Q&A: 1 800 Flower

Question: #1: Why is costco, trader joe's,1-800 flowers, and large corporations trying to overshadow flower shops?
I don't understand why large corporations take advantage of small businesses, all those online "florists" like pro-flowers, blooms.net and 1-800 flowers, rip people off.I ordered a large arrangement from 1-800 flowers and I didn't get the best quality in flowers, I would rather order from a local flower shop now, especiall y those that are family owned.they give you the best service and products it was worthe the money, pricey, but worth every penny. I still don't understand why some people are still dumb enough to support those large corporations that have no knowledge or passion like a REAL flower shop does. Is it because small flower shops don't have enough money to advertise like large corporations do? - asked by sasha

Answer: It's called capitalism. Get used to it because it's not going anywhere any time soon. ... - answered by: Kimberly
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Question: #3: 1-800-flowers lawsuit?
What do you think of a man getting divorced who sues 1-800-flowers for faxing his wife a copy of the receipt?#1) He didn't set up his own sole & separate account with an address where he lives apart from his wife, so 1-800-flowers had no way to know it wasn't ok to fax a copy of the bill to his home address#2) His attorney gets on the Today Show on national TV this morning and claims this mistake will cost him half a million dollars in spousal support. I keep asking why his attorney would publicly ask us to pity him. If it will cost him half a million on spousal support, then the man should have enough income to - live separately from his soon-to-be-ex - set up his own sole and separate credit card accounts - set up his own sole and separate account with 1-800-flowers - think before he acts While it will cause him distress in his divorce, why should 1-800-flowers pay part of his divorce costs? Didn't he get himself into the divorce without their help?Since he's well spoken, and appears intelligent, shouldn't he have been more careful to NOT get caught by his wife?Shouldn't he be able to take personal responsibility for HIS mistakes? - asked by Nedra E

Answer: You have lost sight of something. In today's world, everything that you have mentioned is besides the point. This is a suit happy world that we live in today. People can sue over literally everything and ... - answered by: pappysgotitgoinon
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Question: #5: anyone interviewed by 1-800-flowers?
i was interviewed over the phone and the interview end up on im "stand by" for peak season..... is that all? - asked by tonie

Answer: I have never applied there. They seem like great people though. They were very helpful when I placed an order. Good customer service = a great work environment. ... - answered by: txofficer2005
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Question: #7: Who knows a promo code for 1-800-flowers.com?
- asked by rhstranger2772

Answer: There are some codes at this site:
http://www.couponmountain.com/1-800_Flowers-coupons-deals.html ... - answered by: Cruiser 68
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Question: #9: What is the telephone number for the company called 1-800-Flowers?
- asked by G S

Answer: 1-800-Flowers ... - answered by: Who?Me?
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Question: #11: Need to preserve a special flower cake?
My kids just got their great-grandma a flower cake. I would like to be able to preserve it so that she can keep it, as it is adorable. It is made with little flowers in the shape of a birthday cake. You can see what one looks like at www.1-800-flowers.com . Does anyone know of the best way to preserve something like this? I heard spraying it with hairspray, but this is also something we can't hang upside down or anything to dry. Any ideas? My step-daughter also got a beautiful bouquet for Valentine's Day that she wants to preserve, it also can not be hung upside down. - asked by Tammara T

Answer: There is a silicone spray that you can buy in arts and craft stores, ie Michaels, Joanne's (even on-line). That's the best route to take for both the cake and step daughers flowers. ... - answered by: Tally
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Question: #13: Is it okay to send flowers to a woman other than your wife?
I just picked up the mail and a postcard from 1-800-flowers came to remind my husband that a friend of his is having a birthday soon. I called my husband about it right now and he said that it was an old friend from high school and he sent her flowers for her birthday last year. He didn't give me flowers for mother's day or our anniversary either. Am I being paranoid? - asked by laylamami

Answer: Yes... it IS okay for a man to give another woman flowers!!!As long as it is his MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, DAUGHTER, SISTER or GREAT-GRANDMOTHER!!!!No you are not being paranoid! He is completely in the WRONG!! ... - answered by: DearAbby
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Question: #15: Is there anyway I could buy a number amount of roses?
1-800-Flowers won't give me 10 flowers. Is there any other place where I could buy just 10 flowers. It's my 10th Year Anniversery - asked by andrewg038

Answer: Go to your local florist and buy 10 single roses. Who cares if it's a pain in the a** or costs a little more to get 10 single roses???It's your 10th anniversary dude!! ... - answered by: reallocojava
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Question: #17: Looking for a source on decorative Floral Shipping boxes?
Need to find a source on the shipping boxes that Pro Flowers or 1-800 Flowers ship in - asked by Wondering????

Answer: Try contacting a specialty box co.Dallas Container Corp. 214-381-7148Hope tis helps ... - answered by: Bassman1
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Question: #19: Searching the web with IE7?
I've never had this problem until I upgraded to IE7, but sometimes when I search for something and click on one of the sponsored result links, it takes me to a page other than where it is supposed to go. This is an example, but if I type in "flowers" and click on the first result that comes up, i.e. 1-800-flowers.com, it takes me to a lycos page full of other links unrelated to what I searched for, resulting in more clicking around trying to find what I was looking for to begin with. Is anyone else having this problem? - asked by trafficjams

Answer: I have heard a lot of bad things about IE7. I did a system restore to get rid of it for now. Will try again later. Try the System Restore which takes you back to a time when your computer was working ... - answered by: Elaine B
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Question: #21: Man Sues Florist for Revealing Affair...?
A married man is suing 1-800-Flowers for $1 million for revealing that he was cheating on his wife. Does he have grounds to sue? - asked by sullie812

Answer: I don't know about the legalities of it, but he wouldn't be in this situation if he hadn't been cheating.Some companies have other branches/departments, like marketing or surveys, that are independent ... - answered by: Greyhound Mama
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Question: #23: The Mom is killing my credit!?
So my mom orders a bunch of stuff under my name,she uses my social and everything.She usually gets most or part of her orders,but she has these sent to her address.I only recently found out by trying to order soemthing,and found out i had an outstanding bill for over 200!It just happens i had seen some of the items they mentioned at her house..I didnt do anything than, but when she ordered from 1-800-flowers, and did the same thing, i had another huge bill for one of her flings..This is starting to really make me mad, yet i dont know what my options are..I really dont want to see her go to jail.But she just doesnt understand, 'Stop!'Confrontation has not worked, im open to ideas.. - asked by SwiftKill

