Richardo
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Fri Mar-04-05 12:30 PM
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Post your favorite bit of trivia that puts it all in perspective... |
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Mine:
The last time Boston won a World Series (1918) there was an Ottoman Empire. :wow:
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Beware the Beast Man
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Fri Mar-04-05 12:33 PM
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1. My wife's grandmother was 1 when the Titanic sunk. |
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Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:33 PM by Beware the Beast Man
She's still alive, BTW.
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:09 PM
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6. and her house was used as part of the underground railroad |
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Fri Mar-04-05 02:02 PM
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17. And the Pope is an honorable Harlem globetrotter! |
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Seriously, The Harlem Globetrotters named Pope john Paul II a honorary mamber in 2000
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Fri Mar-04-05 12:34 PM
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2. Nope, my orignal post....that's not going to work... |
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Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:35 PM by terrya
I'll get back to you. :-)
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RubyDuby in GA
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Fri Mar-04-05 12:37 PM
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3. One of the seven people actually being held prisoner when the Bastille |
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was stormed was the Marquis de Sade. It just goes to show that people want that kind of freaky stuff in their lives :evilgrin:
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Beware the Beast Man
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Fri Mar-04-05 12:38 PM
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4. As bands performed at Woodstock, somebody was logged on to the internet |
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Fri Mar-04-05 12:40 PM
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5. Here's another: If the Sun were a basketball, |
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Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:40 PM by Richardo
...the Earth would be a split pea located 150 feet away from the basketball Sun. The Moon would be a grain of sand located 4 inches away from the split pea Earth :wow:
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:53 PM
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14. and the nearest star would be another ball 900 miles away! |
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Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 01:55 PM by Zuni
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:12 PM
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7. 80% of Americans do not know how to balance a checkbook |
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and the average American pays $280 in NSF fees a year....go figure
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RubyDuby in GA
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:24 PM
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8. I didn't know there were that many men and blondes around |
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Fri Mar-04-05 02:36 PM
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18. Well, only 1 in 4 women do not dye their hair |
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Fri Mar-04-05 02:52 PM
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:hi:
I earned every gray hair on my head.. why cover them up :)
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:49 PM
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"Enough is enough...Let's switch to a bank that DOES have sufficient funds." :)
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:25 PM
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"You know that old saying, 'Life begins at 40'? Well, not in Sierra Leone! The life expectancy there is 38! I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!"
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:38 PM
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make up 75% of the population.
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:42 PM
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11. In all the runnings of the Indianapolis 500 race |
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The field has never included a driver named "Smith." John So when there is a Smith among the 33 drivers, that will be a sign of the Apocalypse -- or just perhaps that I need a new favorite bit of trivia.
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:49 PM
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12. The US is spending over 300 billion dollars a year on its military... |
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:56 PM
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16. Yes, but that doesn't put it in perspective...for example: |
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Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 02:07 PM by Richardo
$300 billion in $100 bills laid end-to-end would reach from the earth to the moon...in fact would extend 44,000 miles past the moon. :wow:
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If you spent $10 million per day every day, it would take you 82 years to spend $300 billion.
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Fri Mar-04-05 01:55 PM
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15. The first umbrella factory in the US |
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was located in Baltimore, Maryland
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Fri Mar-04-05 02:51 PM
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19. A hundred years from now, it probably won't matter |
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works for most problems :)
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Fri Mar-04-05 02:52 PM
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20. the onLy former president to serve in the house of representatives |
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was john quincy adams.
the onLy former president to serve in the senate was andrew johnson.
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