04-12-2005, 08:16 PM
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.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis.
cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
Among the Abipone people of Paraguay, individuals who abstain from alcohol are thought to be "cowardly, degenerate and stupid."
A man sued his doctor because his doctor had said that he would already be dead from his cancer.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
An 1898 novel by Morgan Robertson foretold the sinking of the Titanic, 14 years before the great ship went down. In Robertson's book, the ship, which has a passenger list filled with wealthy and powerful people, is on its maiden voyage when it strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on an April night and sinks. The Titanic was on its maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of April 12. The two ships shared many other eerie similarities as well, such as: displacement (70,000 tons to 74,000) passenger capacity (about 3,000), top speed (75 knots), length (800 ft vs. 882) and a lack of sufficient lifeboats. The name of the ship in Robertson's book: the Titan.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis.
cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
Among the Abipone people of Paraguay, individuals who abstain from alcohol are thought to be "cowardly, degenerate and stupid."
A man sued his doctor because his doctor had said that he would already be dead from his cancer.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
An 1898 novel by Morgan Robertson foretold the sinking of the Titanic, 14 years before the great ship went down. In Robertson's book, the ship, which has a passenger list filled with wealthy and powerful people, is on its maiden voyage when it strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on an April night and sinks. The Titanic was on its maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of April 12. The two ships shared many other eerie similarities as well, such as: displacement (70,000 tons to 74,000) passenger capacity (about 3,000), top speed (75 knots), length (800 ft vs. 882) and a lack of sufficient lifeboats. The name of the ship in Robertson's book: the Titan.
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