Tell me a fun fact, get ten points!?

Question

Like the guy who played the Colonel on the movie Rambo is the man who invented Tartar Sauce! What fun facts do you know?

Answer 1

In Carmel California, it used to be illegal to walk down the street with an ice cream cone.

Answer 2

Go to my 360 page. All you want to know and more is there. And stop stealing the name "Fun Facts". I was using it first.

GRRRRR!!!


And for the record, Colonel Trautman (the Colonel from the Rambo movie) did NOT invent tartar sauce. It was invented by unscrupulous dentists who had been collected plaque from teeth for years and had finally perfected a recipe to use their 'never-ending gold mine'. Ignorance, in this case, IS bliss.

Answer 3

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"

Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
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Answer 4

In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.


If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee

The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural

Answer 5

The band Fall Out Boy got their name from TV series "The Simpsons" character Milhouse. His alter ego, to go alongside Radioactive Man, is Fallout Boy. They had to change it to three words to avoid copyright problems.

Fall Out Boy's bassist, Pete Wentz, has a scar on his right hand from slipping down a fence when he was younger.

Ryan Ross, of Panic! At The Disco, wrote the songs "Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks" and "Camisado" for his alcoholic father.

Answer 6

if u rub garlic on your foot (not sure why ud do it) in 20 minutes, your breath will smell of garlic. Not really a fun fact but i suppose it could be fun 2 some extent...

Answer 7

Pizza Hut & White Castle were both originated in Wichita Kansas...
Ladybugs can actually bite...

Answer 8

kristen had to wear brown contacts because her natual eye color is green. over 5000 ppl auditioned to play the role of Edward. Nikki Reed (Rosalie) had to learn how to play baseball left handed for the baseball scene.

Answer 9

Coca-Cola was originally green (this lasted for about a year before changing to it's now brown color)

Answer 10

did you know that the mother of mike from the monkees group invented white out!! ♥