October 29, 2008
News
Facts
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An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours.
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In 1903, there were originally only eight Crayola crayons in a box and they sold for five cents.
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Johnson & Johnson’s BAND-AID brand adhesive bandages have been around over 80 years.
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The best selling Crayola crayon box is the set of 24 crayons.
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The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945.
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The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m.
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The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA
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The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.
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In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.
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850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter
Sunday October 26, 2008
News
Facts
- 200 million people in China live on less than $1 a day.
- There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
- In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
- An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
- A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth
- Al Capone died in prison from syphillis – despite being the first sufferer to be treated with antibiotics!
- Martha Stewart became a billionaire while in prison.
- Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!
- The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
- 2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
- A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
- The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap
- The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001.
- 68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!
- 97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine
Saturday October 25, 2008
News
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission- Carters
Recalls
Strange Websites
Saturday 9
1. What’s the best new website you’ve found?
2. What’s the best movie you’ve seen?
The Family who Preys-Tyler Perry
3. What’s the best quote you know?
Don’t hit a fly with a hatchet on someones head!
4. What’s the best book you’ve read?
The Bond, The Pact- Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt
5. What’s the best thing someone’s done for you?
Called me just to say HI.
6. What’s the best thing about your job?
The kids and the awesome benefits
7. What’s the best CD you own?
Stevie Wonder 2 disc set
8. What’s the best new TV show you watch?
House, Greys Anatomy and Jail
9. What’s the best car you’ve owned?
Don’t have a license! so no car!
Martha Stewart/Cute Overload-Cutest Pet Costumes
Friday October 18, 2008
- Mass. Woman Found After 3 Days In Woods
- Gas Leak Forces Neighborhood Evacuation
- Camel and pony stolen from Bastrop County zoo
- ‘Spitfire’ waitress going strong at 88
- Georgia Law Firm Bomb Suspect Died in Blast
- Scaredy Cat Stuck in Tree for 5 Days, Shot With Hose by Fire Department
- Illinois Mother Leaves Newborn Baby in Trash Pile After Giving Birth in Ambulance
- Little Girl Killed Riding Tricycle Outside Her Colorado Home
- GM to cut one shift, 400 jobs on Dec. 8
Facts
- According to a study by the nation’s largest auto insurer, most accidents occur between 3 and 6 p.m. on Friday
- One billion seconds is about 32 years.
- Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- An octupus has 3 hearts.
- An average person farts 16 times a day
- The average human will eat about 50 pounds of dirt in a life time.
- It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.
Weird Sites
Unnecessary Knowledge
ODDEE
Yellow School… tricycle! In New Delhi
baby gadgets
Cuddlekin Bunny Molly from Haba
Wednesday October 15, 2008
- Nancy Reagan falls, fractures pelvis
- Teen football player fighting for life
- Emaciated Dog Found Tied To Train Tracks
- Sea Turtle Recovers From Machete Attack
- Boy Collapses At Basketball Practice, Dies
- Child killed by school bus in Oregon
- Boy Dies After Recess Accident At School
- No Sign Of Injured Mountain Lion Hit By SUV
- Sheriff: Calif. family cremated mom, kept benefits
- Parolee falls through ceiling at feet of deputy
- 150-year-old pet tortoise missing from Cupertino home
Monday October 14, 2008
Videos
- Barn Fire Destorys $4000k in Tobacco
- Manatee Dies During 20 hour ride to Sea World
- College Librarian Shot, Killed on Campus
- Dead Stowaway found in 18-wheeler Storage Compartment
- Teen’s Hand Cut Off While Sliding Down Rope
- Midwest City Toddler Dies In Accidental Shooting
- Lawmakers May Call Special Session To Fix Safe Haven Law
- 21 immigrants caught after violent rollover in Phoenix
- Horse owners hit by economy
- Romo breaks pinkie, out 4 weeks
- New Hampshire pair wins wife-carrying contest
