10/10/10

1.The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.

2.On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

3.Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

4.The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.




5.Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."

1. Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were. 

2. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"

3. Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. 

4. Cats can hear ultrasound. 

5. The metal band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil is called a Ferrule.   

10/7/10

1. Frogs never drink.

2. It is physically impossible for a pig to look up into the sky.

3. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish. 

4. 7-Up keeps flowers fresh when used instead of water. 

5. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.  

10/6/10

sorry i havent updated in a while. ive been helping people bail out their basements after that huge storm

According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese. 

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.   

9/29/10

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump. 

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

:random thought of the day: why does man fear things that do not exist