managing a sneak attack on Fort Stevens in Oregon.

by Anonymousreply 45April 11, 2021 5:05 PM

Young adults who had strabismus (misaligned eyes) as children are 3.1 times more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder than young adults with no history of strabismus.

by Anonymousreply 46April 11, 2021 5:05 PM

R45, good to know. The Nazis were also afriad of the Japanese and thought they were nuts, That should tell all those historical revisionists something.

by Anonymousreply 47April 11, 2021 5:06 PM

R46 guess that explains my best friend.

by Anonymousreply 48April 11, 2021 5:06 PM

Suicides peak in May.

by Anonymousreply 49April 11, 2021 5:07 PM

Allied victors at the end of WWII liberated concentration camps, except for gays, who were forced to serve out their terms of imprisonment after the war.

by Anonymousreply 50April 11, 2021 5:07 PM

R49, so weird. I would have easily guessed January.

by Anonymousreply 51April 11, 2021 5:08 PM

Yellowstone National Park is larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.

by Anonymousreply 52April 11, 2021 5:08 PM

My pussy stinks.

by Anonymousreply 53April 11, 2021 5:08 PM

The enzyme in Pineapples, bromelain, is so strong that pineapple processors have to wear protective gloves, otherwise over time the enzyme eats away at the skin on their face and hands, leaving dry skin and small sores. Bromelain is what makes Pineapple an excellent meat tenderizer.

by Anonymousreply 54April 11, 2021 5:08 PM

R50 where is our reparations?

by Anonymousreply 55April 11, 2021 5:09 PM

Fact: Japanese, Chinese and Koreans are all different people.

by Anonymousreply 56April 11, 2021 5:09 PM

Another fact: We Americans are so bad at geography that many of us don't even know that India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. are technically part of Asia.

by Anonymousreply 57April 11, 2021 5:10 PM

R54 yes, you don’t eat pineapple, pineapple eats you.

by Anonymousreply 58April 11, 2021 5:10 PM

There are a lot of theories, r51. This stat is true in the Northern Hemisphere (at least in the West) and has been true for as long as such records have been kept.

One theory is that people who are depressed in the winter lack the energy to follow through. With longer days comes increased energy.

by Anonymousreply 59April 11, 2021 5:10 PM

R49 has to do with increasing sunlight, histamines for spring allergies and the switch from depression to mania.

by Anonymousreply 60April 11, 2021 5:11 PM

The Moon has "moonquakes" much like the earthquakes we have here, but they are caused by "tidal stresses" rather than by moving tectonic plates.

by Anonymousreply 61April 11, 2021 5:14 PM

Eminem gave Elton John and David Furnish matching diamond-encrusted cock rings as a wedding gift.

by Anonymousreply 62April 11, 2021 5:14 PM

R54, pineapple in the digestive tract can prove ... a bit troubling during autopsies.

by Anonymousreply 63April 11, 2021 5:16 PM

Meghan Markle is a stone-cold narcissist.

by Anonymousreply 64April 11, 2021 5:17 PM

Prince Harry is as dumb as a box of rocks.

by Anonymousreply 65April 11, 2021 5:17 PM

Oprah is a greedy ,disingenuous panderer.

by Anonymousreply 66April 11, 2021 5:18 PM

In the early 17th century, there was a gay brothel on the site where Buckingham Palace stands today.

by Anonymousreply 67April 11, 2021 5:18 PM

Kazakhstan is the birthplace of the modern apple.

by Anonymousreply 68April 11, 2021 5:18 PM

British golf balls have 330 dimples.

by Anonymousreply 69April 11, 2021 5:18 PM

Gayle King is as dumb as a box of rocks.

by Anonymousreply 70April 11, 2021 5:18 PM

Pseudologia fantastica is a condition in which patients tell eloquent and interesting (yet untrue) stories, sometimes bordering on the fantastic, to impress others.

by Anonymousreply 71April 11, 2021 5:18 PM

The cat is the only commonly domesticated animal not mentioned in the Bible.

by Anonymousreply 72April 11, 2021 5:20 PM

Lobsters have blue blood, not red.

by Anonymousreply 73April 11, 2021 5:21 PM

[quote] Lobsters have blue blood, not red.

Me too.

by Anonymousreply 74April 11, 2021 5:22 PM

La Paz, Bolivia is safe from widespread fires because its high altitude does not provide enough oxygen to facilitate burning.

by Anonymousreply 75April 11, 2021 5:25 PM

[quote] there was a gay brothel on the site where Buckingham Palace stands today.

