Fact of the day

[gnflyby]

The first open heart surgery was performed by a black Doctor

Jacques Cousteau invented scuba gear while in the French resistance during World War II.

The names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru: See no evil, Mikazaru: Hear no evil, and Mazaru: Speak no evil.

Earth is the only planet not named after a God.

The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off could throw a pickup truck over a mile

Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, remains the only person, to date, to have graduated from the West Point military academy without a single demerit.

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.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. (for Toys)

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down -- hence the statement "to get fired."

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.

101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie. (HMMMM!!!!)

[crystal clear pepsi]

Did you know

The Human head weighs 8 pounds

Dog and bees smell fear

that me neighbor has 3 rabbits

[Hektik]

Fact: Cooking bacon naked isn't good

[kyle]

Fact: Hektik speaks truth.

[ermitonto]

Fact: This fact is untrue.

[robert42]

Fact: If you spell God backwards it spells Dog.

[robert42]

heres a link to a thread i made a while ago with sum amazing facts:
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=10299

[Hektik]

I can't lick my elbow

[az666]

nor me, lol, i tried for ages oh well...

101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie. (HMMMM!!!!)

Nah im sure the rescuers (sp)...the little girl annie i think her name was...had both her parents although you didnt see them all the way through....i think they were there?

[gnflyby]

Butterflies taste with their feet.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.