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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:30 PM
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Post your favorite bit of trivia that puts it all in perspective...
Mine:

The last time Boston won a World Series (1918) there was an Ottoman Empire. :wow:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:33 PM
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1. My wife's grandmother was 1 when the Titanic sunk.
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:33 PM by Beware the Beast Man
She's still alive, BTW.
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Mrs_Beastman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:09 PM
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6. and her house was used as part of the underground railroad
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:02 PM
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17. And the Pope is an honorable Harlem globetrotter!
Seriously, The Harlem Globetrotters named Pope john Paul II a honorary mamber in 2000
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:34 PM
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2. Nope, my orignal post....that's not going to work...
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:35 PM by terrya
I'll get back to you. :-)
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:37 PM
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3. One of the seven people actually being held prisoner when the Bastille
was stormed was the Marquis de Sade. It just goes to show that people want that kind of freaky stuff in their lives :evilgrin:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:38 PM
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4. As bands performed at Woodstock, somebody was logged on to the internet
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:40 PM
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5. Here's another: If the Sun were a basketball,
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:40 PM by Richardo
...the Earth would be a split pea located 150 feet away from the basketball Sun. The Moon would be a grain of sand located 4 inches away from the split pea Earth
:wow:
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:53 PM
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14. and the nearest star would be another ball 900 miles away!
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 01:55 PM by Zuni
:wow:
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Mrs_Beastman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:12 PM
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7. 80% of Americans do not know how to balance a checkbook
and the average American pays $280 in NSF fees a year....go figure
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:24 PM
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8. I didn't know there were that many men and blondes around
:)
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Mrs_Beastman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:36 PM
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18. Well, only 1 in 4 women do not dye their hair
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:52 PM
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21. Hey.. I'm that ONE
:hi:

I earned every gray hair on my head.. why cover them up :)
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:49 PM
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13. Old punchline:
"Enough is enough...Let's switch to a bank that DOES have sufficient funds." :)
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Tafiti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:25 PM
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9. From "The Onion"...
"You know that old saying, 'Life begins at 40'? Well, not in Sierra Leone! The life expectancy there is 38! I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!"
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:38 PM
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10. 3 out of 4 people
make up 75% of the population.
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5thGenDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:42 PM
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11. In all the runnings of the Indianapolis 500 race
The field has never included a driver named "Smith."
John
So when there is a Smith among the 33 drivers, that will be a sign of the Apocalypse -- or just perhaps that I need a new favorite bit of trivia.
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Locut0s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:49 PM
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12. The US is spending over 300 billion dollars a year on its military...
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:56 PM
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16. Yes, but that doesn't put it in perspective...for example:
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 02:07 PM by Richardo
$300 billion in $100 bills laid end-to-end would reach from the earth to the moon...in fact would extend 44,000 miles past the moon. :wow:

or

If you spent $10 million per day every day, it would take you 82 years to spend $300 billion.
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 01:55 PM
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15. The first umbrella factory in the US
was located in Baltimore, Maryland
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:51 PM
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19. A hundred years from now, it probably won't matter
works for most problems :)
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:52 PM
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20. the onLy former president to serve in the house of representatives
was john quincy adams.

the onLy former president to serve in the senate was andrew johnson.
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