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Just a little trivia to break up the week: The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses every=20 > letter in the alphabet. (developed by Western union to Test telex/twx=20 > communications) >=20 > In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.=20 >=20 > Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.=20 >=20 > A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.=20 >=20 > In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Service= s=20 > (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the > other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and=20 > up, but no channel 1. >=20 > The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.=20 >=20 > The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter=20 > is uncopyrightable. >=20 > Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.=20 >=20 > Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?=20 >=20 > The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore=20 > when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the= =20 > ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. >=20 > The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name= =20 > of the Don McLean song.) >=20 > When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actuall= y=20 > pass out from sheer terror. >=20 > The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year=20 > because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the=20 > weight of all the books that would occupy the building. >=20 > Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from=20 > history. > Spades - King David > Clubs - Alexander the Great=20 > Hearts Charlemagne > Diamonds - Julius Caesar.=20 >=20 > 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =3D 12,345,678,987,654,321=20 >=20 > If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in=20 > the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in=20 > the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if=20 > the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural=20 > causes. >=20 > Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people=20 > without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the > expression "to get fired." >=20 > Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, Joh= n=20 > Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but > the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.=20 >=20 > "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. (I=20 > think it would be, "No." --Janice) >=20 > The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the > Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber=20 > machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded > into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it=20 > got "the whole 9 yards." >=20 > Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them=20 > looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. >=20 > The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which > stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your=20 > thumb. >=20 > An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.=20 >=20 > The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.=20 >=20 > The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five=20 > must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in=20 > times of war or other emergencies. >=20 > David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke= =20 > all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed > over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.=20 >=20 > The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the=20 > "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. >=20 > The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is= =20 > necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still > had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks an= d=20 > whites. >=20 > The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each=20 > gallon of diesel that it burns. >=20 > Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.=20 >=20 > The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in=20 > Colorado. >=20 > Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously. (Okay, all yo= u=20 > mystery writers, start typing...) >=20 > If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have > $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being= =20 > able to make change for a dollar. >=20 > No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won = a=20 > Superbowl. (Maybe that's the Saints' problem) >=20 > The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".=20 >=20 > The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports= =20 > games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the=20 > Major League All-Star Game. >=20 > Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.=20 >=20 > The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."=20 >=20 > In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting=20 > license. >=20 > It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's=20 > supply of footballs. >=20 > Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are=20 > already married. >=20 > There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.=20 >=20 > The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.=20 >=20 > Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.=20 >=20 > The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and=20 > Budweiser, in that order. >=20 > When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles=20 > per year. >=20 > It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.=20 >=20 > The Bible has been translated into Klingon.=20 >=20 > Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of=20 > their hands. >=20 > Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of=20 > vodka. >=20 > Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants= .=20 >=20 > On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.=20 >=20 > In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's=20 > nuclear weapons combined. >=20 > Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age of=20 > the Rolling Stones: 50.6. >=20 > Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.=20 >=20 > The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.=20 >=20 > Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and=20 > chocolate. >=20 > According to one study, 24% of lawns have some sort of lawn ornament in= =20 > their yard. >=20 > Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.=20 >=20 =20 --=20 Nancy A. Noack, Librarian East Troy Elementary, East Troy, WI nnoack@easttroy.k12.wi.us =93When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.=94 -La Rochefoucauld =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. 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