Answer: Tough one. You might try telling her that you have notified authorities and are taking action against fraud and idenity theft....although you havent. That might be enough to make her stop, being affraid ... - answered by: Heath B
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Question: #25: What is your take on this sad and Disturbing Story?
Porter had reported 26-year-old Jessie Davis missing one week ago Friday after finding the young woman's bedroom in disarray, the furniture overturned and Davis' young son home alone. The 2-year-old boy, who may be the only witness to his mother's disappearance, told investigators: "Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the table. Mommy's in rug."When Porter was asked Friday by NBC's "Today" show if she considered the father of Davis' son and unborn baby a suspect, she replied: "Yes, he's a suspect.""I still pray that it's not him," she said. "That doesn't mean that I don't think he's a suspect, as well."Authorities have talked with and searched the home of the father, Canton police officer Bobby Cutts Jr., although investigators have repeatedly said Cutts is not a suspect.Cutts, 30, says he had nothing to do with Davis' disappearance. The woman's family says he is the father of both 2-year-old Blake and of Davis' unborn baby.On Friday, some 250 volunteers lined up for a second day to help search surrounding fields and woods for any sign of Davis. She was nine months pregnant when she disappeared, with a due date of July 3. More than 1,800 volunteers had turned up Thursday to scour backyards, vacant fields and a Christmas tree farm.Davis' sister, Whitney, said the family was not participating Friday."It's too stressful every time a dog comes across something," she said.Search dogs hit on one area of freshly dug dirt Thursday more than a mile from her home in nearby Lake Township, but it turned out to be a marijuana plot, Stark County sheriff's Capt. Gary Shankle said."It's very frustrating, but we just can't leave any stone unturned," he said.Porter said Friday that young Blake was keeping everyone motivated and reminding them every day of his mother, whom she described as her best friend, a woman without enemies who "always had a big smile on her face."Blake "has periods where he just lays his head down on the couch and has this horrible look of sadness, and then the next moment he'll have this big, beautiful smile. He really is what keeps us going," she told ABC.Volunteers searched the area around Davis' home for about 4 1/2 hours Thursday until they were stopped by heavy rain. Groups of 80 to 100 searchers covered a total area of about eight square miles, said Tim Miller, director of Texas EquuSearch, an internationally active search group that organized the volunteer effort."I'm hopeful we can find her alive," he said. "If not, the second best thing we can do is be back here next week for a funeral."During the massive search Thursday, police officer Jamie Mizer led one of 14 groups while three months pregnant. "That's kind of what's motivating me to be out here," she said. One woman wore high heels but gave up 20 minutes later after walking through a wooded area. Another maneuvered on crutches. "I'm here for the whole thing," said Tammy Robinson, 47. Others prayed for Davis' safe return at a nondenominational evangelical church Davis' mother attends. At Davis' home, several bouquets of flowers had been left outside. On Wednesday, sheriff's investigators and FBI agents carried out more than a dozen white cardboard boxes, a few brown bags and three large black plastic bags during a search of Cutts' home. His mother, Renee Horne, told The that agents were looking for Davis' cell phone and a quilt missing from her home. She said FBI agents questioned her son twice Wednesday, and read him his Miranda rights during the second interview. Meanwhile, the DNA of a newborn baby found about 45 miles from Davis' home was being tested to see if the infant is related to the missing woman. The testing was not expected to be finished until next week. - asked by Dew

Answer: the baby said that his mommy is in the rug... she is a river or has been buried or even worst... why does it take a woman to be missing for people to come together, ... - answered by: DaQuietOne
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Question: #27: Digital Camera SLR Advice Needed?
I am shopping for a digital SLR. I am planning on getting the Canon Rebel Xti with 10.1 mp. I would also like a good lens- one that takes excellent portraits. Where the picture is so sharp you can see each eyelash kind of thing. I'd also like a telephoto lens that can get extremely sharp focus on something like a flower that you are standing right next to, or a baby's tiny little toes. Hoping for one lens that can do both the portraits and the toes. I don't have much to spend- about $1500 total including the camera that comes with the basic lens for about $800. Can someone recommend the lens that would cost about $600 that would be extremely sharp even in indoors lighting situations. I think I would like the Lseries from Canon. - asked by WaffyGLish

