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 Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:14 pm
Since the guild needs more posts I've decided to create this topic where I plan to post a whole bunch of useless random facts.
Random Fact #1:
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:15 pm
Random Fact #2:
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaunga-
horonukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
I wonder if people actually call it that...
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:17 pm
Random Fact #3:
In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum)is in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to badmouth Yeager claiming they need someone who went to college. During the conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed low in the movie credits as 'Fred.'
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:18 pm
Random Fact #4:
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:20 pm
Random Fact #5:
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:22 pm
Random Fact #6:
Wilma Flinestone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:25 pm
Random Fact #7:
A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:29 pm
Random Fact #8:
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
I'm looking at the american one-dollar bill right now and I can't find them.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:39 pm
shuichi_and_yuki_fangirl Random Fact #8:
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the
front upper right-hand corner.
I'm looking at the american one-dollar bill right now and I can't find them. I've found the owl. I was looking at the wrong "1". sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:42 pm
Random Fact #9:
It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:43 pm
Random Fact #10:
Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:53 pm
I still can't find the spider on the american one-dollar bill, but that could be because my only one-dollar bill is a little faded, or it could be that I'm not looking in the right spot. Hopefully I'll be able to find it soon, or its going to drive me crazy all night!
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:51 am
I'm gunna start posting random facts, too.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:52 am
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:45 pm
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