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I get these sent to me almost on a daily basis. I've decided to share them with you from time to time. I'm not sure where the info comes from and I have not double-checked them. Are they useless or are some not so useless? I guess we will have to see...



Here's yesterday's:

A type of lizard, the chuckwalla, escapes pursuers by crawling into a
crack in a rock and inflating its body with air so that it is wedged
tightly into the crack and can't be pulled out.

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For Today:

Was John Wayne ever in the military or did he work as a cowboy?

The closest that film star John Wayne came to military action was in
1944 during a three-month entertainment tour of Pacific bases. His
boyhood wish of becoming a naval officer never came true, although he
did come close to receiving an appointment to Annapolis. During World
War II, he was rejected for military service. Wayne was never a cowboy,
either. Odd jobs that "The Duke" held as a young man included those of
fruit picker, iceman, truck driver, and movie propman.

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I like totally useless facts. they're the most interesting facts sometimes. smile

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me too. i know a guy that knew the duke. duke was a hero of mine as a kid, and i was disappointed to hear he was a mean drunk.

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JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

I like totally useless facts. they're the most interesting facts sometimes. smile


me too but then I thought I was easily amused smile

 



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10/9/08:

On October 9, 2007, the Dow reached its all time high..
One year ago.

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Woo Hoo wrote:

10/9/08:

On October 9, 2007, the Dow reached its all time high..
One year ago.


And today it finished under 8,700.



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Come on JD, you know it isn't finished yet. Everyone is just panicing.

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Babe Ruth is credited with the invention of the modern baseball bat.
He was the first player to order a bat with a knob on the end of the
handle. Louisville Slugger produced the bat with which he hit 29 home
runs in 1919.

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The actual character name of the Skipper (played by actor Alan Hale)
from the television show Gilligan's Island was Jonas Grumby.

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There are four mountain ranges in New York State: Adirondack,
Catskill, Shawangunk, and Taconic.

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Morning Woo!

I never heard of the last two...they need better PR smile.gif

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I thought these might fit into the useless facts category... smile

Some improvements made to the White House over the course of its history include:

Wheelchair accessibility modifications made during Franklin Roosevelts presidency.

A wheelchair ramp in the East Wing, to provide access for visitors, was approved by Hillary Clinton.

A telephone, added during Rutherford B. Hayes presidency, was rarely used because there were so few telephones in Washington (for a while, the White House telephone number was 1.)

Benjamin Harrison was the first president to enjoy electricity in the house.

A telegraph was installed by Andrew Johnson in the room next to his office.

Warren G. Harding had a radio in his study.

Jimmy Carter took a baby step toward going green when he installed solar heating panels on the roof of the West Wing, which were later removed.

George Bush sent the first presidential email in 1992.



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And today we have more on the White House:


President George Washington oversaw construction of the White House,
but he never lived there. It was the second U.S. president, John Adams,
elected in 1796, who first lived in the White House. His term was
nearly over by the time he moved in, and only six rooms had been
completed.

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Of all cheese customs, one of the more unusual was that of the "groaning
cheese." Years ago in Europe, a prospective father would nibble on a huge
chunk of cheese while awaiting the home birth of his child. Instead of
pacing outside the bedroom door, the father would eat from the center
of the cheese until a large hole had been gnawed out. Later, his newborn
infant was ceremoniously passed through the hole.


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That must just be Wisconsin tradition.



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rofl.gif that's what I was gonna say!

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Each 2-ounce bottle of Tabasco Sauce contains at least 720 drops of
sauce. The fiery pepper sauce is produced by the McIlhenny family,
and the McIlhenny Company was founded back in 1868 at Avery Island,
Louisiana.


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I saw this one today:

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

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that's actually an interesting fact smile

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makes sense...



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The computer programming language BASIC is an acronym of
"Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code."


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If going on safari on horseback in Zimbabwe's untamed savannah, it is
recommended by safari guides that travelers not touch any of the trees,
as they may be poisonous.

So remember that  =)

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I saw this on TruTV tonight...

Of the 132 rooms in the White House, 35 are bathrooms. hmm

(Like I needed more useless information stuck in my head.)

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In 1829, when Mrs. Lydia Child wrote The Frugal Housewife, hair care
was a lot different from what it is now. New England rum was considered
to be excellent for cleaning the hair and keeping it healthy; brandy
was supposed to strengthen the roots.


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In that case, I will get right on drinking both of those spirits. nod.gif  We should all have strong, healthly hair.

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this one was on our local high school's daily buliten -- and the only thing worth reading

There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.


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And exactly why do we need that many kangaroos?

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