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08-06-2008, 09:14 AM
Xander grinned. "I'm not bored. And here are mine: It is impossible to hail when the ground temperature is below freezing; Alexander Graham Bell would not have a phone in his study because the ringing drove him nuts; the diamond is the only gem composed of a single element; Winston Churchill smoked and estimated 300,000 cigars in his life; Rod Stewart was once a grave digger; the game 'Simon Says' was originally called 'Do This, Do that'; plants actually do run fevers when sick; the plant of the giant sequioa can be up to two feet thick; there was never a portrait painted of Christopher Columbus; Vince Lombardi coined the term 'game plan'; the founder of Kodak, George Eastman, hated having his picture taken; Sweet N' Low was the one-millionth trademark by the U.S. patent office; more snow falls in February than any other month in the U.S.; the Liberty Bell was made in England; more people die playing golf than any other sport, the leading causes being heart-attack and stroke;each mile of a four-lane freeway takes up 17 acres of land; Johnny Carson, Michael Douglas, and Clint Eastwood were all once gas station attendants; the kilt originated in France; El Paso, Texas is the largest city without a major sports team; in a 1936 ping-pong tournament, the players volleyed for more than two hours on the opening serve; Alaska by itself as as much coastline as the rest of the United States; you are twice as likely to be in an accident if your work a night shift than if you work a day shift; a cubic foot of gold weighs more than half a ton; Monaco and Vatican City are both smaller than Central Park in New York; the geodesic dome is the only structure that becomes stronger as it increases in size; a plane uses less fuel the higher it flies; it was noted in King George III of England's diary July 4, 1776 that 'nothing of importance happened today'; Disney world is twice the size of Manhattan; a typical supermarket displays more than 25,000 items; a third of the Earth's land surface can be classified as desert; the seed cones of the cycad tree can weigh up to 90 pounds; Deion Sanders is the only man to have played in both the World Series and the super Bowl; floods cause more death and destruction than any other natural disaster in the U. S.; Las Vegas is the brightest city when seen from space; lightning are about two inches wide; the most popular reason for not voting in U.S. elections, according to the U.S. Census, was 'too busy'; the Tiger Shark will eat almost anything, and even license plates have been found in their belly; bananas grow up, not down, or the bundle would be too heavy; the Lion King has been on Broadway ten years.” He flipped his hair out of his face, as he'd let it grow a little long. “HA!”
Ooc: The last three I came up with myself. ^^ I know more, but can't think of them.
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