Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Did you know...

Cats consume more fecal matter in a year than the average human produces in a week.

A single Hot Pocket contains enough cholesterol to fill the entire swimming pool at Disney World's Coronado Springs Resort.

In medieval times, clowns initially painted their faces white to mock fair-skinned people of European descent. Medieval whites often had spherical red noses.

The muscle used to control the curling of your toes is called the sphincter muscle.

First U.S. president George Washington was often referred to as "Quarter" because he could consume one quart of milk in under 3 seconds, faster than anybody else in the land.

The iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris is named after an ancient form of copulation involving 3 people which the structure resembles.

At the first Academy Awards Ceremony, only two films were nominated for the Best Picture category; they were parts one and two of the same story--The Bible.

South Dakota earned statehood in 1893 when the federal government realized North Dakota had no complement.

Philadelphia received the moniker "City of Brotherly Love" in 1932 when homosexual incest reached a peak during the Great Depression.

The hit television show Friends is loosely based on the real-life friendship between Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and his red parakeet Ricardo.

The idea of solar power originated on the science fiction drama The Twilight Zone which prompted government-sponsored scientists/fanboys to make it reality.

Pi or 3.14 is the exact number of garlic cloves it takes to ruin mom's spaghetti sauce.

The idea of America being a "melting pot" was coined by chef turned sociologist Raymond Rubarb who once wrote recipes for "Indian Stew," "Negro Soup," and "Chinaman Cheesecake."

The average amount of time spent on this blog is equal to the amount of time it takes a neuron to travel from the brain to an index finger, giving the appendage the command to click on something else.

1 comment:

jenn kim said...

i started reading this post and thought, how nice, the boogie is sharing interesting, albeit not that useful random facts. and then i read that bit about hot pockets and i got angry you would defile the goodness of the hp just for your creative humor.