Fact: Boston was once hit by a tidal wave of molasses!
2007-12-26 03:44:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
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2007-12-26 10:30:56 · update #1
There's a lot more going on in this Universe than we tend to suppose.
2007-12-26 03:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jack P 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.
The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. â¥
2007-12-26 12:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ G ♥ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in the year 1400 B. C. it was fashion among rich Egyptian women to place a large cone of scented grease on top of their heads and keep it there all day. As the day wore on, the grease melted and dripped down over their bodies, covering their skin with an oily, glistening sheen and bathing their clothes in a lovely fragrance.
Man is the only animal that cries.
2007-12-26 12:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
About a 100+ years ago, much of Charleston, SC was destroyed by an earthquake. Even today, there are large screw like devices that are turned 1/4 turn every year to upright the buildings.
2007-12-26 11:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by slk29406 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The first discovery of gold in the US was in North Carolina...North Carolina lead the nation in gold production until the great strike of 1849 in California....In 1799, the 12 year old son of John Reed, found a "yellow rock" in a creek while fishing....The Reed family used the rock as a door stop at their home for three years. In 1802, a Fayetteville jeweler, whom Mr. Reed had met, recognized the rock as a 17 pound gold nugget...He offered $3.50 for it, and Mr. Reed sold it to him...........
2007-12-26 13:11:06 · answer #5 · answered by Pullet Surprise 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
West Virginia is the only state in the Union to have acquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States.
West Virginia is considered the southern most northern state and the northern most southern state.
2007-12-26 13:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa Barbara, CA has a street named after what was found there by the surveyors. Indio Muerto - "Dead Indian"
There's also a street named Salsipuedes - "Leave if you can"
The Street namers here had a sense of humor.
2007-12-26 15:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Dan Bueno 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arvin Ca. was hit by a wind storm that covered everything in its path.With 3 to 4 foot of sand...
2007-12-26 12:07:56 · answer #8 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
buying a new skirt or pair of slacks, if the waist band fits comfortably around the neck the clothes will fit. Calf, foot or toe cramps, just gently bite your lower lip at the onset and no more cramp--this works!
2007-12-26 12:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by lilabner 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A lot in a little space --The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
I's true!
Ju :)
2007-12-26 14:27:06 · answer #10 · answered by Ju ju 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