Fact Of The Day

[Leah]

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a grammatically correct sentence in American English.

[Leah]

The Titanic disaster could have been avoided had someone had been at their post when a warning from the Californian said that there was icebergs ahead.

[LilCerberus]

I heard somewhere once, that it's a felony to make a cake in the shape of The White House.

[Umaril Has Returned]

I heard somewhere once, that it's a felony to make a cake in the shape of The White House.

That wouldn't suprise me...almost everything else is a felony today...

[LilCerberus]

I heard somewhere once, that it's a felony to make a cake in the shape of The White House.

That wouldn't suprise me...almost everything else is a felony today...

I actually don't know that for a fact, It was just a recurring theme in this movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095656/

[BoyScoutKevin]

On the 6th day of Christmas . . .
It is you are what you eat.

A fruit cake with alcohol in it and placed in a well sealed tin will still be edible up to 25 years later.

Or, about as long as Trevor's underpants last, before he has to replace them.

But, frankly, I'd rather eat the fruitcake. Sorry, Trevor!

Next time: the 7th day of Christmas

[claws]

There are no teenager characters in the movie Pet Sematary (1989).

[Umaril Has Returned]

There are no teenager characters in the movie Pet Sematary (1989).

And, the most famous of the adults who played in the movie was Herman Munster, the one and only Fred Gwynne playing Judd Crandall. Hats off to Frankenstein's cousin! 

[BoyScoutKevin]

On the 7th Day of Christmas . . .
the greatest exhibit on earth

0006 continents
0019 years
0051 countries
1000 nativity scenes

The Marian Library
University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, USA

Next time: the 8th day of Christmas

[Allhallowsday]

In order to allow wind and rain to complete the Mount Rushmore monument through erosion, sculptor GUTZON BORGLUM carved the figures a few inches higher than to the depth he wanted to perfect his design.  BORGLUM estimated that erosion would complete the monument in about 300,000 years. 

[Chainsawmidget]

How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? 


A Purdue University study concluded that it takes an average of 364 licks to get to the center using a "licking machine".  (I don't know what a licking machine is; I don't want to know what a licking machine is.)  When using human volunteers, it took an average of 252 licks. 

A study by the university of Michigan concluded that it takes 411 licks.

A 1996 study by undergraduate students at Swarthmore College concluded that it takes an average of 144 licks. 

Harvard Grad students created a rotating mechanical tongue and concluded it took 2255 licks (2256 licks if it's raspberry.)

A student study from Cambridge concluded that it takes 3,481 licks. 

Mr. Owl has concluded that it takes 3.   

[LilCerberus]

The original G.I. Joe was a World War One carrier Pigeon.

[Green]

For every 30 seconds of your life another half of minute has gone by.

[Leah]

For every 30 seconds of your life another half of minute has gone by.

For every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

[Green]

For every 30 seconds of your life another half of minute has gone by.

For every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

Your style, I like it.