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--About 55% of all U.S. prisoners are in prison for drug offenses

--Helvetica, the name of the popular font, derived from Helvitia, the Latin name for Switzerland.


--If humans could run as fast as a cockroach, we'd reach speeds of more than 300 m.p.h.:lol:
 
--One side of the Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men frolicking.:ohmy:

--The bloodiest battle in history was the Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943. More than 1.5 million people died

--The wings of the smallest hummingbirds beat 70 times per second.
 
--Although it's just 2% of our body weight, our brains use 20% of all the oxygen we breathe, 20% of the calories consume, and 15% of the body's blood supply.

--Super Bowl weekend is the slowest weekend of the year for weddings.:lol:

--The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2,631 clues across and 2,922 clues down. It took up 16-square-feet of space.:eek:
 
--The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book that doesn't mention the name of God.

--February is "National Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month."

--It is estimated that there are 4.2 million porn sites on the Internet. About 200 new sites go live each day.
 
--A man named John Bellavia has entered over 5,000 contests, and has never won anything.:|

--Before airplanes existed, the phrase "jet lag" was once called "boat lag.":eyebrow:

--Experts say 77% of Americans go to the grocery store with a list. It's estimated that half of everything bought there is bought on impulse.
 
--The US Department of Transportation reports the average life span of a vehicle is 12 years, or about 128,500 miles.

--The average American uses 743 tissues each year.

--Twenty percent of men admit to viewing Internet porn at work. Just 13% of women admit to doing so.
 
--The Pink Floyd album, "Dark Side of the Moon," stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks (or 14 years).:ohmy:

--January is the deadliest month of the year in America, accounting for 9.4% of yearly deaths.


--The largest snowflake ever found was 15 x 8 inches. It was found on January 28, 1887, in Fort Keogh, Montana:eek:
 
--The term "surfing the Internet" was created in 1992 by author Jean Armour Polly. She came up with the term because her mouse pad had a picture of a surfer on it.:eyebrow:

--January is National Soup Month.:drool:

--Just six percent of people say they keep a daily diary.
 
--All but one of the actors playing members of the Fellowship of the Ring in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy got a tattoo to remember their filmmaking experience. The tattoo was Elvish script symbolizing the number nine. The lone hold-out was John Rhys-Davies, or Gimli the dwarf.

--Lots of fishermen use gummi worms as bait. :lol:

--For more than 300 years (1655-1970), the British Navy administered a daily "tot" (two ounces) of rum to each sailor as a health ration.
 
--Table salt is the only commodity that hasn't risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.

--The storage capacity of the human brain exceeds four terabytes.

--Originally, a "heckler" was someone in the textile trade who combed out flax or hemp fibers. Its current meaning refers to a time when unionized hecklers interrupted colleagues responsible for reading the day's news
 
--Naturalists use DNA testing to distinguish male emperor penguins from female. The sexes look identical.

--One alternate title that had been considered, but then discarded, for NBC's hit Friends was "Insomnia Café.":hmm:

--According to astronomers at Johns Hopkins University, the color of the universe, based on measuring the spectral range of the light from more than 200,000 galaxies, is a slightly beige white. The hexadecimal value is #FFF8E7, and the color is called "Cosmic Latte."
 
--Americans eat an average of 18 pounds of fresh apples each year. The most popular variety in the United States is the Red Delicious.

--In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like popcorn.:yikes:

--Humphrey Bogart made the following disparaging comment about James Dean, who died in a car crash at age 24, "If he'd have lived, they'd have discovered he wasn't a legend."
 
--Louis XV was the first person to use an elevator. In 1743, his "flying chair" carried him between the floors of the Versailles palace.

--In terms of chemical composition, the substance human blood most closely resembles is seawater.

--Tweety first said his line, "I taught I taw a puddy tat!" in 1942's "A Tale of Two Kitties.":cute:
 
--After a male honeybee finishes having sex with the queen, he leaves his penis lodged inside the queen while the rest of his body explodes.:eek:


--A Welsh woman, Myra Franklin, sat through 940 screenings of "The Sound of Music."

--In ancient Greece, courtesans wore sandals with nails in the sole so their footprints would leave the message, "Follow me."
 
--Nicknames for rum include Barbados water, kill-devil, demon water, navy neaters and Nelson's blood.

--Gummi bears were originally called "dancing bears.":)

--Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols according to French tradition. He 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.

--The word "robot" was created by Karel Capek. It came from Czech/Slovak "robotovat," which means to work very hard.
 