The former is classier than the latter.

by Anonymousreply 76April 11, 2021 5:25 PM

Gary couldn't talk her out of it.

by Anonymousreply 77April 11, 2021 5:26 PM

Princess Diana disguised as a man and accompanied by Freddie Mercury, spent a night out at a London gay bar.

by Anonymousreply 78April 11, 2021 5:26 PM

Pre-1960s Doctors also used to sometimes manually masturbate women to orgasm when they were hysterical and it would reset and calm them down.

by Anonymousreply 79April 11, 2021 5:26 PM

[quote] Pseudologia fantastica is a condition in which patients tell eloquent and interesting (yet untrue) stories, sometimes bordering on the fantastic, to impress others.

They can even dream of becoming president of the United States!

by Anonymousreply 80April 11, 2021 5:27 PM

[quote] Me too. —Bar Bush

Not anymore.

by Anonymousreply 81April 11, 2021 5:27 PM

R50, not exactly true. Anyone convicted of a *crime* had to complete the sentence. Homosexuality was considered a crime, not an identity.

by Anonymousreply 82April 11, 2021 5:28 PM

The majority of completed suicides don't leave notes.

by Anonymousreply 83April 11, 2021 5:28 PM

Glutinous rice (used to make mochi) contains no gluten.

by Anonymousreply 84April 11, 2021 5:30 PM

Fear Fema.

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by Anonymousreply 85April 11, 2021 5:32 PM

Secretariat still holds the record for fastest time at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

He won the Belmont by 31 lengths.

by Anonymousreply 86April 11, 2021 5:34 PM

R83 once you’re there everything is “what’s the point?”

by Anonymousreply 87April 11, 2021 5:34 PM

Sarah Jessica Parker has won more Kentucky Derbies than any other horse in history.

by Anonymousreply 88April 11, 2021 5:35 PM

Ben Affleck directorial debut was a short film called I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney

by Anonymousreply 89April 11, 2021 5:36 PM

John Travolta isn't gay, he just don't like labels.

by Anonymousreply 90April 11, 2021 5:38 PM

Eva Peron spent twenty years in Europe.

After she died.

by Anonymousreply 91April 11, 2021 5:42 PM

Blood makes up roughly 8% of your body weight.

by Anonymousreply 92April 11, 2021 5:43 PM

During the Blitz, the Theatre Royal Haymarket was watched over by John Gielgud. He served as fire warden and set up living quarters in a dressing room.

by Anonymousreply 93April 11, 2021 5:47 PM

"According to a study published in the British Journal of Urology International, the average length of a flaccid penis is 3.61 inches, while the average length of an erect penis is 5.16 inches. The BJUI research used data from 17 studies, and the study participants totaled more than 15,000 men."

by Anonymousreply 94April 11, 2021 5:52 PM

The last execution by Guillotine was in 1977.

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by Anonymousreply 95April 11, 2021 5:53 PM

Noel Coward ran the British propaganda office in France during WWII.

by Anonymousreply 96April 11, 2021 5:53 PM

[quote]My pussy stinks.

How does it compare to William the Conqueror?

by Anonymousreply 97April 11, 2021 5:55 PM

[quote]It takes twelve years to travel to Neptune from Earth.

And if you're on Delta, you have to change at Atlanta.

by Anonymousreply 98April 11, 2021 5:56 PM

[quote] Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner

I read that as "Maurice", and thought "No wonder he was so morose in real life."

by Anonymousreply 99April 11, 2021 5:56 PM

Jelly beans are shiny because they are coated with shellac, which is made from bug poop.

by Anonymousreply 100April 11, 2021 5:57 PM

In 1520, Henry VIII challenged the king of France, Francis I, to a wrestling match. Henry lost.

by Anonymousreply 101April 11, 2021 5:58 PM

Wombats poop cubes

by Anonymousreply 102April 11, 2021 6:04 PM

Vacuum cleaners were originally horse-drawn. Because they were that big.

by Anonymousreply 103April 11, 2021 6:04 PM

Squirrels are behind most power outages in the U.S.

by Anonymousreply 104April 11, 2021 6:05 PM

Koumpounophobia is the fear of buttons.

by Anonymousreply 105April 11, 2021 6:12 PM

Jesuit missionaries brought the first pugs to Europe as a gift from the Emperor of China to the Sun King.

by Anonymousreply 106April 11, 2021 6:16 PM

More than 40% of the residents of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia have sub-prime credit scores.

