I found some of these facts on a web page, and I thought they were kind of funny so:

Coca-Cola was originally green.


Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David,
Hearts - Charlemagne,
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone

It is illegal for you to pump your own gas in New Jersey

When the Titanic hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic, the film The Poseidon Adventure was the movie being screened aboard ship.

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

All porcupines float in water.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified Kosher

Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck. Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Eunice Wentworth

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard


If you guys like these, I'll post more later.

Um, pj,

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When the Titanic hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic, the film The Poseidon Adventure was the movie being screened aboard ship.

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Now THAT is what I call an advance screening. The Titanic sank in 1912, and The Poseidon Adventure was not released till 1972..

Haha! Yea, no wonder it cost so much to go on the Titanic! If, I could watch movies that come out decades later, I think I'd hack over the cash too! lol.

Guess the site wasn't a very reliable source, but I know some of the other facts are true at least, because I've heard them before.

Coca Cola's web site describes John Pemberton mixing the first batch of his drink as 'a caramel-coloured syrup' that he then mixed with soda water. I can't find any mention of green.

pj, must be the editor (or cynic) in me. I believe very little of what I read on the internet Most of it is copied from site to site without a veracity check...

The Speaker of the House of Commons is certainly allowed to speak. His job is to keep order and ensure that the rules are followed and his cry of 'Order, Order' is frequently heard when the Commons gets rowdy. He is not allowed to make speeches for or against a motion as his role is to be impartial.

Biggles, the Aussie parliament is the same. The Speaker is (usually) selected from the Government benches, and is supposedly neutral. Our parliament was adopted from yours- the Speaker doing his best to retain 'Order' (usually with a distinct lack of success) Perhaps they should be armed with more than a gavel, lol...

My dictionary contains the following words. I must admit some of them (or perhaps all) are obscure, but they are all part of the English language. Apodous, frondous, hybridous, isopondous, molybdous, monopodous, multifidous, nefandous, nodous, palladous, pudendous, rhodous.

I really need a life, eh? lol

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There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

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Let us add.. Decapodous, jeapardous, taxeopodous, theropodous, hybridous, isopodous, molybdous, nefandous, palladous, pudendous, paladous, vanadous, amadous, apodous, rhodous, voudous..... and there are probably more.
These are all legal words in Scrabble.

I'm sorry to be so pedantic, but these lists of 'facts' that appear on the Internet do annoy me. They appear so often that people start to accept all of them as true and then quote them in conversations. I will just go and have a cool shower.

PS Duck's quacks DO echo, just like any other sound. See http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021002.html

lmao, sorry everyone! I guess I'm too gullible. I don't get why people would make a web site about things that aren't true. What's the point?

Don't worry pj. There are lot of these lists floating around. At least it stimulated some discussion on this forum and that is always good.