Answer: For your budget, I'd suggest that you look at the the Canon 17-85 lens. One of our devoted Canon users recommended the EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (28-135 equiv.) (April 2007-$515) as a good "walk around" ... - answered by: Dr. Sam
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Question: #29: Why are there so many scientific and historical innacuracies in the word of your God?
Science and History in the Bible All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.--Lev.11:20 Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse.... Should it turn out that I am the worst man in the whole world, the story of the flood will remain just as improbable as before, and the contradictions of the Pentateuch will still demand an explanation. -- Robert Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses GenesisThe Genesis 1 creation account conflicts with the order of events that are known to science. In Genesis, the earth is created before light and stars, birds and whales before reptiles and insects, and flowering plants before any animals. The true order of events was just the opposite. 1:1-2:3 God creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. Yet he didn't make the light producing objects (the sun and the stars) until the fourth day (1:14-19). And how could there be "the evening and the morning" on the first day if there was no sun to mark them? 1:3-5 God spends one-sixth of his entire creative effort (the second day) working on a solid firmament. This strange structure, which God calls heaven, is intended to separate the higher waters from the lower waters. 1:6-8 Plants are made on the third day before there was a sun to drive their photosynthetic processes (1:14-19). 1:11 God lets "the earth bring forth" the plants, rather than creating them directly. Maybe Genesis is not so anti-evolution after all. 1:11 In an apparent endorsement of astrology, God places the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament so that they can be used "for signs". This, of course, is exactly what astrologers do: read "the signs" in the Zodiac in an effort to predict what will happen on Earth. 1:14 God makes two lights: "the greater light [the sun] to rule the day, and the lesser light [the moon] to rule the night." But the moon is not a light, but only reflects light from the sun. And why, if God made the moon to "rule the night", does it spend half of its time moving through the daytime sky? 1:16 "He made the stars also." God spends a day making light (before making the stars) and separating light from darkness; then, at the end of a hard day's work, and almost as an afterthought, he makes the trillions of stars. 1:16 "And God set them [the stars] in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth." 1:17 In verse 11, God "let the earth bring forth" the plants. Now he has the earth "bring forth" the animals as well. So maybe the creationists have it all wrong. Maybe God created livings things through the process of evolution. 1:24 God gave humans dominion over every other living thing on earth. 1:26 God commands us to "be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over ... every living thing that moveth upon the earth." 1:28 "I have given you every herb ... and every tree ... for meat." 1:29 All animals were originally herbivores. Tapeworms, vampire bats, mosquitoes, and barracudas -- all were strict vegetarians, as they were created by God. 1:30 "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." He purposefully designed a system that ensures the suffering and death of all his creatures, parasite and host, predator and prey. 1:31 In Genesis 1 the entire creation takes 6 days, but the universe is at least 12 billion years old, with new stars constantly being formed. 1:31 Humans were not created instantaneously from dust and breath, but evolved over millions of years from simpler life forms. 2:7 After making the animals, God has Adam name them all. The naming of several million species must have kept Adam busy for a while. 2:18-22 God fashions a woman out of one of Adam's ribs. Because of this story, it was commonly believed (and sometimes it is still said today) that males have one less rib than females. When Vesalius showed in 1543 that the number of ribs was the same in males and females, it created a storm of controversy. 2:19 God curses the serpent. From now on the serpent will crawl on his belly and eat dust. One wonders how he got around before -- by hopping on his tail, perhaps? But snakes don't eat dust, do they? 3:14 Because Adam listened to Eve, God cursed the ground and causes thorns and thistles to grow. Before this, according to the (false) Genesis story, plants had no natural defenses. The rose had no thorn, cacti were spineless, holly leaves were smooth, and the nettle had no sting. Foxgloves, oleander, and milkweeds were all perfectly safe to eat. 3:17-18 "There were giants in the earth in those days." Well, I suppose it's good to know that. But why is there no archaeological evidence for the existence of these giants? 6:4 Noah is told to make an ark that is 450 feet long. 6:14-15 Whether by twos or by sevens, Noah takes male and female representatives from each species of "every thing that creepeth upon the earth." 7:8 God opens the "windows of heaven." He does this every time it rains. 7:11 All of the animals boarded the ark "in the selfsame day." 7:13-14 The flood covered the highest mountain tops (Mount Everest?) with fifteen cubits to spare. 7:20 "The windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained." This happens whenever it stops raining. 8:2 Noah sends a dove out to see if there was any dry land. But the dove returns without finding any. Then, just seven days later, the dove goes out again and returns with an olive leaf. But how could an olive tree survive the flood? And if any seeds happened to survive, they certainly wouldn't germinate and grow leaves within a seven day period. 8:8-11 When the animals left the ark, what would they have eaten? There would have been no plants after the ground had been submerged for nearly a year. What would the carnivores have eaten? Whatever prey they ate would have gone extinct. And how did the New World primates or the Australian marsupials find their way back after the flood subsided? 8:19 Noah kills the "clean beasts" and burns their dead bodies for God. According to 7:8 this would have caused the extinction of all "clean" animals since only two of each were taken onto the ark. 8:20-21 "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." Although this would have been good advice for the mythical Noah, it is deadly advice for humankind as a whole. Overpopulation is one of our greatest problems, yet there is nothing in the bible to address it. 9:1 According to this verse, all animals fear humans. Although it is true that many do, it is also true that some do not. Sharks and grizzly bears, for example, are generally much less afraid of us than we are of them. 9:2 "Into your hand are they (the animals) delivered." God gave the animals to humans, and they can do whatever they please with them. This verse has been used by bible believers to justify all kinds of cruelty to animals and environmental destruction. 9:2 God is rightly filled with remorse for having killed his creatures. He even puts the rainbow in the sky to remind himself of his promise to the animals not to do it again. But rainbows are caused by the nature of light, the refractive index of water, and the shape of raindrops. There were rainbows billions of years before humans existed. 9:13 Some creationists believe that this verse refers to continental drift, which, they say, began to occur during the days of Pelag (which means "division"), about 100 or so years after the flood. But many other creationists disagree. 10:25 "The whole earth was of one language." But this could not be true, since by this time (around 2400 BCE) there were already many languages, each unintelligible to the others. 11:1, 6 God worries that people could build a tower high enough to reach him (them?) in heaven, and that by so doing they will become omnipotent. 11:4-6 According to the Tower of Babel story, the many human languages were created instantaneously by God. But actually the various languages evolved gradually over long periods of time. 11:9 The ridiculously long lives of the patriarchs. 11:10-32 "And they returned to the land of the Philistines." But the Philistines didn't arrive in the region of Canaan until around 1200 BCE -- 800 years after Abraham's supposed migration from Ur. 21:32, 26:1, 8, 15, 18 Laban learns "by experience" that God has blessed him for Jacob's sake. "By experience" means "by divination", at least that is how most other versions translate this verse. 30:27 Jacob displays his (and God's) knowledge of biology by having goats copulate while looking at streaked rods. The result is streaked baby goats. 30:37-39 God (or an angel) praises Jacob for his fancy genetic work in Gen.30:37-39. 31:11-12 Joseph and his magic divining cup. 44:5, 44:15 ExodusIt took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 16:35 The Israelite population went from 70 (or 75) to several million in a few hundred years. 1:5,7, 12:37, 38:26 Why are some people born with disabilities? Because God deliberately makes them that way. 4:11 God led the Israelites through the land of the Philistines, hundreds of years before the Philistines were established in Canaan. 13:17 "The manna referred to in the Bible, in Exodus 16:14, seems to have been the dried excrement of Trabutina mannipara, a scale insect that feeds on tamarisk trees." Benjamin B. Normark, The Sex Lives of Scales, Natural History, Sept. 2004. 16:14-15 "In six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them."Believers often say that the "days" of creation should be taken allegorically, but this verse is quite clear. God created the universe in six 24 hour days. 20:11 LeviticusThe bible says that hares and coneys are unclean because they "chew the cud" but do not part the hoof. But hares and coneys are not ruminants and they do not "chew the cud." 11:5-6 Bats are birds to the biblical God. 11:13, 19 Be sure to watch out for those "other flying creeping things which have four feet." (I wish God wouldn't get so technical!) I guess he must mean four-legged insects. You'd think that since God made the insects, and so many of them (at least several million species), that he would know how many legs they have! 11:23 God's law for lepers: Get two birds. Kill one. Dip the live bird in the blood of the dead one. Sprinkle the blood on the leper seven times, and then let the blood-soaked bird fly off. Next find a lamb and kill it. Wipe some of its blood on the patient's right ear, thumb, and big toe. Sprinkle seven times with oil and wipe some of the oil on his right ear, thumb and big toe. Repeat. Finally kill a couple doves and offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 14:2-52 NumbersThe Israelite population went from seventy (Ex.1:5) to several million (over 600,000 adult males) in just a few generations! 1:45-46 God sends quails to feed his people until they were "two cubits [about a meter] high upon the face of the earth." Taking the "face of the earth" to be a circle with a radius of say 30 kilometers (an approximate day's journey), this would amount to 3 trillion (3x1012) liters of quails. At 2 quails per liter, this would provide a couple million quails for each of several million people. 11:31 God strikes Miriam with leprosy. (In the Bible, leprosy is caused by the wrath of God or the malice of Satan.) 12:10 "And there we saw the giants ... And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." This statement may have been figurative, hyperbole, typical biblical exaggeration, or an actual description of the sons of Anak, in which case they must have been about 100 meters tall. These are the same giants (the Nephilium) that resulted when the "sons of God" mated with "the daughters of men in Gen.6:4. Of course these superhuman god-men should have been destroyed in the flood. So what are they doing still alive? 13:33 It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 14:33, 32:13 God's cure for snakebite: a brass serpent on a pole. 21:8 God has "the strength of a unicorn." Oh heck, I bet he's even stronger than a unicorn. 23:22, 24:8 DeuteronomyIt took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 2:7, 8:2, 29:5 "A land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time." (They must have been much more common back then.) 2:10-11, 20-21 Og, the king of the giants, was a tall man, even by NBA standards. His bed measured 9 by 4 cubits (13.5 feet long and 6 feet wide). 3:11 God promises to cast out seven nations including the Amorites, Canaanites, and the Jebusites. But he was unable to fulfill his promise. These nations were "greater and mightier" than the Israelites, who according to Ex.12:37 and Num.1:45-46 already had numbered several million. So the region, according to the bible, must have had a population of more than twenty million! 7:1 This verse mistakenly says that the hare chews its cud. 14:7-8 To the biblical God, a bat is just an another unclean bird. 14:11, 18 "Their wine is the poison of dragons." I wonder what genus and species the bible is referring to when it mentions dragons. 32:33 Joseph's "horns are like the horns of a unicorn." 33:17 JoshuaIt took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 5:6 In Joshua 8 the Israelites destroy Ai and make it a desolate heap. But Ai was an abandoned city by the time of the Israelites and this story is a myth invented to explain the ruins of an ancient city that the Israelites encountered. See Archaeology and Biblical Accuracy by Farrell Till. 8:1-29 This verse says that Ai was never again occupied after it was destroyed by Joshua. But Nehemiah (7:32) lists it among the cities of Israel at the time of the Babylonian captivity. 8:28 In a divine type of daylight savings time, God makes the sun stand still so that Joshua can get all his killing done before dark. 10:12-13 "And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which as of the remnant of the giants...." 12:4, 18:6 Judges"The stars in their courses fought against Sisera." Unless astrology is true, how can the stars affect the outcome of a battle? 5:20 "As the sun ... goeth forth in his might." The sun, according to the bible, goes around the earth. 5:31 1 Samuel"The pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. 2:8 Goliath was ten feet tall ("six cubits and a span"). 17:4 2 SamuelIn what is surely a biblical exaggeration, we are told that "the servants of David" killed 20,000 soldiers in one day. And that "the wood [forest] devoured more people that day than the sword devoured." It must have been spooky forest to have devoured more than 20,000 soldiers. There were probably lots of lions and tigers and bears. (Oh my!)18:7-8 The earth shakes, the foundations of heaven move, smoke comes out of God's nostrils, and fire out of his mouth. 22:8-16 How many soldiers did Israel have? This verse says that Judah and Israel had a total of 1,300,000 fighting men (1 Chr.21:5 says 1,570,000) in this battle. Of course, this is a ridiculously high number for a battle between two tribal armies in 1000 BCE. (The United States had about 1.37 million active duty soldiers in 2001.) 24:9 1 KingsThis verse implies that the value of p is 3. (The actual value is approximately 3.14159.) 7:23 God creates droughts by causing "heaven to shut up" as a punishment for sin. 8:35 Ever the playful spirit, God withers, and then restores, the hand of king Jeroboam. 13:4 2 KingsElisha cures a leper, but only after the leper dips himself seven times in the Jordan. 5:14 Elisha not only can cure leprosy, he can also dish it out. Here he makes his servant (Gehazi) and all his descendants lepers forever. 5:27 A dead body is brought to life when it accidentally touches the bones of Elisha. 13:21 Isaiah, with a little help from God, makes the sun move backwards ten degrees. Now that's quite a trick. All at once, the earth stopped spinning and then reversed its direction of rotation. Or maybe the sun traveled around the earth in those days! 20:11 1 ChroniclesSome creationists believe that this verse (and Gen.10:25) refers to continental drift, which, they say, began to occur during the days of Pelag (which means "division"), about 100 or so years after the flood. 1:19 "The earth ... shall be stable, that it be not moved." It doesn't spin on its axis or travel about the sun. 16:30 According to this verse David's army had 1,100,000 men from Israel and 470,000 men from Judah, Of course, this numbers is ridiculously high for a battle between two tribal armies in 1000 BCE. (The United States had about 1.37 million active duty soldiers in 2001.) 21:5 David provides Solomon with a fantastically large amount of gold and silver with which to build the temple: 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver. Since a talent was about 60 pounds, this would be about 3,000 tons of gold and 30,000 tons of silver. 22:14 King David collects ten thousand drams (or darics) for the construction of the temple in Jerusalem. This is especially interesting since darics were coins named after King Darius I who lived some five hundred years after David. 29:7 As usual, the reported amounts of gold, silver, and iron are grossly exaggerated. (100,000 talents of iron, for example, would be about 34 million kilograms.) 29:7 2 ChroniclesSince the molten sea was round with a diameter of ten cubits and a circumference of thirty cubits, we know that the biblical value of p is 3. (The actual value is approximately 3.14159.) 4:2 Abijah spoke to 1,200,000 soldiers at one time. (He had a really loud voice.) 13:3-4 500,000 soldiers die in a single God-assisted slaughter. 13:16-17 In the largest single God-assisted massacre in the bible, Asa, with God's help, kills one million Ethiopians. 14:8-14 Asa, when he had a foot disease, went to physicians instead of seeking the Lord. (God disapproves of those who seek medical help rather than "seeking the Lord.") 16:12 God makes Uzziah a leper for burning incense without a license. 26:19-21 Esther"Haman thought in his heart." Most people think with their heads, but biblical folks think with their hearts. 6:6 JobThe earth rests upon pillars and doesn't move (unless God gets angry or something). 9:6 "Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not."The earth is fixed and the sun travels about it. 9:7 Heaven is set upon pillars that tremble when God gets mad. 26:11 The earth is set on foundations and it does not move. 38:4-6 God has snow and hail all stored up to use later "in time of trouble." 38:22 God spread out the sky, which is a solid structure, hard and strong like a mirror. 37:18 Ostriches are not cruel and stupid birds who abandon their eggs to die after laying them, as these verses imply. They are, in fact, careful and attentive parents. The male scoops out a hollow for the eggs, which are incubated by the female during the day and the male at night. After the eggs are hatched, they are cared for by the mother for over a month, at which time the chicks can keep up with running adults. 39:13-16 The bible is wrong about ostriches being cruel and inattentive parents (39:13-16). But if they were, whose fault would it be? Why would God deprive them of the tools that are needed to do the job right? 39:17 Bible believers have identified the behemoth as a hippopotamus, dinosaur, wildebeest, or crocodile. But my favorite is the way these verses are translated by Stephen Mitchell: "Look now: the Beast that I made: he eats grass like a bull. Look: the power in his thighs, the pulsing sinews of his belly. His penis stiffens like a pine; his testicles bulge with vigor." 40:15-16 "Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord?" 41:1-34 PsalmsThe earth shakes whenever God really gets mad. 18:7 "The foundations of the world were discovered ... at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils." (The earth is set on firm foundations and does not move -- unless God blows his nose.) 18:15 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." 19:1 The sun moves around the earth. 19:4-6 From his seat in heaven, God can see the whole earth and all its inhabitants. (He sits directly above the earth, which is a flat disc below him.) 33:14-15 Diseases are sent by God to punish sin. 38:3 According to the psalmist, snails melt. But they don't, of course, they simply leave a slimy trail as they move along. 58:8 God is so strong that he can break the head of dragons and of leviathan. 74:13-14 God holds the earth up with pillars. 