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Saturdiner #998248
01/17/15 12:53 AM
01/17/15 12:53 AM
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 33,073
Calera, Oklahoma
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Cool, strange and interesting facts

Fact 1. The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana.
Fact 2. The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens.
Fact 3. The Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil.
Fact 4. The ruby red slippers in the movie “The Wizard of Oz” were sold off at an auction for $660,000.
Fact 5. The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.
Fact 6. The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes.
Fact 7. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
Fact 8. The Sanskrit word for “war” means “desire for more cows.”
Fact 9. The sap of a banana plant leaves serious stains on hands and clothes that is extremely hard to remove.
Fact 10. The scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour.
Fact 11. The sea cucumber spills its internal organs out as a defense mechanism.
Fact 12. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.
Fact 13. The search engine Google got its name from the word “googol,” which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
Fact 14. The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building.
Fact 15. The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.
Fact 16. The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel.
Fact 17. The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning “to build.”
Fact 19. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every
letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx
communications)
Fact 20. The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to read until he was 17 years old.
Fact 21. The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried.
Fact 22. The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea.
Fact 23. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
Fact 25. The Shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact in human history.
Fact 26. The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel.
Fact 27. The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated.
Fact 28. The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history.
Fact 29. The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Fact 30. The size of a raindrop is around 0.5 mm – 2.5 mm, and they fall from the sky on average 21 feet per second.
Fact 31. The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter.
Fact 32. The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton.
Fact 33. The skin of a shark is made up of “tiny teeth” which are called dermal denticles.
Fact 34. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.
Fact 35. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger.
Fact 36. The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long.
Fact 37. The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long.
Fact 39. The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, which is located in the ear.
Fact 40. The smallest frog is the “Brazilian baby frog”, which is smaller than a dime.
Fact 41. The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10 inches.
Fact 42. The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm.
Fact 43. The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses.
Fact 44. The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles.
Fact 45. The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases.
Fact 46. The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930.
Fact 47. The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose.
Fact 48. The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee.
Fact 49. The song “Happy Birthday” brings in about $2 million in licensing revenue to Warner Communications who hold the copyright to the song.
Fact 50. The song “Strawberry Fields Forever” sung by the Beatles refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
Fact 51. The song with the longest title is “I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues” written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1945. He later claimed the song title ended with 'Yank' and the rest was a joke.
Fact 52. The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore.
Fact 53. The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.
Fact 54. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.
Fact 55. The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella.
Fact 56. The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour.
Fact 57. The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
Fact 58. The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.
Fact 59. The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anesthesia, and was then painted blue and red.
Fact 60. The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war.
Fact 61. The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii.
Fact 62. The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the “water displacing” substance.
Fact 63. The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice.
Fact 64. The stage were the television sitcom “Friends” is shot on is said to be haunted.
Fact 65. The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
Fact 66. The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Fact 67. The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.
Fact 68. The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.
Fact 69. The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.
Fact 70. The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin. More than 300 million pounds of cranberries are grown in Wisconsin.
Fact 71. The state that has the most diners in the world is New Jersey, which is referred to as the “Diner Capital of the World.”
Fact 72. The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.
Fact 73. The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material.
Fact 74. The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie.
Fact 75. The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward.
Fact 76. The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
Fact 77. The stringy thing that is seen in egg whites is called “chalazae.”
Fact 78. The strongest gust of wind was recorded at the Mount Washington Observatory on April 12th, 1934, and measured 231 miles per hour.
Fact 79. The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
Fact 80. The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.
Fact 81. The study of twins is known as gemellology.
Fact 82. The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure.
Fact 83. The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.
Fact 84. The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.
Fact 85. The sun shrinks five feet every hour.
Fact 86. The Super Bowl is broadcast to over 182 countries in the world.
Fact 87. The Super Bowl is so popular that it is the number one at-home party event of the year.
Fact 89. The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, was actually built for use as a tomb by Mogul ruler Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum.
Fact 90. The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.
Fact 91. The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe.
Fact 92. The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high.
Fact 93. The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches.
Fact 94. The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17.
Fact 95. The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.
Fact 96. The temperature of milk when it is coming out of a cow is about 36 degrees celsius.
Fact 97. The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fact 98. The term “The Big Apple” was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression “apple” for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time – The Big Apple.
Fact 99. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good morning everyboomie. wave


Welcome to the weekend! smile


Well I didn't get any wake up calls at 4:30 yesterday morning, and I'm guessing nobody ordered pizza at 4:30am either.


