Post by Critter on May 21, 2005 19:46:50 GMT -5
Formed in 1961, they were originally called the Colt .45s,
after the famous gun. But by 1965, when their new stadium
opened, Houston had become famous as the home of NASA's
Mission Control. Both the stadium (Astrodome) and the team
were named in honor of America's astronauts.
Coffee has absolutely no nutritional value.
An average cup of coffee contains 100 milligrams of
caffeine; a cup of espresso has 200.
Some think it began in the 17th century, when resturants
had boxes labelled. T.I.P. (To Insure Promptness) Patrons
who wanted their food in a hurry deposited a few coins in
the box before they sat down.
Stems from the days when public school teachers were paid
with whatever the community they served could afford. Often
they were given food or goods in lieu of cash.
Two-thirds of the eateries in the U.S. serve fast food,
and two-thirds of the people who go out to eat get their
meals at fast food restaurants.
Backgammon was once known as "Nero's Games."
There are 5 legal Scrabble words using 'q' without 'u':
faqir, qaid, qoph, qindar and qintar.
An African ostrich egg weighs about 30 lbs. A 200 lb man
can stand on it without breaking it.
Pogo sticks were first used by sacrificial dancers in Borneo.
The biggest tomato on record weighed 7 1/2 pounds.
It's illegal to ride a camel on Nevada highways.
Kansas law prohibits catching fish with your bare hands.
New York City law entitles its horses to a 15 minute
"coffee break" after each two hours of work.
In the 1950's Wheaties stopped using athletes on their
boxes and started using Disney figurines. Sales went down
15%. General Mills had a meeting and decided to recall
their sports stars. The Disney boxes are valuable today.
The muscles in the average eye move up to 100,000 times
in a day.
You inhale over 3,000 gallons of air everyday.
One square inch of your skin has over 600 sweat glands and
90 oil glands.
Your stomach produces a new lining every three days. Reason
being, it keeps stomach acids from digesting your stomach.
Most men's pupils get 1/3 bigger when looking at pictures
of sharks, but shrink in reaction to pictures of babies.
A newborn's first breath requires 50 times the suction
of an ordinary breath. An infants breathes about three
times faster than a 20-year-old.
The first issue of People Magazine, in 1974, cost 35
cents and featured actress Mia Farrow on the cover
Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.
According to James Leasor in The Plaque and the Fire,
this 'had its origin in the London Plague of 1664 (Bubonic).
Rosy refers to the rosy rash of plague. The posies were
herbs and spices carried to ward of the disease. "We all
fall down" was exactly what happened.
Bull throwing is illegal in Washington D.C.
In Miami, Florida, it's unlawful to imitate an animal.
Laws in Boston, Massachuesetts prohibit sleeping in "day
clothes."
[Average Life Span...
of a professional football, when used in an NFL game, is
6 minutes.
of an American male in 1900 was 46.3 years.
of a dollar bill in circulation is 18 months or 4000 folds.]
Eyebrow hairs stay short because their growing phase only
lasts for 10 weeks.
Eyelashes are replaced every 3 months. A person will grow
about 600 complete eyelashes in a lifetime.
A loss of about 70 hairs per day is typical, but emotional
stress, illness, malnourishment and anemia can more than
double this amount.
The goosebumps that break out on our skin when we're cold
represent little more than the body's effort to erect the
coat of fur our ancestors lost over 100,000 years ago.
Raised body hair provides added insulation.
Vampire and fruit bats can hear pitch as high as 210,000
hertz, ten times higher than humans. The dolphin's hearing
is even more sensitive, with an acuity of 280,000 hertz.
In a year, a shark goes through more than 20,000 teeth.
Sharks have no bones in their bodies- only cartilage.
The Great White has no natural enemies and it never gets
sick.
Shark skin is covered with small teeth-like denticles which
can tear human skin on contact. It was once used as sand-
paper by coastal wood-workers.
A plankton-eating Whale shark caught off Pakistan measured
over 41 ft and weighed over 33,000 pounds.
At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an
ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by
Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.
Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have
been made into a balloon for a parade.
The name of the dog from "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"
is Max.
Known as the most successful animal actor ever was in fact
6 female impersonators. Lassie, a she-dog, was actually
always a he. The character was created by Eric Knight in 1938
for a Saturday Evening Post short story.