75:3 Another reference to "the foundations of the earth", implying that the earth is fixed and does not move. 82:5 "Thou hast broken Rahab [the sea monster] in pieces." 89:10 "The world also is established, that it cannot be moved." 93:1 "The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved." 96:10 "The Lord ... who healeth all thy diseases." God heals all diseases. Medical science is unnecessary. 103:2-3 "God ... who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain" (The earth is stationary and does not orbit the sun.) 104:5 "In wisdom hast thou made them all." 104:24 God is offended by those who make things with their hands or invent things with their minds. 106:39 "The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works." Then why do nearly all animals die painful deaths from starvation, predation, or disease long before they reach adulthood? 145:9 God "satisfiest the desire of every living thing." But in nature few needs are met and few desires are satisfied. Life is short, hard, cruel, and painful for nearly every living thing. 145:17 "He calleth them all by their names."God knows how many stars there are and knows them all by name. That's pretty impressive since there are 100 billion or so gallaxies, each containing about 100 billion stars. 147:7 "Praise him in the firmament of his power." 150:1 Ecclesiastes"The sun also ariseth"Although this verse is interpreted figuratively today, it was taken literally by virtually all Christians until the Copernican revolution, and was used by the Church to condemn Galileo for teaching the heliocentric heresy. 1:5 "He hath made every thing beautiful."Everything is beautiful in its own way. Parasitic worms, cancer cells, bubonic plague. You just have to look at it from God's eyes. 3:11 "No man can find out the work that God maketh."Science is impossible. We can learn nothing at all about the natural world. 3:11 Isaiah"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb...." I wonder what will become of the spiders. Will they be more friendly toward flies? And will the parasitic wasps find another way to feed their larvae? Or will they continue to feed off the living bodies of caterpillars? 11:6, 65:25 "And the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den." A cockatrice is a serpent, hatched from a cock's egg, that can kill with a glance. They are rare nowadays. 11:8 God will gather up the people of Judea "from the four corners of the earth." In the Bible's view, the earth is flat with four corners. 11:12 According to the Bible, the moon produces its own light and the earth does not move. 13:10 When God gets really angry, he causes earthquakes. 13:13 Dragons will live in Babylonian palaces and satyrs will dance there. 13:21-22 Out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent." What ever happened to these fascinating biblical creatures? 14:29 God will turn the earth upside down, knock it off of its foundations, and then shake and bake it until it "reels to and fro like a drunkard." 24:1, 18-20 God will punish the leviathan ("that crooked serpent") with his own sword and will kill the sea dragon. 27:1 Natural disasters (earthquakes, storms, fires, tsunamis) are caused by, and are a sign of, God's wrath. 29:7 Among the many strange creatures mentioned in the Bible that no longer seem to exist is the "fiery flying serpent." 30:6 "The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold." Well, this is one prophecy that will never come true. Since the moon has no light of its own, but only reflects that of the sun, it could never shine like the sun. And the sun will not, at least not while there are humans to see it, shine 7 times as bright as it does now. 30:26 "And the unicorns shall come down with them." 34:7 Dragons and satyrs may not seem real to you, but they did to the author of these verses. 34:13-14 God makes the sun move backwards 10 degrees. Now that's a neat trick! 38:8 The earth is a flat disc that God looks down upon from his throne in heaven. 40:22 Even the dragons honor God. 43:20 God cut Rahab (the sea monster) to pieces, wounded the dragon, and dried up the sea. 51:9-10 Bad people hatch poisonous cockatrice eggs. Whoever eats the eggs will die, and when the eggs are crushed a viper hatches out of them. 59:5 "Neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee." Of course the moon doesn't give off light, but only reflects the light from the sun. 60:19 JeremiahDroughts are punishments from God. 3:3 "I will send serpents, cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you." A cockatrice is a serpent, hatched from a cock's egg, that can kill with a glance. They are rare nowadays. 8:17 When God gets angry, the earth trembles. (That's what causes earthquakes.) 10:10 The wild asses "snuffed up the wind like dragons." 14:6 The earth is set on foundations and does not move. 31:37 LamentationsOstriches are not cruel and inattentive parents, as this verse implies. They are, in fact, careful and attentive parents. The male scoops out a hollow for the eggs, which are incubated by the female during the day and the male at night. After the eggs are hatched, they are cared for by the mother for over a month, at which time the chicks can keep up with running adults. 4:3 Ezekiel"The firmament ... the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above." 1:22 The world is flat and has four corners. 7:2 The firmament is over the heads of the cherubim. 10:1 God "will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light." To Ezekiel, the sun is just a little light that can be covered with a cloud, and the moon produces its own light. 32:7 DanielThe third year of the reign of Jehoiakim would be 606 BCE, at which time Nebuchadnezzar was not yet king of Babylon. It was 597 BCE that Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem for the first time (without actually destroying it). By that time Jehohiakim was dead and his son, Jehoiachin, was ruling. 1:1 The stone became "a great mountain" that "filled the whole earth." This could only be possible on a flat, disc-shaped earth. 2:35 Daniel's tree is tall enough to be seen from "the end of all the earth." Only on a flat earth would this be possible. 4:10-11, 20 Apparently, the author of Daniel knew of only two Babylonian kings during the period of the exile: Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, who he wrongly thought was the son of Nebuchadnezzar. But Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 BCE and was succeeded by his son, Awil-Marduk (referred to in the bible as "Evilmerodach" [see 2 Kg.25:27 and Jer.52:31]). In 560 BCE, Amel-Marduk was assassinated by his brother-in-law, Nergal-shar-usur. The next and last king of Babylon was Nabonidus who reigned from 556 to 539, when Babylon was conquered by Cyrus. It was Nabonidus, and not Belshazzar, who was the last of the Babylonian kings. Belshazzar was a the son and viceroy of Nabonidus. But he was not a king, and was not the son (or any other relation) of Nebuchadnezzar. 5:2,11,18,22 Darius the Median is a fictitious character whom the author perhaps confused with Darius I of Persia, who came to the throne in 521 BCE, 17 years after the fall of Babylon. The author of Daniel incorrectly makes him the successor of Belshazzar instead of Cyrus. 5:31 To Daniel, the stars are small objects that can fall from the sky and then be "stamped upon." 8:10 "They ... shall shine as the brightness of the firmament." 12:3 Joel"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood." These "signs" were a lot more impressive before the causes of solar and lunar eclipses were understood. 2:31 AmosGod destroyed the Amorites who were a race of giants as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. 2:9 It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 2:10 JonahGod makes "a great fish" to swallow Jonah. And Jonah stayed in the fish's belly for three days and three nights. 1:17 "Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey." That would make it about 60 miles in diameter -- larger than Los Angeles! 3:3 MicahThe earth is set upon strong foundations and therefore does not move. 6:2 NahumTornadoes, earthquakes, and fires are caused by God and are signs of his anger. 1:5 Habakkuk"The sun and moon stood still in their habitation." This verse apparently refers to Joshua 10:12-13, where God makes the sun stand still. 3:11 MatthewWhen was Jesus born? 2:1 "The star ... went before them."If the star "went before them," leading them to Bethlehem, then it couldn't have been a star or any other astronomical object or event. But Matthew couldn't have known that. Everyone at the time thought that stars were just little points of light a short distance above the earth. It'd be no problem to have one hover above a particular place for a while. 2:9 Herod kills all boys in and around Bethlehem that are two years old and under. Such a massacre would certainly have been noted by contemporary historians. Yet not even Josephus, who documented Herod's life in detail, mentioned this event. 2:16 The devil kidnaps Jesus and takes him up to the top of the temple, and then to the top of "an exceedingly high mountain," high enough to see "all the kingdoms of the world." I guess the earth was flat in those days. 4:8 "Behold the fowls of the air...." Jesus says that God feeds them. But, if so, he does one hell of a lousy job at it. Most birds die before leaving the nest, and the few who manage to fly soon die painful deaths of starvation, predation, or disease. If God is caring for them, pray that he stays away from you. 6:26 Speaking of the birds, Jesus asks: "Are ye not much better than they?" This is meant as a rhetorical question, but the answer is far from obvious to me. I guess to Jesus, though, birds are not worth much compared to humans. So you can do whatever the hell you want with (and to) them. 6:26 According to Matthew, people who cannot speak are possessed by the devil. 9:32-33 Jesus gives his disciples "power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness." 10:1 Jesus tells his disciples to perform all the usual tricks: "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils." 10:8 God is involved in the death of every sparrow. He sees to it that they each die painful deaths of starvation, predation, or disease. But don't worry. God will do the same for you. (He thinks that humans are worth much more than sparrows.) 10:29. 31 Jesus casts out a devil from a man who was blind and dumb. (Thos we are unable to see or hear are possessed by devils.) 12:22 Some Christians believe that the natural evil in the world (predators, parasites, pain, death) is due to Satan, not God. 13:28 Jesus is incorrect when he says that the mustard seed is the smallest seed. And since there are no trees in the mustard family, mustard seeds do not grow into "the greatest of all trees." 13:31-32 Jesus cures an epileptic "lunatic" by "rebuking the devil." (Epilepsy is caused by devils.) 17:15-18 "The moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven." Apparently, Jesus believed that the moon produces its own light, and that the stars are lights held in place by a firmament only a few miles above our heads. 24:29 Jesus believed that Noah's flood actually happened. 24:37 When Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of complete darkness "over all the land." And when he died, there was a great earthquake with many corpses walking the streets of Jerusalem. It is strange that there is no record of any of these extraordinary events outside of the gospels. 27:45, 51-53 MarkJesus is incorrect when he says that the mustard seed is the smallest seed. (The smallest seeds are found among the tropical, epiphytic orchids.) 4:31 "Thy faith hath made thee whole." If you have enough faith, you will never get sick. (Illness is caused by sin and lack of faith. Medical science is unnecessary.) 5:34 Jesus heals a boy with "a dumb spirit" by saying, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him and enter no more into him." (Sounds like a script from Monty Python, doesn't it?) But how could a deaf spirit hear the words spoken to it? And how could a dumb spirit cry out? 9:17, 25-26 "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female."Jesus believed that sex and Adam and Eve were created "from the beginning." But the universe is about 13.6 billion years old, the earth 4.6 billion, sex a billion years or so, and humans (depending on how you define "human") for a couple million years. 10:6 "In those days ... the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall." Of course this is nonsense. The billions of stars will never fall to earth and the moon does not produce its own light. 13:24-25 When Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of complete darkness "over the whole land." It is strange that there is no record of this extraordinary event outside of the gospels. 15:33 LukeWhen was Jesus born? 2:1 The devil takes Jesus to the top of a mountain and shows him "all the kingdoms of the world." I guess the world was flat in those days. 4:5 Epilepsy is caused by devils. 9:39 People who cannot speak are possessed with devils. 11:14 Illnesses are caused by Satan. 13:11-16 Jesus believed the story of Noah's ark. 17:26-27 Jesus also believes the story about Sodom's destruction. He says, "even thus shall it be in the day the son of man is revealed." This tells us about Jesus' knowledge of science and history. 17:29-32 "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars." 21:25 When Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of complete darkness "over all the earth." It is strange that there is no record of this extraordinary event outside of the gospels. 23:44-45 John"These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing." But no such site is known in history. Some translations (ASV, NAB, NIV, RSV, NRSV) rename Bethabara as Bethany, but Bethany is a suburb of Jerusalem and, therefore, not "beyond the Jordan." 1:28 "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?"Good question, Jesus! He was wrong about creation in Mk.10:6, wrong about the flood in Lk.17:26-27, and wrong about the smallest seed in Mt.13:31-32. So why would anyone believe him when he talks about heaven in Jn.3:16? 3:12 Whoever enters a pool after it is stirred up by angels will be cured of "whatsoever disease he had." 5:4 Jesus believes people are crippled by God as a punishment for sin. He tells a crippled man, after healing him, to "sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." 5:14 The disciples ask Jesus about the cause of a man's blindness. Was it because he or his parents sinned? Jesus said neither had sinned. The man was born blind so that Jesus could show off his powers by curing him of his blindness. 9:1-3 A blind man's sight is restored by washing in the pool of Siloam. 9:7 Acts"Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"This verse was used by a Dominican friar to discourage the use of Galileo's telescope. (Notice the pun on Galileo's name in "men of Galilee".) 1:11 The prophets have spoken "since the world began," which means that humans have been around since the creation of the world. But humans are recent arrivals on an ancient earth. There were no prophets when the earth formed 4.6 billion years ago. 3:21 The sick were healed just by touching the shadow of Peter. 5:15-16 It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 7:36, 13:18 Sick people are oppressed by the devil. 10:38 Sick people were cured by touching the handkerchief or apron of Paul. And the evil spirits when out of them." 19:12 Paul is bitten by a poisonous snake and yet lives. The "barbarians" who were shipwrecked with him thought he must be a murderer since he was bitten; but then they changed their minds and thought him to be a god since he didn't die. (The snake story is especially interesting since there are no poisonous snakes on Malta, and there is no evidence of their existence in the past.) 28:3-8 RomansThe existence and nature of God are self-evident. 1:20 The Religious Right often uses Romans 1:21-25 to condemn environmentalists. 1:21-25 Paul claims that before Adam sinned death did not exist. But, of course, death didn't enter the world a few thousand years ago because of Adam's sin. Death has been a part of life since life first arose (on this planet, at least) a few billion years ago. 5:12 Paul says that everyone, even in his day, had the gospel preached to them. Even the Native Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders? 10:18 1 CorinthiansPaul shows his ignorance (and God's) of biology by saying that only dead seeds will germinate. Actually, a seed must be alive to germinate. 15:36 "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another of beasts."This verse is used by Creationists to argue against both evolution and any attempt to create "human-animal hybrids" or "chimeras." 15:39 "The first man Adam"Young Earth Creationists use this verse to support a literal reading of Genesis. "If we cannot believe in the First Adam, why believe in the Last [Christ]?" 15:45 "And afterward that which is spiritual."Asa Gray, the foremost American botanist in the 19th century and close friend of Charles Darwin, used this verse to support the idea that the Bible is not inconsistent with human evolution. 15:46 2 Corinthians"As the serpent beguiled Eve"Young Earth Creationists use this verse to show that Paul believed the creation story in Gen.3:1-6. 11:3 EphesiansSatan is the "prince of the power of the air." Until modern times Christians believed that Satan was responsible for storms and droughts. 2:2 Colossians"For by him were all things created.... All things were created by him, and for him.... And by him all things consist." Including guinea worms? 1:16-17 1 Timothy"For Adam was first formed, then Eve." Young Earth Creationists use this verse to show that Paul believed the creation story in Gen.2:18-22. 2:13 Avoid science, especially that which disagrees with Paul ("science falsely so called"). Other versions translate this phrase as "false knowledge", which may be more correct. However many fundamentalist Christians still use this verse ("science falsely so called") to justify their rejection of any idea, scientific or otherwise, they believe contradicts the bible. 6:20 HebrewsGod set the earth on a foundation; therefore, it does not move. 1:10 JamesJames says that, even in his day, all beasts, birds, serpents, and sea creatures had been tamed by humans. 3:7 If you are sick, rely on the power of prayer. It works every time. 5:14-15 By praying, Elias was able to keep it from raining for three and a half years. 5:17 2 PeterThose who disbelieve in the Bible's creation and flood stories are "willingly ignorant." 3:5 "God ... spared not the old world, but saved Noah."Young Earth Creationists use this verse to show that the New Testament authors believed in the flood story. (So you should too.) 2:4-5 Revelation"Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him." This could only happen on a flat earth. 1:7 Jesus holds seven stars in his hand. Of course, it is possible that this is metaphorical. Perhaps. But it is clear from other verses (6:13, 8:10, 12:4) that John thought of stars as being small, perhaps even small enough for Jesus to hold in his hand. 1:16 "Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." God created predators, pathogens, and predators for his very own pleasure. One of his favorite species is guinea worms. 4:11 The sixth seal is opened and there is a great earthquake, the sun becomes black, and the moon red, the stars fall from heaven, and mountains and islands move around. 6:12-14 "And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth...." To John, the stars are just little lights a few miles away that can easily fall to the earth. 6:13 John "saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth." Well, I guess that settles it: the earth is flat and square-shaped, or at least quadrilateral in shape. 7:1 An angel threw the censer down to earth, causing thunder, lightning, and earthquakes. 8:5 "And there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters." In the bible, stars are just little lights that can fall to the ground from the sky. 8:10 The fourth trumpet smites one third of the sun, moon, and stars. 8:12 "I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth." 9:1 God's witnesses have special powers. They can shut up heaven so that it cannot rain, turn rivers into blood, and smite the earth with plagues "as often as they will." 11:6 The dragon's tail smacks down to earth one third of the stars. To the author of Revelation, the stars are just little lights that can fall to the ground from the sky. 12:4 - asked by pope

