Fact Of The Day

[ER]

Half of all high school graduates finished in the bottom half of their class.

[Hammock Rider]

When threatened, some sea cucumbers discharge sticky threads to ensnare their enemies. Others can mutilate their own bodies as a defense mechanism. They violently contract their muscles and jettison some of their internal organs out of their anus. The missing body parts are quickly regenerated.

[alandhopewell]

When threatened, some sea cucumbers discharge sticky threads to ensnare their enemies. Others can mutilate their own bodies as a defense mechanism. They violently contract their muscles and jettison some of their internal organs out of their anus. The missing body parts are quickly regenerated.

     The French eat these things....beche de' mer it's called.

[tracy]

When threatened, some sea cucumbers discharge sticky threads to ensnare their enemies. Others can mutilate their own bodies as a defense mechanism. They violently contract their muscles and jettison some of their internal organs out of their anus. The missing body parts are quickly regenerated.

     The French eat these things....beche de' mer it's called.

More like BLECH!!!

[Leah]

Russia and Japan are still technically at war because both countries still haven't signed a peace treaty to end World War II.

[Umaril Has Returned]

Russia and Japan are still technically at war because both countries still haven't signed a peace treaty to end World War II.

Which I believe ties into the ongoing battle over the ownership of the Kuril Islands, since the Russians used the defeat of Japan as an oppurtunity to chase the remaining Japanese soldiers from the islands and claim it as their own.  If my memory is working well, I believe that the Russo-Japanese war at the turn of the 20th century also involved a dispute over the Kuril Islands.

[indianasmith]

The Civil War began and ended on the property of Virginia native Wilmer McClain.

[Umaril Has Returned]

Sgt. Joe Friday would love this thread, because he the kind of guy who likes, "just the facts of the day, maam' " 

[Leah]

Here's one for Indy, Tracy, and Alan- Texas is the only state in the US that allows its residents to vote from space.

[claws]

Disabling your friend's Games feed on facebook won't actually disable your friend's Games feed on facebook.

[indianasmith]

The official State Stone of Texas is petrified palm wood.

[Leah]

Here's a classic one- Louisiana was the last state to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21.

[Chainsawmidget]

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter"!

[Umaril Has Returned]

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter"!

Now there's a fact...

[Rev. Powell]

In 2013, the Big 10 Conference has 12 teams, and the Big 12 Conference has 10 teams.