Entertainment & Music - 28 December 2006

1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.

7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

28. Camel's have three eyelids.

29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.

31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".

39. Slugs have four noses.

40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".

49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

2006-12-28 03:38:24 · 32 answers · asked by me here, where are you? 3 in Jokes & Riddles

Have tried Limewire and I cant fint all the chapters.. also tried Youtube.com but I cant download from that site. If you know where I can download chapters 1-12 on the net pleas let me know.

2006-12-28 03:37:49 · 7 answers · asked by Graham D 1 in Movies

i don't know if I should buy the two dis ultimate gold edition, or if I should just buy the one disc dvd of the movie platoon...the two disc edition costs ten bucks more...hope somebody can help, because i just don'T wanna waste my money

2006-12-28 03:37:39 · 3 answers · asked by zorro 2 in Movies

2006-12-28 03:37:37 · 36 answers · asked by × 7 in Polls & Surveys

http://www.myspace.com/incyber

Is this lady pretty?

2006-12-28 03:37:02 · 11 answers · asked by ns 1 in Celebrities

2006-12-28 03:36:55 · 10 answers · asked by McAtterie 6 in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:36:35 · 52 answers · asked by Sherluck 6 in Polls & Surveys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biizgk_ZFbo&mode=related&search=

2006-12-28 03:36:20 · 14 answers · asked by Nafertiti 2 in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:36:02 · 1 answers · asked by DION R 1 in Celebrities

I seem to remember more. Am I right?

2006-12-28 03:35:59 · 4 answers · asked by dregon_5k 1 in Television

2006-12-28 03:35:29 · 6 answers · asked by Omegle.com 1 in Polls & Surveys

You know where Tyler Perry dresses up as a old lady who is crazy and does crazy stuff. Like Madea goes to jail and Madea's family and class reunion.

2006-12-28 03:35:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Movies

Does Peter Parker become venom or do more than one person become venom? Who is the sand guy?

2006-12-28 03:34:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Comics & Animation

2006-12-28 03:34:52 · 19 answers · asked by allen13nicole 1 in Music

On a day-to-day basis, how sarcastic are you? On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is Not Sarcastic At All and 10 is Berry Sarcastic.

Thanks fer answering this POLL! ♥

2006-12-28 03:34:40 · 12 answers · asked by VLIGER DRAGÖN 6 in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:34:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Music

2006-12-28 03:33:48 · 17 answers · asked by Sherluck 6 in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:33:31 · 11 answers · asked by ♫cabaret/rckr♫ 2 in Polls & Surveys

1.sitting thru a green light,then going on red
2.seeing a cop in a Santa suit on a motorcycle giving out tickets
3.explaining what 2 cows are doing to a 3 yr old when its obvious to you they are humping
4.watching a 1 yr old eating a birthday cake with no hands
5.watching a 70 yr old lady do a break dance
6.someone using a duck call to herd cattle
7.a surprise birthday party thrown for the person on the wrong date
8.watching some guy streak across a Walmart parking lot,in the snow
9.none of the above
10.all of the above
thanks!

2006-12-28 03:33:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:33:07 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I'm in Laramie.

2006-12-28 03:32:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

This is from the show Degrassi.

2006-12-28 03:32:34 · 4 answers · asked by A Journey 5 in Television

Like the one I just asked, where they state part of the question...I always HAVE to see what the rest is cause it might be good, but usually they disappoint♥

ex. How old where you when you? ...got a dog

2006-12-28 03:32:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:32:10 · 3 answers · asked by Layne 6 in Music

I mean I just don't know how he got Juelz Santana from LaRon Louis James.

2006-12-28 03:31:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Celebrities

2006-12-28 03:31:42 · 23 answers · asked by Killer_dancing_babe666xxx 1 in Jokes & Riddles

I heard this song on the movie the Pacifier, what is it called and who sings it, please help.

Just a day job
that someone's got to do
it's kinda hard
when everyone looks up to you
try to make it look easy
try to make it look good
like anybody would

I'm just your average, ordinary, everyday, superhero
Just tryin' to save the world
but never really sure

Thanks alot if you can help!

2006-12-28 03:31:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Music

two young men are in the pub, one turns to the other and says,
"Did you see the news on TV about the model village at Blackpool catching fire?"
The other guy puts his pint down and says
"No I didn't, what happened?"
His friend says.
"You could see the flames from about a foot away!"

2006-12-28 03:31:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Jokes & Riddles

burning a cd onto it but it only worked on 1 song i tried doing the whole process over again and i made sure that everything was doing its job and plugged in and doing step by step carefully but nothing worked i hardly know what im doing here can you plz help me thanks ps serious answers.

2006-12-28 03:31:17 · 3 answers · asked by joelle 3 in Music

I love playing Ibanez guitars, but have never bought one and kept it for more than 30 days. This is because they only provide a one year warranty on their products while Fender and Gibson offer lifetime warranties.

2006-12-28 03:31:15 · 6 answers · asked by Isuck,Usuck,Weallsuck 3 in Music