Posted By: gymcandy1
TGIF - 07/11/14 04:32 AM
Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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Fact 1. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building.
Fact 2. The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company.
Fact 3. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer.
Fact 4. The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan.
Fact 5. The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old.
Fact 6. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Fact 7. There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk.
Fact 8. There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.
Fact 9. There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem.
Fact 10. There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Fact 11. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Fact 12. There are 315 species of parrot in the world.
Fact 13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Fact 14. There are 40 official jelly belly flavours.
Fact 15. There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.
Fact 16. There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.
Fact 17. There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
Fact 18. There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.
Fact 19. There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon.
Fact 20. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide.
Fact 21. There are about 34,000 species of spiders.
Fact 22. There are about 6,800 languages in the world.
Fact 23. There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America.
Fact 24. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald’s Big Mac bun.
Fact 51. Tiger Woods is the first athlete to has been named “Sportsman of the Year” by magazine Sports Illustrated two times.
Fact 52. Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father.
Fact 53. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Fact 54. To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times.
Fact 55. To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories.
Fact 56. To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed.
Fact 57. To make butter more attractive in colour, carrot juice was used by people in the Middle Ages.
Fact 58. To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice.
Fact 59. To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed.
Fact 60. To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.
Fact 61. To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets
Fact 62. To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.
Fact 63. To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed.
Fact 64. To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked.
Fact 65. Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer.
Fact 66. Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined.
Fact 67. Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party.
Fact 68. Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.
Fact 69. Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.
Fact 70. Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits.
Fact 71. Tomatos were once referred to as “love apples.” This is because their was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them.
Fact 72. Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system.
Fact 73. Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units.
Fact 74. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
Fact 75. Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac.
Fact 76. Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
Fact 77. Trees that are near street lights do not shed their leaves as fast as a tree that is in the country.
Fact 78. Tripolini pasta was named for the Italian conquest of Tripoli in Libya.
Fact 79. Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth and receive over 80 inches of rain every year.
Fact 80. True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets.
Fact 81. Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
Fact 82. Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920.
Fact 83. Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks.
Fact 84. Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet.
Fact 85. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Fact 86. Twelve men have landed on and explored the moon.
Fact 87. Twit is the name given for a pregnant goldfish.
Fact 88. TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979.
Fact 89. Two million red blood cells die every second.
Fact 90. Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.
Fact 91. Two out of five people end up marrying their first love.
Fact 92. Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario.
Fact 93. Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life.
Fact 94. TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.
Fact 95. U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram.
Fact 96. U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year.
Fact 97. Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar.
Fact 98. Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day.
Fact 99. Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump.
Fact 100. Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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Good morning everyboomie.
I had a thought.
I hate when that happens.
Maybe I can get it back.
Anyway it's going to be a great day today. I know because it's going to be like 99% of 100 degrees today.
That's a good thing because it means that the sun hasn't burned out yet.
Trying to keep a positive outlook here.
You know how 'they' always say you can't get more than 100%?
It seems like every time they forecast 99 degrees for this area, we have 110 degrees at my house.
That's 110%.
We won't get into a discussion about bookies and bankers.
Have a happy day everyone.
joe
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fact 1. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building.
Fact 2. The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company.
Fact 3. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer.
Fact 4. The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan.
Fact 5. The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old.
Fact 6. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Fact 7. There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk.
Fact 8. There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.
Fact 9. There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem.
Fact 10. There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Fact 11. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Fact 12. There are 315 species of parrot in the world.
Fact 13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Fact 14. There are 40 official jelly belly flavours.
Fact 15. There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.
Fact 16. There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.
Fact 17. There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
Fact 18. There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.
Fact 19. There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon.
Fact 20. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide.
Fact 21. There are about 34,000 species of spiders.
Fact 22. There are about 6,800 languages in the world.
Fact 23. There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America.
Fact 24. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald’s Big Mac bun.
Fact 51. Tiger Woods is the first athlete to has been named “Sportsman of the Year” by magazine Sports Illustrated two times.
Fact 52. Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father.
Fact 53. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Fact 54. To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times.
Fact 55. To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories.
Fact 56. To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed.
Fact 57. To make butter more attractive in colour, carrot juice was used by people in the Middle Ages.
Fact 58. To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice.
Fact 59. To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed.
Fact 60. To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.
Fact 61. To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets
Fact 62. To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.
Fact 63. To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed.
Fact 64. To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked.
Fact 65. Tobacco contains over 50 chemicals that can cause cancer.
Fact 66. Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined.
Fact 67. Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party.
Fact 68. Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.
Fact 69. Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.
Fact 70. Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits.
Fact 71. Tomatos were once referred to as “love apples.” This is because their was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them.
Fact 72. Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system.
Fact 73. Totally Hair Barbie is the best selling Barbie of all time. It sold over ten million units.
Fact 74. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
Fact 75. Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac.
Fact 76. Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
Fact 77. Trees that are near street lights do not shed their leaves as fast as a tree that is in the country.
Fact 78. Tripolini pasta was named for the Italian conquest of Tripoli in Libya.
Fact 79. Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth and receive over 80 inches of rain every year.
Fact 80. True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets.
Fact 81. Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
Fact 82. Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920.
Fact 83. Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks.
Fact 84. Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet.
Fact 85. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Fact 86. Twelve men have landed on and explored the moon.
Fact 87. Twit is the name given for a pregnant goldfish.
Fact 88. TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979.
Fact 89. Two million red blood cells die every second.
Fact 90. Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.
Fact 91. Two out of five people end up marrying their first love.
Fact 92. Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario.
Fact 93. Tycho Brahe, a 16th century astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. He wore a silver replacement nose for the rest of his life.
Fact 94. TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.
Fact 95. U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram.
Fact 96. U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year.
Fact 97. Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar.
Fact 98. Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on January 7th, which is the Orthodox Christmas Day.
Fact 99. Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump.
Fact 100. Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good morning everyboomie.
I had a thought.
I hate when that happens.
Maybe I can get it back.
Anyway it's going to be a great day today. I know because it's going to be like 99% of 100 degrees today.
That's a good thing because it means that the sun hasn't burned out yet.
Trying to keep a positive outlook here.
You know how 'they' always say you can't get more than 100%?
It seems like every time they forecast 99 degrees for this area, we have 110 degrees at my house.
That's 110%.
We won't get into a discussion about bookies and bankers.
Have a happy day everyone.
joe
Andrea 
