Factiods You Cannot Live Without
By: Robnoxious	Published: 12/05/1998
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not renumber the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio. Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.) When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards." Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver". The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun. The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. The Bible has been translated into Klingon. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age of the Rolling Stones: 50.6. Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate. According to one study, 24% of lawns have some sort of lawn ornament in their yard. Why not join the rest of us on the inside and get all of Goofball.com?
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Grab a map Jerry (0 replies) started by brennamen (04.28.2001 9:24:53 PM EST) Reno is west of Los Angeles. Ok dokey.

Whole 9 Yards Mistake (0 replies) started by bassmanmax (04.27.2001 3:56:23 PM EST) The term comes from construction. A yard is a cubic measurement for liquids. A cement truck holds 8 yards, but if you fill it up so there is a bulge on top (before the days of spinning drums), then you would get 9 yards for the price of 8, hence "give me the whole 9 yards"

Are you an idiot? (1 reply) started by selig67 (04.22.2001 8:29:25 PM EST) "I" is not a sentence!!! Where is the verb? You need to go back to the school you dropped out of, moron!

did anyone notice the date? (0 replies) started by supertex (01.07.2001 0:39:56 AM EST) everyone knows about the rams winning the superbowl and having a dome stadium....but did anyone look at the date of this thing? it was posted 2 years ago....quit bitching

urban legends! (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (12.19.2000 8:39:41 PM EST) number 12 and 15 are urban legends that are connected to many different colleges and statues. go to snopes.com and you will find the truth for those and many others.

whatda...? (0 replies) started by rrosenow (11.11.2000 5:32:54 AM EST) Just remember. There are three types of people. Those who can count and those who can't. Only the paranoid will survive!!!

domeass (0 replies) started by alfonseromero24 (11.02.2000 4:27:47 PM EST) The Rams also play in a dome. Are you okay? I that I was just seeing things when I saw that on the screen. Guess not.

#18 (2 replies) started by stevedluz (10.12.2000 7:35:14 PM EST) I. I, is the shortest sentence in the English language. it is the answer to a question. so the shortest sentence in the engilsh language is....I

#18 (0 replies) started by BigDawg699 (10.05.2000 3:36:36 AM EST) Go. That seems to be a shorter sentence than I am. There is an understood you as the subject.

Reno #2 (1 reply) started by johnny9 (09.29.2000 3:33:42 PM EST) If I am not mistaken, and since I don't have my atlas with me, this is an estimate.....I think it is San Diego that is more East than Reno, not LA. Much of Nevada is further West than Southern CA.

**Factiod list CORRECTION** (0 replies) started by johnny9 (09.29.2000 1:44:39 PM EST) #33 The defending Super Bowl Champions play within a dome....ST. LOUIS RAMS Johnny9, Columbia, MD

no.47 (0 replies) started by thefox (09.26.2000 1:40:34 AM EST) who the hell can read Klingon?

WRONG! (0 replies) started by cisbell (09.23.2000 6:42:52 PM EST) Number 5 is wrong. The St. Charles Streetcar line in New Orleans is the only other moving national monument (and the oldest continuos running streetcar line in the world.)

Lotsa mistakes (2 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (09.17.2000 6:32:08 AM EST) Many of those are wrong, most notably: 3 (duck quacks do echo, just ask anybody who keeps ducks in an enclosed area), 13 (not consitent), 15 (playing cards have been around since before many of those kings were even born), and 33 (St. Louis Rams, Jan 2000).

Reno (1 reply) started by JerryALdini (08.26.2000 11:44:07 PM EST) 58. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. Considering that LA is on the water this is hard to beleive. Who the hell farted!?

second (0 replies) started by pussylover4life (08.15.2000 6:50:57 PM EST) i like the one about nutmeg

No. 33 (0 replies)   started by jcorion (06.12.2000 6:17:22 AM EST) That's no longer true. St. Louis Rams play their home games in a dome.

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