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Question: #31: Need to find rental by 11-14-06 for the Magnolia or Tomball, TX area.?
Either 2-1. 2-2, 3-1, 3-2. Home or mobile. We prefer rural area. 650 - 800 month. Also, considering Plantersville, Porter, New Caney and Cleveland, TX areas. Pets okay-2 declawed inside cats. Fully box trained. They are therapy cats. Has to be fully electric. Gas is not good for family with asthma problems. Acerage doesn't matter and we love to do yard work and planting bushes and flowers. Love to feed birds and other wildlife that comes thru with rural living. - asked by ajkoolkats

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Question: #33: wanna know 320 useless facts tht u dont know and probably will never use!!?
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.13. 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.14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).28. Camel's have three eyelids.29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".39. Slugs have four noses.40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.43. 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 can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".64. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.67. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's.73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.75. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.78. One in ten people live on an island.79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.92. Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.105. China has more English speakers than the United States.106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.131. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse's legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.134. An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.138. Almonds are members of the peach family.139. Rats and horses can't vomit.140. The penguin is the only bird that can't fly but can swim.141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.154. All polar bears are left-handed.155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.157. Butterflies taste with their feet.158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.159. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.160. Starfish have no brains.161. 11% of the world is left-handed.162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.170. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it.181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.183. 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."184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.195. Cats' urine glows under a black light.196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.200. 25% of a human's bones are in its feet.201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.210. A jellyfish is 95% water.211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)216. In golf, a 'Bo Derek' is a score of 10.217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.220. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city.224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.239. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.242. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies.245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.252. Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000.253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient's arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.257. A shrimp's heart is in its head.258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)260. Pearls melt in vinegar.261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.263. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.265. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.267. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.282. Only female mosquitoes bite.283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail.284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon).288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul's armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years' War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".302. Don Mac Lean's song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.304. Hummingbirds can't walk.305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969).306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence (7/1/1967).308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.310. While the US government's supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.311. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who's bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex.315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.316. Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother's Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds". - asked by bubbly mustard sneaky snickers