I did some more meaningful editing tonight, and removed all the duplicate 'facts' for you. yes


Fact 58. The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.


Uh yeah......we're all thirty years older. slapforehead


Have a happy day everyone.


joe


There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.

William Butler Yeats
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998253
01/17/15 01:16 AM
01/17/15 01:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,270
In the Naughty Corner
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Posts: 83,270
In the Naughty Corner
lol Joe! I hope it's a day off for you!

Have a great day all! I have a night out with friends tonight. Looking forward to it!yay

Ana wave


Don't feed the Trolls
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998268
01/17/15 04:33 AM
01/17/15 04:33 AM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 10,027
Greece
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Greece
Good morning,have all a happy day. happydance wave


I change all my passwords to "incorrect". So whenever I forget, it says, "your password is incorrect".

Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998274
01/17/15 05:31 AM
01/17/15 05:31 AM
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 25,109
Marlborough USA
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Marlborough USA
Good Morning Joe, Ana, Harloua and All Boomers. Coffee is on. Wishing everyone a quiet day. wave


Gerry
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998287
01/17/15 08:40 AM
01/17/15 08:40 AM
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 8,379
Arcadia (twin world of Stark)
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Sorry you missed your wake up call, Joe. lol Have a great Saturday.

Have fun with your friends, Ana! happydance12

Have a happy day, too, Haroula. Hope you're feeling better!

Hope you have a quiet day as well, Gerry.

It's Saturday, and I'm off. happydance12 Thorsgoats and I are going to have a big breakfast soon before he goes to work. I don't think I'll attempt to sing just yet today. My cold is almost gone, but I still want to make sure I'm fully recovered, especially as I was out of practice the very few times I did my scales right before my cold hit me. So I think I will play a game, maybe try and catch up on some of The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 before it's released in its entirety in February. I'd hate to let my early access go to waste. lol

Okay, off to see what else is happening. Have a great Saturday, everyone. winter


Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.

Helena: Where are these mangoes?
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998296
01/17/15 09:09 AM
01/17/15 09:09 AM
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 16,020
winter springs fl.
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winter springs fl.
Good morning everyone. To all here and all who follow, have a Wonderful Saturday. Danish, BB Pancakes, and Bacon Sandwiches in the NC. winter


Connie
Re: Saturdiner [Re: connie] #998305
01/17/15 09:37 AM
01/17/15 09:37 AM
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,783
Upper Arlington, Ohio
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Good morning Boomers. wave

Bacon sounds good Connie. happydance


It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998312
01/17/15 09:56 AM
01/17/15 09:56 AM
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 18,262
Massachusetts
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Posts: 18,262
Massachusetts
Good Morning Boomers penguin

Joe, enjoy the day!

Ana, have fun tonight. rah

Haroula, is your son's ear infection gone now?

Gerry, coffee is well appreciated. Thanks!

Venus, glad your cold has cleared up. Enjoy the day off.

Connie, I'll have a Danish please and thank you.

Space, good day wishes.

Wished it would warm up some here. Wishing everyone a wonderful day! shiver


Gail
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998325
01/17/15 01:12 PM
01/17/15 01:12 PM
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,402
Lexington, Texas
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Quiet day, beautiful day and tomorrow too. Doors open, fresh air -springtime in south central Texas. Goody

Enjoy your weekend all


I wish I were a cat and belonged to me ~ My Aunt Helen Mary Rose
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998326
01/17/15 01:15 PM
01/17/15 01:15 PM
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 48,905
Alabama
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Alabama
Super Saturday ya'll puppy

I woke up early but it was too cold to get out of bed. The window was wide open and I had to uncover to get to it. So not!

Cuddled with the doggies, then let the Sky out (can reach his kennel while staying covered) to join the dog pile and warm up. Wanted to cuddle with hubby, but Seagy was squarely between us and not moving, so we both cuddled with her rotfl

We have our normal Saturday planned....chores and hanging out a bit. There is bright blue sky and sun with temps to look nice later in the day. Son has a nice fire going in the den. I'm having a hard time getting motivated to leave it. lol