by Anonymousreply 107April 11, 2021 6:20 PM

Mame and Mamie were friends

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by Anonymousreply 108April 11, 2021 6:28 PM

Whales are closest related to hippos, and that explains their big heads.

by Anonymousreply 109April 11, 2021 6:35 PM

The blue whale is the largest known animal to have ever existed.

by Anonymousreply 110April 11, 2021 6:39 PM

Rosalind Russel's husband and manager Freddie Brisson was so disliked his nickname was "the Lizard of Roz"

by Anonymousreply 111April 11, 2021 6:42 PM

[quote]Rosalind Russel's husband

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 112April 11, 2021 6:42 PM

What a sad, sad life you must lead, R122

by Anonymousreply 113April 11, 2021 6:44 PM

[quote]The blue whale is the largest known animal to have ever existed.

I beg to differ.

by Anonymousreply 114April 11, 2021 6:44 PM

[quote] What a sad, sad life you must lead, R122

Time traveller.

by Anonymousreply 115April 11, 2021 6:45 PM

R122 is clearly the smartest person on Datalounge.

by Anonymousreply 116April 11, 2021 6:46 PM

OP, that's not a "fact."

And your statement is not only non-factual. It is false, both for anti-parasitical health and public health efforts in the early-to-mid 20th century, and for the prevalence of helminths and other human parasites today.

The true story of America's public health campaign to end the pandemic of hookworm in the US South is forgotten by most but represents an effort of amazing effectiveness, sensitivity and power. But even at that time the estimated prevalence of hookworm, the most serious parasite among all ages, was found to be about 40%. So shut up, you wormy turd.

Random is not the same as fabricated.

by Anonymousreply 117April 11, 2021 6:46 PM
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by Anonymousreply 121April 11, 2021 6:47 PM

Thank you, R116.

I know.

by Anonymousreply 122April 11, 2021 6:47 PM

Well isn't r122 clever!

by Anonymousreply 123April 11, 2021 6:48 PM

R122 - how many times did you have to post to get to be R122?

by Anonymousreply 124April 11, 2021 6:52 PM

Face it. We all were trying to be R122.

by Anonymousreply 125April 11, 2021 7:04 PM

Despite the lyrics of "Don't Stop Believing", there is no "South Detroit". Heading south from downtown Detroit leads across the bridge into Canada.

by Anonymousreply 126April 11, 2021 7:05 PM

But only to commit suicide without leaving a note.

by Anonymousreply 127April 11, 2021 7:13 PM

The hookworm made me do it!

by Anonymousreply 128April 11, 2021 7:14 PM

Maine is the closest U.S. point to Africa.

by Anonymousreply 129April 11, 2021 7:23 PM

My pussy stinks.

by Anonymousreply 130April 11, 2021 7:27 PM

[quote]Secretariat still holds the record for fastest time at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. He won the Belmont by 31 lengths.

Secretariat had an unusually large heart – estimated at 22 pounds, while the average Thoroughbred heart is 8.5 pounds. This tremendous cardiovascular system, pumping oxygen into his lungs at an abnormally high rate, was clearly a source of his stamina and power.

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by Anonymousreply 131April 11, 2021 7:40 PM

The foolishness of people - scholars, actors and general dumbshits - who claim Shakespeare's works were written by someone else (Marlowe, Bacon, Oxford, the Man in the Moon) - ignore a particular metaphor in "The Rape of Lucrece." The image is that of water passing rapidly through an arch on a bridge, with things rushing through being driven back in the swirling current to appear again upstream of the bridge. This phenomenon still can be seen today at the old Clopton Bridge, extant from Shakespeare's time, where Shakespeare as a youth would have observed it.

To this random fact can be added the many names of Stratford people Shakespeare knew who appear in the plays, the Warwickshire phrases and the knowledge of country life not likely to have been part of the early life of those cited by the "He couldn't have done it!" cabal. Never mind the lifelong associations of the players from the Lord Chamberlain's/King's Men with the Stratford Shakespeare, who also were mentioned in Shakespeare's Stratford will.

by Anonymousreply 132April 11, 2021 7:43 PM

Melania was the second "Vurst Lay-dee" to be born as a citizen of another country.

John Quincy Adams' wife, Lousia Johnson, was English. And, unlike the aforementioned travesty of a human being, Mrs. Adams was rather wonderful.

by Anonymousreply 133April 11, 2021 7:50 PM

The Pina Colada song was the last #1 hit of the 1970's and the first #1 hit of the 1980's.

by Anonymousreply 134April 11, 2021 7:54 PM

David Bowie launched one of the first internet providers.