Smokey is the only celebrity in America with his own ZIP
code- 20252. He's also the only bear in the world with his
own secretarial staff. Th US government employs 3 full-
time secretaries to answer his mail. Named after "Smokey
Joe" Martin, Assistant Fire Chief in New York City bet-
ween 1919 and 1930.
Basketball is the only major sport entirely of American
origin.
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is
approximately six to eight weeks old.
If you're over 100 years old, there's an 80% chance you're
a woman.
Aluminum was worth more than gold when it was discovered.
It was first used to make a rattle for Napoleon's son.
33% of the population has 20/20 vision.
In Minnesota, it's illegal for a woman to be dressed-up as
Santa Claus on city streets.
An Australian frog hatches its offspring in its stomach,
then spits out fully developed frogs. Sometimes more than
20 at once.
There are around 2600 different species of frogs. They
live in every continent except Antarctica.
Cresomaniac: Someone suffering from delusions of wealth.
Cynomaniac: Someone obsessed with dogs.
Phagomaniac: Someone who constantly craves food
Before she became and actress, Margaret Hamilton- who scared
millions of children as the Wicked Witch of the West in the
movie "The Wizard of Oz"- taught nursery school and kinder-
garten.
Once, while visiting Monte Carlo, Charlie Chaplin entered
a "Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest." He not only didn't
win, but he came in third.
Gary Cooper's real name was Frank. His agent renamed
him "Gary" because his hometown was Gary, Indiana.
Boston Orioles were named for the Maryland state bird
in the early 1900s.
Barbie is a college graduate. She attended a generic
educational institution called State College.
First toilet in the White House: 1825, installed for John
Quincy Adams.
A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one
pound of honey .
Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year
on beer.
Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the
first ready-mix food to be sold commercially.
According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about
4 millimeters a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and
India, which collided millions of years ago to form the
Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing
the Himalyan peaks to grow slightly each year
The first advertisement to discuss body odor was a 1919
ad for the deodorant Odo-Ro-No.
Pound for pound, grasshoppers are 3 times as nutritious
as beef.
A week-old gazelle can outrun a full grown horse.
after the famous gun. But by 1965, when their new stadium
opened, Houston had become famous as the home of NASA's
Mission Control. Both the stadium (Astrodome) and the team
were named in honor of America's astronauts.
Coffee has absolutely no nutritional value.
An average cup of coffee contains 100 milligrams of
caffeine; a cup of espresso has 200.
Some think it began in the 17th century, when resturants
had boxes labelled. T.I.P. (To Insure Promptness) Patrons
who wanted their food in a hurry deposited a few coins in
the box before they sat down.
Stems from the days when public school teachers were paid
with whatever the community they served could afford. Often
they were given food or goods in lieu of cash.
Two-thirds of the eateries in the U.S. serve fast food,
and two-thirds of the people who go out to eat get their
meals at fast food restaurants.
Backgammon was once known as "Nero's Games."
There are 5 legal Scrabble words using 'q' without 'u':
faqir, qaid, qoph, qindar and qintar.
An African ostrich egg weighs about 30 lbs. A 200 lb man
can stand on it without breaking it.
Pogo sticks were first used by sacrificial dancers in Borneo.
The biggest tomato on record weighed 7 1/2 pounds.
It's illegal to ride a camel on Nevada highways.
Kansas law prohibits catching fish with your bare hands.
New York City law entitles its horses to a 15 minute
"coffee break" after each two hours of work.
In the 1950's Wheaties stopped using athletes on their
boxes and started using Disney figurines. Sales went down
15%. General Mills had a meeting and decided to recall
their sports stars. The Disney boxes are valuable today.
The muscles in the average eye move up to 100,000 times
in a day.
You inhale over 3,000 gallons of air everyday.
One square inch of your skin has over 600 sweat glands and
90 oil glands.
Your stomach produces a new lining every three days. Reason
being, it keeps stomach acids from digesting your stomach.
Most men's pupils get 1/3 bigger when looking at pictures
of sharks, but shrink in reaction to pictures of babies.
A newborn's first breath requires 50 times the suction
of an ordinary breath. An infants breathes about three
times faster than a 20-year-old.