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Question: #35: Would you like to check out these 320 useless facts?
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen. 2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen. 3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had. 4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person. 5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels. 6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself. 7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim. 8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945. 9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. 10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. 11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son. 13. 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. 14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately). 16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles. 17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan. 18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903. 19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2. 20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk. 21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar 22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print. 24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino. 25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled. 26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards. 27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively). 28. Camel's have three eyelids. 29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day. 30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. 31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister. 32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system. 33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps. 34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape. 35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses. 36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. 38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce". 39. Slugs have four noses. 40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. 41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil). 42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows. 43. 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 can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS) 44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing. 45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads. 46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States. 47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax". 49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess. 50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters. 51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. 53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks. 54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday. 55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it. 56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. 57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. 58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour. 59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original. 60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. 61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves. 62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar). 63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA". 64. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different". 65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget. 66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. 67. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is. 69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service. 70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived. 71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes. 72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's. 73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from. 74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide. 75. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward). 76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles". 77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand. 78. One in ten people live on an island. 79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. 80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%. 81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. 82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek. 84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing. 85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model. 86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head. 87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia). 88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher. 89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas. 90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. 91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. 92. Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator. 93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S. 94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public). 95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. 96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South). 98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896. 99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity. 100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. 101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive. 102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome". 103. A snail can sleep for 3 years. 104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide. 105. China has more English speakers than the United States. 106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes. 107. One in every 9000 people is an albino. 108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. 110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury. 111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on. 112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten. 113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing. 114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere. 115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck. 116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. 117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity. 119. About 55% of all movies are rated R. 120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually. 121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India. 122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles. 123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. 124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. 125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable. 126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. 127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. 128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world. 130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick. 131. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. 132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse's legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building. 134. An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000. 135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. 136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT". 137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy. 138. Almonds are members of the peach family. 139. Rats and horses can't vomit. 140. The penguin is the only bird that can't fly but can swim. 141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day. 142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance. 143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. 144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. 146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. 147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie. 148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. 149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure. 150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies. 151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21. 153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 154. All polar bears are left-handed. 155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal) 156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. 157. Butterflies taste with their feet. 158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump. 159. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 160. Starfish have no brains. 161. 11% of the world is left-handed. 162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later. 163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. 165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. 166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray. 168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months. 170. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A. 171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour. 173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second. 175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade. 176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old. 177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer. 178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured. 179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it. 181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. 182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. 183. 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."184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white. 185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother. 186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. 187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes. 188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth. 190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. 191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose. 193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do. 194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 195. Cats' urine glows under a black light. 196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip. 197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970. 198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items. 199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated. 200. 25% of a human's bones are in its feet. 201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). 202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. 203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined. 204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition). 205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village". 206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older. 207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. 208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S. 209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet. 210. A jellyfish is 95% water. 211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001). 212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. 213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day. 214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. 215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle) 216. In golf, a 'Bo Derek' is a score of 10. 217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined. 218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. 219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple. 220. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. 221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross. 222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France. 223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city. 224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life". 225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. 226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50. 227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers. 228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5. 229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal. 230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand. 231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119. 232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner. 233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary. 234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z. 235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years. 236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. 237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister. 238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day. 239. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. 240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. 241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 242. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English. 243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330. 244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies. 245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor. 246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined. 247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history. 248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world). 249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters. 250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. 251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves. 252. Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000. 253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient's arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer. 254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond. 255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust". 256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks. 257. A shrimp's heart is in its head. 258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion. 259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+) 260. Pearls melt in vinegar. 261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal. 262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself. 263. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. 264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible. 265. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War. 266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol. 267. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House. 268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther. 269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census. 270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world. 271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment. 272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash. 273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed. 274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice. 275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen. 276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital. 277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day. 278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people. 279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q). 280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech. 281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode. 282. Only female mosquitoes bite. 283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail. 284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells. 285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age. 286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female. 287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon). 288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system. 289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul's armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas. 290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel. 291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died. 292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit. 293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player. 295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open. 296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person). 297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today. 298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years' War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951). 299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated. 300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands. 301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst". 302. Don Mac Lean's song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash. 303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard. 304. Hummingbirds can't walk. 305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969). 306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing). 307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence (7/1/1967). 308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history. 309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek. 310. While the US government's supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY. 311. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf. 312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works. 313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men. 314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who's bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex. 315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure. 316. Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P". 317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616. 318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population). 319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother's Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. 320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".Have fun reading it. Some interesting stuff on there. I didn't type them up myself either. Just copied and pasted them.No offense taken. Just skim through it, it ain't rocket science.Yes there is a one thousand limit on characters but i don't care. And i am not bored for a change.Triple Ho took hostage of my avatar. It's better than the male face though.Triple Ho took hostage of my avatar. It's better than the male face though. - asked by Black Parade Daria Morgendorffer