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--In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be lifted by the law if the driver is deemed either 'poorly dressed' or 'unbathed'.:lol:

--On the island of Jersey it's against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.:eyebrow:

--In Alabama it is illegal to carry a comb in your pocket, because it may be used as a weapon. This comes after a 13 year old boy was killed when he was stabbed with a comb.:|
 
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In Fairbanks, Alaska it is illegal for a moose to walk on the side walk. This dates back to the early days if the town when the owner of the bar had a pet moose that he used to get drunk. The moose would then stumble around the town drunk. The only way the law makers could prevent this from happining was to create the law so the moose could not cross the sidewalk and get into the bar.:laugh:

--According to a british law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.:huh:

--In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour from butter. This law is the result of Quebec dairy lobbyists' pressure to ''protect'' their dairy business. They claimed margarine was beginning to resemble butter, as to be mistaken for real butter. Make margarine unattractive, and consumers would stick to butter. The Quebec government caved in, and tried to impose a dark vermilion-coloured margarine, which was disgusting. The colour, finally, at the other extreme, is a pallid almost-white-colourless margarine.
 
Jim Carrey Trivia;

*In his movie Liar Liar the scene where he beats himself up, no sound effects were used during that scene. Those were the actual sounds of Carrey beating himself up.

*In the film Fun with Dick and Jane the scene where Dick drops from the ceiling and drags his feet on the desk and then falls to the floor actually happened as filmed.

*He was originally cast as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, but he had to drop out of the role due to a scheduling conflict with Liar Liar.

*Wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile. Tupac said that Carrey was his favorite actor.

*Was originally offered the lead role in the movie Master of Disguise (2002).

*He is a fan of professional wrestling. WWE is one promotion he likes, but he states that no matter what WCW is his all-time favorite promotion.

*Actress Nicole Kidman, also a noted professional wrestling fan, jokingly blames Carrey, and her son Connor for introducing her to it whenever the subject is brought up in interviews.

*He is the celebrity to win the most MTV popcorn awards and was also the winner of the 2006 MTV Generation Award.

*He is a fan of death metal music and personally requested Cannibal Corpse's appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective[4]

*He was going to play the part of Willy Wonka in the 2005 Tim Burton film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but they took about 14 months to tell him he got the part, then it was too late as he was doing Fun with Dick and Jane.

*In 1998, Jim Carrey sang a cover of The Beatles song "I Am The Walrus" on George Martin's album In My Life.

*Three of the movies he has acted in have been made into animated TV series: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and The Mask on CBS, and Dumb and Dumber on ABC. None of the series lasted longer than two seasons, and none of them featured Jim Carrey's voice (Michael Bell, Rob Paulsen, and Matt Frewer were the respective voice actors).

*He was considered for the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, in the Disney film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

*Went through depression in the 1980s while struggling to make ends meet as a comedian.

* Carrey really does have a chipped tooth; for his role in Dumb & Dumber, he simply removed the cap.
 
RedrocksU2 said:
Jim Carrey Trivia;

*In his movie Liar Liar the scene where he beats himself up, no sound effects were used during that scene. Those were the actual sounds of Carrey beating himself up.

*In the film Fun with Dick and Jane the scene where Dick drops from the ceiling and drags his feet on the desk and then falls to the floor actually happened as filmed.

*He was originally cast as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, but he had to drop out of the role due to a scheduling conflict with Liar Liar.

*Wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile. Tupac said that Carrey was his favorite actor.

*Was originally offered the lead role in the movie Master of Disguise (2002).

*He is a fan of professional wrestling. WWE is one promotion he likes, but he states that no matter what WCW is his all-time favorite promotion.

*Actress Nicole Kidman, also a noted professional wrestling fan, jokingly blames Carrey, and her son Connor for introducing her to it whenever the subject is brought up in interviews.

*He is the celebrity to win the most MTV popcorn awards and was also the winner of the 2006 MTV Generation Award.

*He is a fan of death metal music and personally requested Cannibal Corpse's appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective[4]

*He was going to play the part of Willy Wonka in the 2005 Tim Burton film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but they took about 14 months to tell him he got the part, then it was too late as he was doing Fun with Dick and Jane.

*In 1998, Jim Carrey sang a cover of The Beatles song "I Am The Walrus" on George Martin's album In My Life.

*Three of the movies he has acted in have been made into animated TV series: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and The Mask on CBS, and Dumb and Dumber on ABC. None of the series lasted longer than two seasons, and none of them featured Jim Carrey's voice (Michael Bell, Rob Paulsen, and Matt Frewer were the respective voice actors).

*He was considered for the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, in the Disney film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

*Went through depression in the 1980s while struggling to make ends meet as a comedian.

* Carrey really does have a chipped tooth; for his role in Dumb & Dumber, he simply removed the cap.
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LOL!!! these are GREAT!!!!!!:up:

Im a Jim Carrey fan :happy:
 
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