"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
-Roger Caras
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998334
01/17/15 01:52 PM
01/17/15 01:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,680
kansas
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well i am still around. its is 52 out right now , yesterday made it to the high 60's. sure hope this nice weatehr sticks around but i know it won't , we still have feb. and mar. to go thru. foudn out this past week we will be having our 2nd great grandbaby borned in aug. we still haven't had the chance to meet our 1st one. but when you don't have the extra money for gas even though its only a little over an 1 1/2 hr drive. its really bothering me about it but nothing i can do. we also have 2 weddings to attend , 1 on feb 14th and the other on may 30. both are our oldest daughters kids.not much planned around here lately. hubby's chickens continue to do a great job on giving us eggs, we have been making our own hamburger and hot dog buns. and those buns rise a 3rd each time we make them everytime when it times to bake them, so we need to see about playing around with the dough to see if we can get them where they aren't so hugh. have't made any bread lately since hubby would rather use better than bread flour with his recipes. got a full house here, son has been living with us since sept and the one granddaughter moved back in last month

Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998338
01/17/15 02:07 PM
01/17/15 02:07 PM
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,630
Massachusetts
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Hi everyone. I'm between shifts right now so I thought I'd check in here. I hope you all are having a great Saturday. Hi Rugs. Good to hear from you.

I'll be back. I need to go have some lunch. I'm starving.

Midgie hearts shiver Man it's cold outside.


Just do it.
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998350
01/17/15 03:21 PM
01/17/15 03:21 PM
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 9,848
San Diego, CA
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San Diego, CA
My fingers are soooo cold! Warm outside, cold inside. Must be Winter in San Diego.

In other news: writing letters and emails to 'people' today hoping they can help with our squatter (Sorta's Neighborhood has the fully story). Got nowhere with the police yesterday. Ugh! THEY believed HER. I have NO confidence in our police force any more.

If anyone loves the Red Lobster cheddar biscuits they serve, they now come in a MIX. Wow! They probably have for awhile but I just found them. Exactly like the ones they serve. Just add water and shredded cheese and bake. Comes with garlic seasoning for the butter topping. Yummmmm.


WARNING! This person is extremely blonde...please type SLOWLY.
Re: Saturdiner [Re: Midge] #998357
01/17/15 04:21 PM
01/17/15 04:21 PM
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Posts: 2,226
Washington In the Wet corner
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Hey ya Boomers wave


Cold wet day here razz good day to read & play
games yes

Yankee your weather sounds wonderful! our Spring starts around the end of February, can't wait! happydance

gonna put Bella & Brunos raincoats on (their fuzzy on
the inside) and go to the barn, there having a clinic today and i want to watch it~
need to get new batteries for my scooter, their not staying charged very long any more~


Ana GREAT pics of Shadow & Merlin!
is that a dog park? what river is it??
Beautiful place!!


Have a nice day Boomers~Karen


"Horses are smart"

"You never heard of a Horse going broke"
betting on Humans~ Will Rogers~
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998360
01/17/15 04:32 PM
01/17/15 04:32 PM
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 48,905
Alabama
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Alabama
Hubby out doing errands. Son and boys out having fun. I've cleared the dining room table again so we can all eat on it, and vacuumed and dusted the den now that everyone is out of it. Have laundry going, and am going to take advantage of the quiet to listen to a webinar. My computer sound is being goofy so can't use my headphones so I need a quiet house if I need to hear the computer lol


"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
-Roger Caras
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998362
01/17/15 04:50 PM
01/17/15 04:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 14,625
northern Wisconsin
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Well I am not just getting up but am just getting here. lol Been a strange day. It was +26 and snowing for our first walk around the block. Thank I was off and doing errands and had to pick up the eye drops for my other eye so I can start them on Tuesday! Good thing my daughter made me up an eye drop chart. Then home in time to put everything away and run to the bus stop and pick up Abbi who was with me most of the afternoon. Her mom has come and picked her up now so time to sit and relax!!

Joe thanks for the laughs this morning.

Ana have a wonderful time out tonight.

Karen have fun at the barn!!

Haroula hope you and your son are feeling better today!

L4l I sleep with the window open at night also. Most nights I wish I had a remote control for shutting it so I didn't have to get up in the cold. lol

Gerry, venus, Connie,Space, Gail, Yankee, Space, My10, Sorta, and Midge wave

May everybody have a lovely rest of the day!!

wave
Nan

Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998374
01/17/15 06:39 PM
01/17/15 06:39 PM
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 29,026
Unionville
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Unionville
Good Saturday evening boomers. Hope it's a super one for you smile


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: Saturdiner [Re: gymcandy1] #998399
01/17/15 11:16 PM
01/17/15 11:16 PM
Joined: Apr 2004
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Alabama
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Alabama
Goodnight, boomers. Sweet dreams sleep


"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
-Roger Caras
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