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Question: #37: Here is 320 useless facts you might learn something from?
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.13. 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.14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).28. Camel's have three eyelids.29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".39. Slugs have four noses.40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.43. 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 can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".64. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.67. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's.73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.75. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.78. One in ten people live on an island.79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.92. Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.105. China has more English speakers than the United States.106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.131. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse's legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.134. An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.138. Almonds are members of the peach family.139. Rats and horses can't vomit.140. The penguin is the only bird that can't fly but can swim.141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.154. All polar bears are left-handed.155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.157. Butterflies taste with their feet.158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.159. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.160. Starfish have no brains.161. 11% of the world is left-handed.162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.170. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it.181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.183. 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."184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.195. Cats' urine glows under a black light.196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.200. 25% of a human's bones are in its feet.201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.210. A jellyfish is 95% water.211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)216. In golf, a 'Bo Derek' is a score of 10.217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.220. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city.224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.239. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.242. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies.245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.252. Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000.253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient's arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.257. A shrimp's heart is in its head.258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)260. Pearls melt in vinegar.261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.263. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.265. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.267. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.282. Only female mosquitoes bite.283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail.284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon).288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul's armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years' War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".302. Don Mac Lean's song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.304. Hummingbirds can't walk.305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969).306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence (7/1/1967).308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.310. While the US government's supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.311. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who's bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex.315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.316. Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother's Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds". - asked by Josh McRoberts Sucks