He started BowieNet in 1998 and the service remained available until the early 2000s. For $19.95 a month, users would get an email address (yourname@davidbowie.com), 5MB of online storage meant for a personal web page, exclusive audio and video of Bowie, access to chat rooms (where Bowie would supposedly pop up on occasion), and even multiplayer games.

by Anonymousreply 135April 11, 2021 7:59 PM

Elvis Presley’s favorite movie was Monty Python and the Holy Grail. According to a friend, he watched the movie almost 50 times.

by Anonymousreply 136April 11, 2021 8:03 PM

David Bowie and Elvis Presley were both born on January 8th.

by Anonymousreply 137April 11, 2021 8:04 PM

The hottest spot ever recorded on Earth is El Azizia, in Libya, where a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded on Sept. 13, 1922.

by Anonymousreply 138April 11, 2021 8:05 PM

[quote] The enzyme in Pineapples, bromelain, is so strong that pineapple processors have to wear protective gloves, otherwise over time the enzyme eats away at the skin on their face and hands, leaving dry skin and small sores. Bromelain is what makes Pineapple an excellent meat tenderizer.

Bromelain pills are good for sinus issues. Cheap as well.

by Anonymousreply 139April 11, 2021 8:05 PM

Dentists are number one for divorce and suicide.

by Anonymousreply 140April 11, 2021 8:08 PM

Dolly Parton once entered a drag queen impersonator contest as herself, and lost.

She received the least amount of applause from the audience.

by Anonymousreply 141April 11, 2021 8:10 PM

Blobfish are merry men of the sea. It is only when they’re forcibly hauled up from the depths that they become irritable assassins.

by Anonymousreply 142April 11, 2021 8:12 PM

None of the Beatles could read or write sheet music.

by Anonymousreply 143April 11, 2021 8:12 PM

Harry Styles has four nipples.

by Anonymousreply 144April 11, 2021 8:13 PM

Axl Rose is an anagram for oral sex.

by Anonymousreply 145April 11, 2021 8:19 PM

R113 is actually world renowned psychic Sylvia Browne, a frequent celebrity guest poster. at DataLounge

by Anonymousreply 146April 11, 2021 8:22 PM

r145, wow!

by Anonymousreply 147April 11, 2021 8:23 PM

😲 No Way, r145 !

by Anonymousreply 148April 11, 2021 8:25 PM

Chita Rivera and Sylvia Rivera are first cousins.

by Anonymousreply 149April 11, 2021 8:40 PM

People lose the use of up to %30 of their taste buds during flights because of the pressure and dryness of the air. Could explain the terrible reputation of airline food.

by Anonymousreply 150April 11, 2021 8:50 PM

James I kept an elephant in St. James’s Park. It was given a gallon of wine to drink every morning during the winter.

by Anonymousreply 151April 11, 2021 9:00 PM

🐘 Lucky Elephant !

by Anonymousreply 152April 11, 2021 9:28 PM

You're more likely to get a computer virus from visiting religious sites than porn sites.

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by Anonymousreply 153April 11, 2021 9:29 PM

The toque - the traditional hat worn by chefs - contains exactly 100 folds. Legend has it that the number of folds represents the number of ways to cook an egg,

by Anonymousreply 154April 11, 2021 9:39 PM

Barry Manilow didn't write his hit song, " I write the songs"

by Anonymousreply 155April 11, 2021 9:42 PM

The coffee temperature was just fine.

by Anonymousreply 156April 11, 2021 9:46 PM

1) Cereal Was Invented to Stunt Your Sex Drive

2) Rice Krispies had four “pitch elves,” originally there was Snap, Crackle, Pop and Pow.

3) FrankenBerry Cereal Used to Turn Your Poop Red

4) Froot Loops loops are all the same flavor

by Anonymousreply 157April 11, 2021 9:58 PM

The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona

The Spanish city thought the design was too ugly, so Gustave Eiffel pitched it to Paris instead, as a temporary landmark during its 1889 International Exposition. French critics didn’t like it much either though.

by Anonymousreply 158April 11, 2021 10:11 PM

If you do visit Versailles and want to see the gardens in full glory, pay attention to the season. I went between seasons & the garden consisted of hedges only.

