Try this site:
http://www.harpers.org/HarpersIndex.html
There are piles of awesome facts there.
2006-07-05 12:04:13
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answered by Ace Librarian 7
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Big Mac buns have an average of 178 sesame seeds.
It's illegal to whale hunt in Oklahoma.
Detonating a thermonuclear device in Orange County, California will incur you a stiff $500 fine.
Largest man to be US President: William Howard Taft, who weighed 325lbs at his inauguration.
Smallest: James Madison, he stood 5'4" and weighed 100lbs.
Thomas Jefferson was a redhead.
In the 1992 US presidential election, all three major candidates were left-handed: George H.W.Bush, Bill Clinton, and H. Ross Perot.
Speaking of Madison, while the president is also referred to as "Commander in Chief" of the armed forces, only Madison has actually commanded troops in the field while a sitting president. He oversaw the evacuation of the capitol during the War of 1812.
In the European theater of World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen didn't lose a single bomber at a time when every third one that went out went down.
Gary Cooper turned down the role of Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" and advised Clark Gable against it, thinking the movie'd be a dud.
The first gay president of the US? There is much speculation that we've already had one: James Buchanon.
Superman appears in every single "Seinfeld" episode.
2006-07-05 12:17:57
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answered by Anonymous
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If everyone in the U.S.A jumped up and landed at the same time it would knock the earth out of it's atmosphere.1
?When you sneeze AAAAchoooo!... you actually pass-out for a fraction of second.2
One way to tell if paper money is fake (or was) is to stretch it out flat on a hard or somewhat hard surface an see if you can strike a match on it ... you should be able to. Good to know for emergencies.3
2006-07-05 12:16:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Here is an amazing fact. The meaning of right in your question is that of the direction opposing left, or the equivalent of correct. You probably meant to use write. Right?
2006-07-05 12:04:43
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answered by GDL 2
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yea
like it takes 8 min and 20 seconds for the light of the sun to reach the earth..
There is a number named SEXTILLION (number equal to 10 followed by 21 zeros)
It would take over 300 yeas to spend 10 billion dollars at a dollar a second
2006-07-05 12:06:22
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answered by Anonymous
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you can live for 18 seconds with your head cut off
penguins don't have knees
if you stick twine up someone's nose, it will come out their eye
2006-07-05 12:02:14
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answered by PsychoPenguin 3
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well since your bored go get a myspace do u have a myspace?
2006-07-05 12:03:16
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answered by salehaalam@sbcglobal.net 1
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