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Question: #39: Please help me?? (divorce-related)?
A bit long, please bare with me.The 411: I'm 22, live in NYC, been married for 2 yrs, my wife is 26. We have no kids, we don't own anything whatsoever, we just rent. We got married kinda quick and didn't live together right away (big mistake). She has a H-U-G-E untidiness(sp?)problem which has gotten out of control, we don't have sex anymore because of her apparent stress-related, ongoing menstrual disorder, she shows no compassion whatsoever, all her conversations with me are about financial issues, she never asks how I'm doing or anything. I've tried everything from putting my foot down to being polite to buying flowers to recommending physicians to cleaning the ENTIRE house up myself in one day (took 9 hrs) only to have her mess it up all over again. I got us into counseling a couple months ago, it only lasted 3 sessions because she said "I don't feel like fixing things right now because when I wanted to fix things, you didn't want to fix things (not true), right now I'm depressed over the fact that I'm 26 and not where I wanna be in life." She didn't even give counseling a chance, we spent 2 of 3 sessions telling the doc our backstory. It could have worked, I felt like it was going to work because we were both getting our emotional baggage out in the open without getting into a fight.For the past few months, I've been living at my father's place because our house is very unhealthy physically and emotionally (you can't even sleep on the bed, looks like God pooped on it), fruit fly epidemic, I'd go into more detail but I don't wanna get too graphic, just think "Superdome" and "Hurricane Katrina" minus the flooding/death. But my father's place isn't exactly the best place to be, but it is a step up from my place because my father works with me to help keep the place more tidy than our place. However, it's not good because my mom has alzheimer's and my older sister is mentally retarded, so it's like having two additional kids in the house, they make a mess of the Apt. with food, important things missing, bladder, #2, etc. I'll stop before it gets too disgusting. So my place and his have SOME similarities. You may say get a divorce, I'd love to but what's holding me back?1) If I divorce her and let her keep that (once upon a time) nice apartment, I could stay at my dad's, save up money to get another place, right? But I'm worried about my dad becoming too overwhelmed by my sister/mother and dying (he's 62), I have no other family to run to unlike most people. I'd be screwed. He keeps telling me that he's not gonna die anytime soon, but I worry nonetheless, I feel like I'm hanging on a thread, ya know? I wish he was in his 50s right now. He can't even have any help come over to take care of both of them, there would be no room in the place for an extra person and he doesn't wanna put them in a home.2) If I divorce her and I keep the place, fix it up, etc. There still remains the issue of financial security. Where I work, I make $12/hr, full time. Not a livable wage right? That Apt. is $800/month, cable/internet + light/gas = about $1100 total. Then there's some bills and food, let's just round it all to $1500. I have like how much left over at the end of the month, $150-200? Give me a break.My main dream is to be a filmmaker/writer, I'm currently trying to get my scripts shown and what not, I workshop them as well, but it is a hard business to break into so obviously I have to do something "in the mean time". I'm not in school right now. My dad is trying to get me a doorman job, they make close to $30K, some even more. If I could get that job, that would help me make a decision a lot faster. However, if I can't get that, then the only other thing I wish to do is go to school for Medical Billing/Coding. There's not much jobs you can get around here WITHOUT some kind of degree. Why doorman and Medical billing/coding? Because I simply don't mind them for one, my dad lives in a doorman bldg. and I know how it works, and some medical billing co. allow you to work at home AFTER you work for them for a specific period of time and meet their requirements, plus I don't mind office work at all.You can imagine how frustrated I am. Here I am, withholding on divorce for the sake of financial insecurities. I'm stuck between waiting on this doorman thing (my dad is supposed to hear back from someone who's working on it, it's been a week and half) and signing up for medical billing course. Please don't lecture me on money isn't everything, it is, how else are you living where you are right now? How else are you paying for your food, clothes, and all the other things you're able to do? Vacation? Gifts? Businesses? Money IS everything. Let's face it, love won't pay the bills. Don't get me wrong, I'm not materialistic, I just wanna play this thing the right way because I realize I'm young, smart, a great guy, what not. I wanna make the right choices and eventually, someday, have a family of my own, one whereas in if my son or grandson faces a similar situation, he WILL have relatives to come to for help unlike me.Anyways, I'm going on and on, I'm sorry, I'll stop. Any insightful advice about this dire situation? All jokes aside, serious responses please, I'd really appreciate it. - asked by platinum steve

Answer: It would appear your more worried about how you will make it. It doesn't sound like you love your wife anymore. The best thing for you to do is sit down and figure out what would make you happy and not ... - answered by: Krinta
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