DMP'S useless knowledge

[Hepburn1216]

Ha Ha Ha! DMP has a jinxed birthday! (TAX DAY APRIL 15TH!) The same day Abe Lincoln was shot! Hitler was born! Titanic sank!

 

[MsPurrl]

Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A: 1%, in Canada : 75%.

 

[Carek1230]

^I think that's balderdash! The roads here in San Diego are paved like CRAP! Potholes and big cracks all over the place and I know a few that are borderline "paved"!

 

[onebloodonelife]

St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant, who set up the first business there.

Cool! I didn't know that, and I live in the Cities now.

Ha Ha Ha! DMP has a jinxed birthday! (TAX DAY APRIL 15TH!) The same day Abe Lincoln was shot! Hitler was born! Titanic sank!

Hitler was actually born on April 20th...420...it's a running joke among my friends on that day while we celebrate.

 

[MsPurrl]

^I think that's balderdash! The roads here in San Diego are paved like CRAP! Potholes and big cracks all over the place and I know a few that are borderline "paved"!

I guess "paved" in any manner is considered "paved", eh?

The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas . It is as deep as 20 Empire State Buildings, but only 3 inches wide.

 

[Carek1230]

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit will damage it.

 

[Hepburn1216]

Sharks attack 50-75 people world-wide, resulting in 8-12 fatalities a year.

 

[MsPurrl]

The United States interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

 

[RedRocksU2]

I knew that.

 

[MsPurrl]

Then it's confirmed!

 

[RedRocksU2]

 

[MsPurrl]

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley Gum.

 

[Carek1230]

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

 

[flybabe]

In the Dark Ages it was thought that when you sneezed, a brief opportunity for 'devils' to enter your mouth was present, thus explains the origins of 'bless you'.


Yuma, Arizona has the most sunny days of any locale in USA. On average, each year there are 332 sunny days. I`ll bet it is so beautiful!

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

 

[Carek1230]

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom has evolved into the modern military salute.

 

[MsPurrl]

The water of Angel Falls (the world's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet. It is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls

 

[Carek1230]

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

 

[MsPurrl]

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

 

[Carek1230]

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

 

[MsPurrl]

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times. (Oh, go ahead . . . I'll wait . . . .)

 

[Carek1230]

^you are right, I've heard that and I've tried it too.

 

[Carek1230]

Powdered non-dairy creamer is flammable (trust me on this).

 

[MsPurrl]

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks.

 

[Carek1230]

A barmaid reportedly decorated her establishment with the tail feathers of cocks. One day a patron asked for "one of those cock tails." She served him a drink with a feather in it.

 

[MsPurrl]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

 

[Carek1230]

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

 

[MsPurrl]

The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE.

 

[Carek1230]

A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

^This one I gotta try!

 

[MsPurrl]

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

 

[Carek1230]

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!.