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Post by rainseaker on Jul 15, 2009 22:59:31 GMT -6
The top rated television show from 2004-2009 is American Idol
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Post by Streamstrider on Jul 16, 2009 8:58:24 GMT -6
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Post by ravenholtex on Jul 16, 2009 13:08:44 GMT -6
It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.
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Post by Streamstrider on Jul 21, 2009 9:43:12 GMT -6
1 can of Dr. Pepper has 150 calories. |
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Post by rainseaker on Jul 21, 2009 14:42:59 GMT -6
A human adult should sleep an average of at least 6 hours a day. Children need more at least 8 hours.
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Post by ravenholtex on Jul 21, 2009 18:35:53 GMT -6
The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.
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Post by shirotenko on Jul 21, 2009 20:44:14 GMT -6
From tvtropes. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
"In World War II, the British government had Clan MacLeod prepare to summon a magical army of wish-granting fairies to save the world in the event of amphibious German invasion."
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Post by rainseaker on Jul 22, 2009 16:16:26 GMT -6
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
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Post by ravenholtex on Jul 22, 2009 18:56:54 GMT -6
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
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Post by rainseaker on Jul 23, 2009 0:01:42 GMT -6
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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Post by Streamstrider on Jul 23, 2009 12:08:29 GMT -6
1 regular bar of Hershey's Chocolate has 210 calories. |
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Post by rainseaker on Jul 23, 2009 20:47:07 GMT -6
It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".
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Post by ravenholtex on Jul 26, 2009 19:50:35 GMT -6
On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
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Post by Streamstrider on Jul 28, 2009 15:16:28 GMT -6
It was 4:10 here just about 5 minutes ago. |
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Post by ravenholtex on Jul 29, 2009 22:21:05 GMT -6
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.
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