There are 2 planting seasons where they fill the gaps between the hedges with different colorful stuff.

by Anonymousreply 159April 11, 2021 10:13 PM

R117 is seriously mentally ill. That’s a fact.

by Anonymousreply 160April 11, 2021 10:34 PM

That would be Dr. Phil R66

by Anonymousreply 161April 11, 2021 10:51 PM

Probably sub-prime IQs as well R107

by Anonymousreply 162April 11, 2021 11:03 PM

The word "set" has the largest number of meanings of any word in the English language. There are 430 different senses of the word listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

by Anonymousreply 163April 11, 2021 11:07 PM

Now they breed for the large heart gene re R131.

by Anonymousreply 164April 11, 2021 11:08 PM

I thought is was papaya that eats your stomach.

by Anonymousreply 165April 11, 2021 11:13 PM

Geese bite.

by Anonymousreply 166April 11, 2021 11:14 PM

You're never more than 12 feet from an arachnid.

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by Anonymousreply 167April 11, 2021 11:17 PM

Most money in the US contains trace amounts of cocaine in it.

by Anonymousreply 168April 11, 2021 11:21 PM

A swan's neck is strong enough to break a human leg.

by Anonymousreply 169April 11, 2021 11:21 PM

Incidents involving elevators and escalators kill about 30 and seriously injure about 17,000 people each year in the United States.

by Anonymousreply 170April 11, 2021 11:24 PM

The phrase "to a T" is derived from the phrase "to a tittle", a phrase dating back to early 17th century England. A "tittle" is the dot atop a lowercase 'j'.

by Anonymousreply 171April 11, 2021 11:24 PM

I pick my nose.

by Anonymousreply 172April 11, 2021 11:35 PM

The word "nickname" basically used to be "ickname," and "apron" used to be "napron." The changes to the current forms occurred because in spoken English you can't really tell whether you are saying "an ickname" versus "a nickname," or "a napron" versus "an apron."

by Anonymousreply 173April 11, 2021 11:37 PM

"Butterfly", which makes no sense, was originally "Flutterby", which makes sense.

by Anonymousreply 174April 11, 2021 11:57 PM

New York's M.H. Lamston was named for founders Morris Lamb and Harry Stone.

by Anonymousreply 175April 12, 2021 12:02 AM

From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century many famous paintings contained the color 'mummy brown,' which was a paint containing pigment derived from ground up Egyptian mummies, or 'mummia'. Mummies were also ground up to add to medicines. There were also mummy unwrapping parties held by fashionable members of the British upper class (I've been told this hasn't been proven but I believe it).

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by Anonymousreply 176April 12, 2021 12:23 AM

Almost every earthworm in most of the U.S. came from somewhere else. Native earthworms all but disappeared more than 10,000 years ago, when glaciers from a Pleistocene ice age wiped them out. A few survived further south. But today, virtually all earthworms north of Pennsylvania are non-native.

by Anonymousreply 177April 12, 2021 12:33 AM

That all the dust in the world starts in the Sahara and ends up in the Rainforest.

by Anonymousreply 178April 12, 2021 1:00 AM

[quote] A few survived further south.

They're not from North.

by Anonymousreply 179April 12, 2021 1:01 AM

Our universe contains at least 70 septillion stars, 7 followed by 23 zeros. Astronomers estimate there exist roughly 10,000 stars for each grain of sand on Earth.

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by Anonymousreply 180April 12, 2021 1:02 AM

North is the worst movie I ever reviewed.

by Anonymousreply 181April 12, 2021 1:03 AM

Üter from The Simpsons is Swiss in the German version of the show.

by Anonymousreply 182April 12, 2021 1:05 AM

North is the worst movie I ever did.

by Anonymousreply 183April 12, 2021 1:08 AM

The first Oscar for acting went to a German.

by Anonymousreply 184April 12, 2021 1:09 AM

Hitler’s Flatulence May Have Helped End WWII Earlier Than it Otherwise Would Have

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by Anonymousreply 185April 12, 2021 1:35 AM

That's interesting, r185, because Hitler was an avowed vegetarian, who are notoriously gassy...

by Anonymousreply 186April 12, 2021 1:40 AM

Hitler also was hooked on meth and other drugs.

by Anonymousreply 187April 12, 2021 1:59 AM

R181, it's arguably neck-and-neck with Beyond the Valley of the Dolls for that title, Mr. Ebert.

by Anonymousreply 188April 12, 2021 2:36 AM

The first computer was built in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania.

by Anonymousreply 189April 12, 2021 2:41 AM

In 1945 the Japanese had absolutely no hopes of attacking the US. They knew they were fucked.

by Anonymousreply 190April 12, 2021 2:42 AM

British people are just like Americans except that they have a long scaly tail.

