Random Facts no one needs to know

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If the globe were shrunk down to the size of a cue ball, it would be considerably smoother than the average commercially manufactured cue ball.

bobby driscol's(treasure island, voice of peter pan) life was not an easy one as he got older. he got into drugs and eventually died of heart failure from drug abuse. no one knew who he was and was buried as a john doe. one year later his fingerprints were checked and his identity was discovered.

Maine is the only state pronounceable in a single syllable.

I am listening to opera right now. Not that I like opera. the soprano just hit a warbling trill note that sounded like she could not possibly have intended it - but I think she did. LOL! that may be why I sometimes listen to opera.

The BR55 Battle Rifle can hold 36 9.5mm rounds.

Edgar Allan Poe's poem "To Helen" (the 1st one) was actually written about a woman named Jane. However, he didn't like the name Jane and so called her Helen.

Urine is sterile, but spit is not. So if you have a choice, being peed on is healthier.

Both Roger Bannister and his Australian rival, John Landy, were running under adverse circumstances at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver, Canada. Roger Bannister was struggling against a chest cold; John Landy cut his foot on a broken flashbulb some photographer had thoughtlessly discarded. Bannister was first in the Empire Games and Landy second, both in under four minutes. Roger Bannister improved on his time at Iffley Road, but John Landy was the mile record holder at the time.

The current mile record is held by Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj. Before El Guerrouj, an Algerian, Noureddine Morceli held the record.

There are 14 phases of ice

Slugs have 4 noses.

Routemaster is my favourite word. It rolls off the tip of my tounge.

Canada has trees.

Music can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

A grizzly bear can run just as fast as a horse.

Jellyfish do not have hearts, lungs, or brains. They do, however, have nervous systems.

Ants don't sleep.

Earth is the only planet in this solar system not named after a pagan god.

The lion costume in The Wizard of Oz was made of real lions.

A German WWII submarine sunk due to a toliet malfunction.

New Jersey has a spoon museum.

2,500 left handed people die from using right handed products every year. (Yipes, this is slightly scary.)

Ferrets were domesticated before cats.

In a cat's mind, cats were never fully domesticated.

As a friend once said, "Every cat has a bestselling novel inside of them. However, they're too smug to let us know."

And cats can understand English and do plot for revenge. If you don't think so, insult one of mine while they're in the room.

I may post simple, but my Mind is very complex.

The Jerry Springer Show began as a political talk show.