The first issue of People Magazine, in 1974, cost 35
cents and featured actress Mia Farrow on the cover
Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.
According to James Leasor in The Plaque and the Fire,
this 'had its origin in the London Plague of 1664 (Bubonic).
Rosy refers to the rosy rash of plague. The posies were
herbs and spices carried to ward of the disease. "We all
fall down" was exactly what happened.
Bull throwing is illegal in Washington D.C.
In Miami, Florida, it's unlawful to imitate an animal.
Laws in Boston, Massachuesetts prohibit sleeping in "day
clothes."
[Average Life Span...
of a professional football, when used in an NFL game, is
6 minutes.
of an American male in 1900 was 46.3 years.
of a dollar bill in circulation is 18 months or 4000 folds.]
Eyebrow hairs stay short because their growing phase only
lasts for 10 weeks.
Eyelashes are replaced every 3 months. A person will grow
about 600 complete eyelashes in a lifetime.
A loss of about 70 hairs per day is typical, but emotional
stress, illness, malnourishment and anemia can more than
double this amount.
The goosebumps that break out on our skin when we're cold
represent little more than the body's effort to erect the
coat of fur our ancestors lost over 100,000 years ago.
Raised body hair provides added insulation.
Vampire and fruit bats can hear pitch as high as 210,000
hertz, ten times higher than humans. The dolphin's hearing
is even more sensitive, with an acuity of 280,000 hertz.
In a year, a shark goes through more than 20,000 teeth.
Sharks have no bones in their bodies- only cartilage.
The Great White has no natural enemies and it never gets
sick.
Shark skin is covered with small teeth-like denticles which
can tear human skin on contact. It was once used as sand-
paper by coastal wood-workers.
A plankton-eating Whale shark caught off Pakistan measured
over 41 ft and weighed over 33,000 pounds.
At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an
ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by
Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.
Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have
been made into a balloon for a parade.
The name of the dog from "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"
is Max.
Known as the most successful animal actor ever was in fact
6 female impersonators. Lassie, a she-dog, was actually
always a he. The character was created by Eric Knight in 1938
for a Saturday Evening Post short story.
Smokey is the only celebrity in America with his own ZIP
code- 20252. He's also the only bear in the world with his
own secretarial staff. Th US government employs 3 full-
time secretaries to answer his mail. Named after "Smokey
Joe" Martin, Assistant Fire Chief in New York City bet-
ween 1919 and 1930.
Basketball is the only major sport entirely of American
origin.
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is
approximately six to eight weeks old.
If you're over 100 years old, there's an 80% chance you're
a woman.
Aluminum was worth more than gold when it was discovered.
It was first used to make a rattle for Napoleon's son.
33% of the population has 20/20 vision.
In Minnesota, it's illegal for a woman to be dressed-up as
Santa Claus on city streets.
An Australian frog hatches its offspring in its stomach,
then spits out fully developed frogs. Sometimes more than
20 at once.
There are around 2600 different species of frogs. They
live in every continent except Antarctica.
Cresomaniac: Someone suffering from delusions of wealth.
Cynomaniac: Someone obsessed with dogs.
Phagomaniac: Someone who constantly craves food
Before she became and actress, Margaret Hamilton- who scared
millions of children as the Wicked Witch of the West in the
movie "The Wizard of Oz"- taught nursery school and kinder-
garten.
Once, while visiting Monte Carlo, Charlie Chaplin entered
a "Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest." He not only didn't
win, but he came in third.
Gary Cooper's real name was Frank. His agent renamed
him "Gary" because his hometown was Gary, Indiana.
Boston Orioles were named for the Maryland state bird
in the early 1900s.
Barbie is a college graduate. She attended a generic
educational institution called State College.
First toilet in the White House: 1825, installed for John
Quincy Adams.
A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one
pound of honey .
Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year
on beer.
Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the
first ready-mix food to be sold commercially.
According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about
4 millimeters a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and
India, which collided millions of years ago to form the
Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing
the Himalyan peaks to grow slightly each year
The first advertisement to discuss body odor was a 1919
ad for the deodorant Odo-Ro-No.
Pound for pound, grasshoppers are 3 times as nutritious
as beef.
A week-old gazelle can outrun a full grown horse.
