Popeye the Sailor Man was the 1919 brainchild of
Elzie Crisler Segar.
Israel once offered physicist Albert Einstein the
office of president, but he declined saying he had no head for problems.
Everyone who has ever graduated the West Point
military academy has had at least one demerit, save for Robert E. Lee.
The nocturnal lesser mouse lemur is the
tiniest
primate on the planet, weighing in at just one ounce.
The domestic cat
is not spoken of anywhere in the holy bible.
The final picture of the Titanic luxury ship was
captured
by Friar Brown in Queenstown (now Cobh). Brown left the ship
at
Cobh but was invited to stay on for the full journey. His Jesuit
superiors denied him the opportunity. He went on to become a world
reknown photographer.
If a person wanted to count to 1,000,000,000, it
would take them 31,688
years (at one number per second).
The
term "dodger" (from the Brooklyn Dodgers, known today as the LA
Dodgers) is derived from "trolley dodgers," the description given to
Brooklyners skillfully dodging trolley cars in the streets.
People can't see rainbows unless their
backs are to
them. Related factoid:
No one has ever found the end of a rainbow because it doesn't have one;
a
rainbow forms a complete circle. People can't see the other
half
any more than they can see China from the United States. (line
of
sight principle)
The word "twerp" actually means pregnant goldfish.
Physcrophilia is sexual stimulation by cold
temperature.
Twenty days afer Napoleon Bonaparte died, Great
Britain finally released his body.
The orgasm of a
pig lasts half an hour.
The
human body contains enough fat to produce 7 soap
bars.
The Yellowstone geyser known as Old Faithful
can blast
water as high as a building seventeen stories high (apr.
170ft).
The letter "J" cannot be found in the periodic table
of elements.
The leader of the Omaha Indians, Blackbird, was
buried on the back of his #1 horse.
Before the arrival of Columbus, none of the following
existed
outside of America: potatos, chocolate, vanilla, pumpkin,
tomatos,
peanuts, peppers, corn, sunflowers, tobacco, zucchini, and squash.
An early Islam historian asserts that chess
was first
developed and used in Persia and India for entertainment and war
strategies, as a primitive math calculator, as a gambling venue and in
the study of the stars.
The authentic father of Christmas, St. Nicholas, is
the
patron saint of virgins and thieves, and red Russia.
Chances are, if a cat is squeezing its eyes shut, it
is either happy or experiencing pleasure.
The majority of boats are named "Obsession".
The sea cucumber is a much coveted,
delicious treat for dolphins.
In 1916, 55 out of a hundred cars on the
road were Model Ts, a record that has never been
beaten.
In
1562 a man was exhumed 6 hours after he was buried after claims that
he'd been seen breathing at the funeral. He lived seventy five more
years.
