Interesting facts
 

Some of them might actually be true. Well, some one has to make them up, even if they're not.

#1:
Ground beef comes from subterranean cows.

#2
Except for physical and mental issues ... the older you get the younger you feel.

#3 The longer and harder you bash your head against the brick wall, the more chance you'll have of breaking through.

#4 Climbing the ladder of success goes easy ... if you've got a good ladder with no broken rungs and they're not slippery from the rains or snows of life.

#5 Smoke detectors warn you about two things: a) Fire Hazard & b) Your abilities in the kitchen.

#6 Income taxes are not a problem if your income is low enough.

#8 Congress is debating a new law that all homeowners will have to post a new sign on each of their rest rooms that contains baths or showers: "Nude bathers may be encountered beyond this point," so as not to offend anyone who tries to enter.

#39 Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are all banned in PRP.

#10: Performing a self-appendectomy is a great way to save money and loose weight.

#11: A new law determined that STOP signs are advisory and not to be enforced.

#12 Bottled water is safe to use directly as an enema.

#13 We have a congress considering redefining a year to consist of 365 1-day months so that every day can be both a New Year's Eve and a New Years Day. They're only have trouble coming up with enough good names for each month. :shrug:

#14 Before ice hockey games, the pucks are frozen to prevent them from bouncing during play.

#15 Baseball first started as a contest between two brothers ... one would make a fly take off and the other tried to hit it with a swatter. After three swatting attempts, they switched.

#16 The Peterbald cat breed has webbed feet.

#17 Driving a semi is a lot like driving a Morris Mini except you sit up higher and have a louder horn.

#18 The fact that the words "Yurt" and "Yog(h)urt" come from the same culture indicates that the Mongols are fond of the syllable "urt".

#19 The need to mow your lawn every week or so in the spring is often due to the fact we seldom raise sheep anymore.

#20: Today's featured aircraft by Dicksbro, the Packard/Le Pere, never actually served in World War One. It was often referred to by the acronym LUSAC ((L)ePere (U)nited (S)tates (A)rmy (C)ombat). It was originally intended to be a two-seat fighter, but the US couldn't actually carry out the grand plans it had to build flocks of combat aircraft, train the aircrew, and station them in France before the end of the war. The "11" is the model number, and is the Arabic eleven, not the Roman numeral two.

Thank you for your historical insight, gekkogecko. I can see you are quite an authority on WWI aircraft which I am not. My congratulations! :thumbs:

#21: Yesterday after a very cold week, we hit 50 degrees yesterday. Felt like spring had arrived. Today is suppose to take us back to reality. Weather is wonderful whether it's hot or cold. :)

#22: Compared to a cigarette, a hookah session delivers about 25 times the tar, 2.5 times the nicotine, and 10 times the carbon monoxide.

#23: Cars are like charities ... you can never spend enough on them to quench their thirst for more.

#24 You will get more stuff in your chirstmas stocking if, when hanging it, you do so by the neck until it's dead.

#25 Because of concern over football violence; I understand the Superbowl this year will be replaced by Gilligan's Island re-runs.

#26 Tulips on an organ are better than flowers on a piano.

#27 Just think ... a year from now we'll get a chance to help raise money for the next elections after this years. :(

#28 Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia.

#29 Cheaper gas in large part depends on the price of beans.

#30 The best way to rid yourself of fire ants is to slather yourself in honey, and lay facedown in their nests.

#31 The best way to get a car started is to turn the key.

#32 3.Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.

#33 There's a new study claiming that dinosaurs were in major decline befor the final extinction at the K-Pg boundary: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2...c4-977b2d1d2e26
However, there are still some problems with it, so it may or may not be accurate.

#34 Flying is throwing yourself at the earth ... and missing. :shrug:

#35 The best way to make a slow-running computer run faster is to spoon ice cream onto the hard drive.

#36 Lizards are awesome

#37 For sky divers, jumping without parachutes gets you to the ground faster.

#38 If you use sheep instead of a lwan mower, your lawn gets both mown and fertilized.

It's easier to plant a bush than to take it out when it gets too big. :(

#40. Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.