by Anonymousreply 191April 12, 2021 2:42 AM

Space apparently smells like "hot metal" and "seared steak" according to astronauts, and the smell sticks to their suits for a long time after they've been out there.

by Anonymousreply 192April 12, 2021 2:43 AM

There are 51 states in the United States but people are embarrassed by the 51st (New Mexico) and pretend like it never happened.

by Anonymousreply 193April 12, 2021 2:47 AM

Nadia Comaneci was not, in fact, the only gymnast to score a Perfect 10 at the Montreal Olympic Games.

by Anonymousreply 194April 12, 2021 2:51 AM

R192 You can purchase the "smell of space" here

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by Anonymousreply 195April 12, 2021 2:54 AM

Pharaoh Pepi II of Egypt would command that one of his slaves be covered in honey to lure flies away from himself.

by Anonymousreply 196April 12, 2021 3:05 AM

The sound of pouring water changes depending on its temperature.

by Anonymousreply 197April 12, 2021 3:33 AM

Hitler's favorite film was MGM's "Broadway Melody of 1940" starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell containing the sublime tap number danced to Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine".

He was said to have had his own print of the film.

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by Anonymousreply 198April 12, 2021 4:08 AM

Fact: You only have two body parts that never stop growing

Human noses and ears keep getting bigger, even when the rest of the body’s growth has come to a halt.

by Anonymousreply 199April 12, 2021 4:53 AM

Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains theobromine, which affects their heart and nervous system.

by Anonymousreply 200April 12, 2021 4:59 AM

Halley’s Comet appeared on the day Mark Twain was born & on the day he died.

by Anonymousreply 201April 12, 2021 5:58 AM

R199

[quote] Fact: You only have two body parts that never stop growing

Human noses and ears keep getting bigger, even when the rest of the body’s growth has come to a halt.

I know you are a female and not just because you’re wrong.

by Anonymousreply 202April 12, 2021 6:16 AM

r193 there are MANY states I'd rank lower than New Mexico. For all its faults, New Mexico has several redeeming qualities (one of which: it's blue).

by Anonymousreply 203April 12, 2021 9:40 AM

Stravinsky's now-beloved classic Rite of Spring" caused a riot at its Paris premiere with the performance cancelled and dozens arrested.

by Anonymousreply 204April 12, 2021 10:00 AM

January Jones appeared in 'X-Men: First Class' with Kevin Bacon, which was the second time she starred in a movie/TV show taking place in 1962 alongside an actor with a pork-based last name. She was previously in 'Mad Men' with Jon Hamm.

by Anonymousreply 205April 12, 2021 10:26 AM

Wikipedia can be edited by anyone at any time. 20% of facts there are just plain wrong.

by Anonymousreply 206April 12, 2021 10:47 AM

[quote]Melania was the second "Vurst Lay-dee" to be born as a citizen of another country.

Not technically true. All First Ladies born before 1776 were born as citizens of Great Britain. Martin Van Buren (born 1782) was the first president born as a US citizen.

by Anonymousreply 207April 12, 2021 11:23 AM

The only President to be castigated by by his wife for being "a conservative"?

by Anonymousreply 208April 12, 2021 11:35 AM

Very interesting, R198.

Suck it, Marika Rokk.

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by Anonymousreply 209April 12, 2021 12:15 PM

I love when "progessives" attempt to appear as the Proletariat.

by Anonymousreply 210April 12, 2021 12:19 PM

Here we go with “progressives” again.

by Anonymousreply 211April 12, 2021 2:19 PM

It's a well known fact that R210 is a rightwing troll.

by Anonymousreply 212April 12, 2021 2:28 PM

Visine has an ingredient that if ingested will kill you. It is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. It causes a heart attack resulting in death and unless the ME is looking for it, cannot be found in normal tox screens.

by Anonymousreply 213April 12, 2021 2:32 PM

Thousand Island salad dressing currently has maybe six islands at most.

by Anonymousreply 214April 12, 2021 2:42 PM

The Bush family, including the 2 future Presidents, once lived in Compton, California (back when it was mainly white).

They also lived in Ventura, Huntington Park, Bakersfield, and Whittier, California, before moving to Midland, Texas in 1950.

by Anonymousreply 215April 12, 2021 3:00 PM

Cucumbers are berries.

by Anonymousreply 216April 12, 2021 3:10 PM

Rita Moreno starred in the movie version of West Side Story, NOT Chita Rivera.

