tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31277682926013615482012-02-16T14:57:11.945-08:00Fun, odd and interesting facts from around the world. Here you will find fun facts about science, history and everything you else you always wanted to know the answer for.Ernesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008508077568961680noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127768292601361548.post-78732278436424802712009-05-15T12:40:00.000-07:002009-05-15T13:03:13.025-07:00

Calvin Coolidge, was the 30th President of the united states of America. He and his wife, the first lady, paid an official visit to Kentucky farm. Miss Coolidge was passing in the chicken pen when she asked to the farmer how often did the rooster perform his duties, the farmer replied " a dozens of time a day ". She was impressed by the fact and asked the farmer to tell this to the President ,

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A 76year old , had married so many times in his life that he had so many bride dress sizes that would cover any future ones. His name is Reverend Glynne de Moss Wolfe, a baptist minister from California.In the search for his twenty seventh wife he said the following phrases " im fit and ready , and desperately searching for a lasting marriage. I ve made a few mistakes but each time I thought it

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The countess of Newburgh rejected more 15 proposals by Charles Redclyffe an earl.She was so frustrated if him she ordered her entire staff to lock all the doors so no one could get in. Earl, madly in love found out another way , he went through the chimney and proposed to her for the 16th time and this time she felt obliged to accept.That was the before part of a marriage story , check this one

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An 85 year old Sicilian, Evaristo Bertone stabbed his wife Adriana in the shoulder when he saw a love letter for her. The old lad had forgotten he had wrote it back when he was young and in love. Though Adriana forgave him, she said he has very poor eyesight. There is an old proverb , love hurts, i guess it's true.Another love related story..In the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo, the city was

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Francis Galton, a 19th centuary polymath, traveled all around Britain in order to understand beauty and how to rate it. How he actually did this was by carrying a paper and a needle. He would walk the streets or whatever and when he saw an attractive lady he would make a hole on the top , if he saw an average one he would make a hole in the middle and if he did see a really hideous one he would

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Back in the old days of the powerful church, a good way for a boy to live a happy life was for him to castrate himself. And sing for the church , it was/is thought that castrated men sing better then the not castrated ones. You could somehow attain the perfect pitch of voice, this would also make them indefatigable lovers. Although the church forbade the act of castration to keep a healthy public

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The Hillsborough County sheriff's office in Florida received an official complaint against one Robbie Roumonas for going naked infront of a 4 year old girl at a family picnic. Sergeant Bruce Hoffman asked questions to the mother of the girl , she had been told by her daughter that the boy had no clothes on. Sgt Hoffman called the mother of the boy Robbie and told her the penalty was 15 years but

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Stephen Burton, a 26 year-old miner from somewhere a little town, had an unusual ways to come upto a woman. He would bring up his gerbil as a point of the conversation. He saw a girl that caught his eye, he saw the girl caught in a car jam. He jumped at the opportunity to bring the gerbil conversation at her. When she saw the gerbil she screamed and pressed the pedal and hit a few cars in front

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I talked about weird celebrations and traditions but this time i will speak of those who don't remain loyal to their mates and their fates.The beautiful , Mrs Hamilton was the Russian Tsar's favorite mistress but she cheated on him and he decided to behead her . And to make sure no one would ever do that on him again he kept her head in a closed jar in his room. I think that women who would think

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The scissor-happy,enraged wife is the nightmare to many men. For some it wasn't a nightmare but reality like our friend Antonio Lama of Naples . In 1975, he got his nose cut off by his jealous wife, Amalia. A wife in Thailand went even further, she cut her husband's penis of and threw it out the window. The poor lad had to go through the dishonor of picking it up, and wandering off to

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The Egyptian Pharaoh, Menephta, recorded his great victory over the troublemaking libyans in battle on a monument at Karnak. In celebration, he decided to cut of his opponents penises and when all the cutting had ended he had returned with an astonishing 13,240 penises. Ouch. As once a great historian , Leonard Cottrell said, " The Ancient Egyptians were probably the monst humane people of the

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The kitchen is the core room in a person's home and therefore it's a great place to undertake a remodeling project. We will fill you in on the latest trends in kitchen design so your kitchen can sizzle like the food you cook in it! The first design trend addresses one of the most common complaints people have about their kitchens – storage space. Creative storage solutions such as overhead pot

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We think we know about reindeer (also known as caribou,) but what is myth and what is fact? Do reindeer really fly?Well, the answer to the second question is no. Some believe that this rumor was started because of their penchant for running quickly through the thick grass of the tundra when threatened. If the watcher was far enough away when the ‘took off’ it could look like they were flying away

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The Rising Unemployment ProblemIn the past, the U.S. has experienced a low unemployment rate in the year 1990. Records showed that in that year, 45% of its population were working and 24% of them only were employed on full time basis. Today, unemployment rate has increased tremendously at the start of 2009 with mass layoffs in the fields of automotive and manufacturing industries.In other

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According to some of the medical websites consuming upto an equivalent of 1 teaspoon of salt per day is safe! It is because of such websites, one of my close friend was misguided into considering that salt was not bad for him. He began salting everyday and his blood pressure went up a notch or two every month. I knew this information was incorrect, but I did not have anything to support my gut

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India can be compared with a “big paradise”. It has exotic cultures, invaluable artworks, progressive cities, national parks, and last but not the least friendly folks make this place of the globe an excellent destination for tourists all over the world. There are a lot of religious festivals in India. The Festival of Laxmi is one of the most famous religious festival in the Hindu

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Fun Facts about CoalCoal formed about 300 million years ago and is one of the earth's fossil fuels. Coal is considered non-renewable because it takes about a million years to create. Coal is a type of sedimentary rock, made primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is combustible. There are four primary types of coal, determined by the amount of carbon that they contain. These four types are:

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Fun Facts about CleopatraCleopatra is often portrayed as a beautiful, exotic Egyptian ruler. However, pictures of her depicted on coins from her time show that by modern standards, she may not have been a beauty at all. What she may have lacked in good looks, she made up for with intelligence, charm and conviction and she has certainly left a legacy. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC, the daughter

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The new buzz word on the internet is social marketing. Social marketing continues to open fresh realms of possibilities for sincere business owners on and off the web. Beyond any doubt, the internet has created a worldwide market. The question remains how you can bring this global market into your world.There is such a great deal of noise, traffic and honking on the web that if you follow half of

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Interesting Facts about TidewaterThe Tidewater area of Virginia extends from the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern side to Williamsburg, VA on the West. This is a distance of approximately 80 miles which houses some 1.7 million people. The population of the region, though working at an abundance of different jobs, mainly support the massive amount of military inhabitants. All of

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So when you look at the above word does it mess with your idea of proper English? Lets discuss that for a minute. The prefix (a word affixed to the front of a word which alters its meaning) in- means basically the same thing as un-. It is anti something. Therefore, since we are using this Latinized version of the Queen’s English when we pit in- in front of the word finity it means something that

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Facts on Albert Einstein you’ve always wanted to know.Amongst the greatest individuals that emerged during the past centuries and made a huge impact on the way we live now is the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics awardee, Dr. Albert Einstein. The most “earth-moving” thing that he did was the “Theory of Relativity”. His works triggered not just mere hush but a loud yell that made a huge difference in

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Do you think you know about your body well? If not you will relish learning these fun facts about your body for sure..Just when you went through the first line of this article, 50,000 cells in your body had died and were replaced too.The amount of work done by your heart in the last hour is sufficient to produce energy that may lift 1 ton weight, off the ground.Your liver executes five hundred

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Triple F-K (Fun Facts For Kids) Just like in TVs and movies, due to insistent public demand, I’m bringing you another fraction of our fun stuff. This is as based on my initial article where we played paper, scissors and stones on facts of our everyday lives. Again, seriousness and a high level of severe intensity are strictly prohibited for our main quest here is to inform and have fun at the

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1.Listen to the Lectures.2.Don’t be distracted.3.Summarize the Lessons.4.Eat a Filling Breakfast.5.Read the Questions Carefully.Class is starting. Your palms are sweating. This test is the difference between an A and a B. You need the grade, but you are not overconfident in your amount of preparation. So how did you study? Did you take a measured view of how you could achieve the grade you wanted

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Most people think of ants as a disturbance but in reality they are quite fascinating insects. They're known to be extremely hard workers and they've expanded colonies under ground. Each ant is assigned with a particular job and they execute it pretty well. These fun facts about ants will sure change your view about them.According to research it is shown that ants build different types of bases.

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Dandruff is a type scalp ailment that can affect any age group but is more common at the early 20s. It is believed that dandruff is a major reason of hair loss although it hasn't been proven so far. The primary reason for the development of dandruff is a fungal infection which makes the scalp shed skin at a very high rate.It is natural for the dead skin cells to shed the scalp at a normal rate

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His (Xeno or Zeno for that matter) name actually came out over a short exchange of ideas between me and my friend over the internet regarding somebody or something that made the world, to some extent, ponder for a while. I was then moved and intrigued, that maybe I can also ponder a while on this not-so-ordinary person including his ideas especially on the things he was known for – his

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Carbon Fun FactsCarbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe and the basis for life on earth. Carbon is found in all living organisms. Carbon is not metallic and has the ability to bond with many other chemicals to form almost ten million different compounds. These compounds are as different as diamonds, one of the hardest materials on earth, and graphite, one of the softest.

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I’m sure that at some point in your life, you experienced having to sit in a restaurant next to the window and observe someone cleaning the windows using a brilliant device called the squegee.  Sure, you know what a squegee is and what it’s for, but only a few people know the origin of the word squegee. Although many people would dismiss this question as trivial and frivolous, there are those who

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Here is an interesting fun fact to know.The phrase, “I’ll be there in a jiffy” is commonly heard. Generally, the recipients of such message assume that it means people will hurry. But where did the term “jiffy” actually come from? Looking back at the origin of the word can be interesting and enlightening. It will give you an idea about the history of language and the history of time telling.

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A pandemic is an epidemic which reaches global proportions. When we think about Earth-wide infections there are only a few that come readily to mind. Today we will discuss some of the more egregious of these.The most famous (though not the largest) of these is the “Black Death” of the European middle ages. The bubonic plague is a disease that was introduced to various populations when rats

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April, the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, was once the second month of the Roman calendar. April is one of four months that is thirty days long. April is also a popular female name. The birthstone for the month of April is the diamond. The daisy and the sweet pea are the flowers that represent April. Many famous people throughout history have been born in April including William

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Aluminum, also known as aluminium, is more abundant in the Earth’s crust than any other metal and it is the third most abundant of all elements. Humans even have small amounts of aluminum in their bodies. Aluminum was not produced until the 1820s. In ancient times, Greeks and Romans used aluminum for cleaning, medicine, and dyeing. Aluminum used to be more valuable than silver or gold due to

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The first day of 1958 was a Wednesday. In 1958 the world’s population was 2.945 billion. In the Chinese Zodiac it was the year of the dog. The first Pizza Hut fast food restaurant opened in Wichita, Kansas. The Jim Henson Company was founded. Nabokov’s novel, Lolita was published for the first time in the United States. Many celebrities of our time were born in 1958. Among them are singers

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