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by Anonymousreply 217April 12, 2021 3:44 PM

[quote] Fact: You only have two body parts that never stop growing, Human noses and ears

My waist disagrees.

by Anonymousreply 218April 12, 2021 4:08 PM

Poppy Bush’s father Prescott was involved in a plot to overthrow FDR.

It nearly succeeded.

In 2000 & 2016, it did succeed.

by Anonymousreply 219April 12, 2021 4:39 PM

The first flight attendants (stewardesses) had to be female and registered nurses. It was thought nervous flyers during the early days would be calmed by a nurturing female presence.

by Anonymousreply 220April 12, 2021 5:30 PM

R150 that is also why tomato juice tastes better in flight.

by Anonymousreply 221April 12, 2021 5:42 PM

Where ever you go, there you are.

by Anonymousreply 222April 12, 2021 5:48 PM

Laura Bush killed a man.

by Anonymousreply 223April 12, 2021 7:56 PM

^^ Just to watch him die?

by Anonymousreply 224April 12, 2021 8:40 PM

The last battle of the U.S. Civil War was a big Confederate victory. They had not heard Lee had surrendered.

by Anonymousreply 225April 12, 2021 8:51 PM

The LadyGQ trans for dates and private evening attire.

by Anonymousreply 226April 12, 2021 9:01 PM

DJT never had bone spurs in his feet. The podiatrist alledgedly indicated that to help DJT get out of the military draft.

by Anonymousreply 227April 12, 2021 9:06 PM

Mentally ill strabismus sufferer Meg Markle has a Protected Wikipedia entry.

by Anonymousreply 228April 12, 2021 9:16 PM

The first scenes of both “Baby Boom” and “That Girl” are the same. Diane Keaton/Marlo Thomas walk up Park Ave and into the Seagrams building during morning rush hour. Identical scenes.

by Anonymousreply 229April 12, 2021 9:21 PM

Hans Christian Andersen once stayed at Dickens' home (where he overstayed his welcome), and after receiving a bad review he threw himself face down on the lawn and wouldn't stop crying.

by Anonymousreply 230April 12, 2021 10:10 PM

Henry VIII killed, like, everybody who worked for him, man. He was a terrible boss & an even worse husband. Kind of a shut father too

by Anonymousreply 231April 12, 2021 10:12 PM

Washington DC is further west of New York than it is south.

by Anonymousreply 232April 12, 2021 11:09 PM

“Oh but Rose, our previous First Lady was a mail order bride. It doesn’t get much lower than that does it?”

by Anonymousreply 233April 12, 2021 11:12 PM

OP do ORC worming tablets actually kill off all parasites in one annual hit? As I understand it, flukes and worms and other nasties just double down and burrow into tissues if you try to nuke them (willing to be gainsaid on that by any doctors in the house).

by Anonymousreply 234April 12, 2021 11:22 PM

The Little Mermaid is about unrequited love for another man.

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by Anonymousreply 235April 12, 2021 11:37 PM

[quote]Washington DC is further west of New York than it is south.

And Los Angeles is farther east than Reno, NV.

by Anonymousreply 236April 12, 2021 11:49 PM

Neither Jacqueline Kennedy's or Barbara Bush's pearls were real, although both could have well afforded the genuine kind.

by Anonymousreply 237April 13, 2021 12:18 AM

[quote]Neither Jacqueline Kennedy's or Barbara Bush's pearls were real, although both could have well afforded the genuine kind.

And Nancy Reagan received more "pearl necklaces" than all the other First Ladies put together.

by Anonymousreply 238April 13, 2021 1:40 AM

R230 fat Mood

by Anonymousreply 239April 13, 2021 7:13 AM

I don't know how true it is, but heard that odd freeway numbers run north/south and even freeway numbers run east/west.

by Anonymousreply 240April 13, 2021 5:53 PM

The witches in John Van Druten's Bell, Book, and Candle are metaphors for gay men, who had their own clubs, culture, and gossip.

by Anonymousreply 241April 13, 2021 6:57 PM

King Charles II of England, while in exile had a secret marriage. If documentation were found today, verifying the marriage and thus legitimizing the eldest of Charles II's bastard sons, the current Scottish Duke of Buccleuch would be King of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, etc. and the present day Windsors would be so far away from the line of succession that Meghan Markle would asking everyone "Harry who??" and selling her crotchfruit on eBay to the highest bidder.

by Anonymousreply 242April 13, 2021 8:00 PM

r240 The one- and two-digit interstates are even numbers starting in the south and west (I-5 and I-8 in the south; I-90 and I-95 in the north and east.) To avoid confusion with US Highways, which start in the east and north (US-1 on the east coast; US 101 on the west coast.) Three-digit interstates are spurs and loops to the major interstates (the one- and two-digit routes.) I-495, I-680, etc.

by Anonymousreply 243April 13, 2021 8:17 PM

And then?

by Anonymousreply 244April 14, 2021 12:20 PM

r185, it's a wonder they didn't call him Shtler.

by Anonymousreply 245April 14, 2021 2:48 PM

The Battle of Picacho Peak was the westernmost battle of the U.S. Civil War, and the only Civil War battle to take place in Arizona.

Until recently, a ceremonial reenactment of it has taken place every year at the site, in what is now Picacho Peak State Park, between Phoenix and Tucson.

by Anonymousreply 246April 14, 2021 3:12 PM

From Detroit, one travels south to get to Canada.

by Anonymousreply 247April 15, 2021 11:58 AM

Ice cream has no bones.

by Anonymousreply 248April 15, 2021 4:07 PM

r248 lies

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by Anonymousreply 249April 15, 2021 8:27 PM

There is a type of shrimp that 'farms' starfish. They eat the arms and leave the centre, allowing it to feed and regenerate more arms which they eat again.

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by Anonymousreply 250April 21, 2021 9:15 PM

Magnolia flowering trees are so ancient, they predate the existence of bees.

by Anonymousreply 251April 21, 2021 9:23 PM

Derek Chauvin is scheduled to go on trial for tax evasion on June 30, 2021. He is facing 9 felony tax evasion charges.

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by Anonymousreply 252April 21, 2021 9:55 PM

^right after the murder, mrs chauvin filed for divorce & the judge mixed that, stating that it was a conspiratorial move to shield/separate their income, lest he faces a civil suit. And here I thought she was doing it because she was against what her husband did, when in fact she’s probably of a like or at least similar mind.

by Anonymousreply 253April 21, 2021 9:59 PM

Baja California gets snow. Just learned that this weekend!

by Anonymousreply 254May 3, 2021 3:52 PM

My hummingbirds are back & draining the full bottle of nectar I put out for them.

by Anonymousreply 255May 3, 2021 3:55 PM

Pigs can be used as surrogates for human babies.

by Anonymousreply 256May 3, 2021 4:10 PM

R255 made me LOL

by Anonymousreply 257May 3, 2021 4:13 PM

The late Senator John McCain was my father.

by Anonymousreply 258May 3, 2021 5:46 PM

The Vatican thought Shirley Temple was too good of an actress to be a child and thought she was a dwarf adult. An envoy was sent to investigate.

by Anonymousreply 259May 3, 2021 6:35 PM

It hasn’t been 70 degrees F where I live in 2021. It has been 70 degrees 20 miles away on this island , but not here.

by Anonymousreply 260May 3, 2021 7:14 PM

R256 that sounds like fake news

by Anonymousreply 261May 3, 2021 10:52 PM

Aaron Shock will spread his hole for anyone....but he doesn't really have to spread soooo...

by Anonymousreply 262May 3, 2021 11:59 PM

[quote]Pigs can be used as surrogates for human babies.

This explains SO much.

by Anonymousreply 263May 4, 2021 1:50 AM

Only one man has swum the entire length of the Amazon River -- Martin Strel.

by Anonymousreply 264May 4, 2021 5:40 PM

Rape is not a crime if you are white.

by Anonymousreply 265May 5, 2021 4:08 PM

R10 I just had to look that up and OMG! Dolface alert!

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by Anonymousreply 266May 5, 2021 4:16 PM

If the British Parliament presented the Queen with her own death warrant, she'd be bound by law to sign it.

by Anonymousreply 267May 6, 2021 4:13 AM

[quote]The human head weighs eight pounds!

So does a gallon of water.

by Anonymousreply 268May 6, 2021 4:16 AM

Seven percent of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

And 100 % of those believing that chocolate milk comes from brown cows vote for Trump. Fact.

by Anonymousreply 269May 6, 2021 4:30 AM

Murder is not a crime if you’re a cop.

by Anonymousreply 270May 6, 2021 12:54 PM

Ronald Wilson Reagan is the only US President whose names each has 6 letters, i.e., 666 How appropriate.

by Anonymousreply 271May 6, 2021 1:25 PM

Strawberries are a new world fruit.

by Anonymousreply 272May 6, 2021 3:45 PM

[quote]The world's smallest reptile was discovered this year, 2021.

True.

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by Anonymousreply 273May 6, 2021 4:11 PM
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