Completely Useless but interesting/funny facts

[Rbacchiega]

...meh...I'm bored

1. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle
2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champaigne will continually bounce from the top to the bottom
3. The Spot on the 7-up logo comes from it's inventor. He was an albino and had red eyes.
4. John Wilks Booth's brother once saved the life of Abe Lincoln's son.
5. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine
6. The first bomb the allies dropped in Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the zoo.
7. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will go mad and instantly start to sting itself to death
8. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derrived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb
9. Chalrie Chaplin once won third place in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest
10. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
11. Churchill was born in the ladies room at a dance.
12. Starfish have no brains
13. 11% of the world population are left handed (go me!)
14. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
15. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Englad in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
16. Right handed people, on average, live nine years longer than left handed people...(boo me...)
17. Pearls melt in Vinegar


Yeah....bored.

[J.Lloy]

Funny how I only knew #12

[Norstar]

Keep them coming!!!! I loved the 7Up one!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

7. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will go mad and instantly start to sting itself to death

When I lived in Arizona I heard this, tried it and no it doesn't work...at least on the scorpions I tried it on. I tried it twice and both times the scorpion just walked away. Jack Daniels by the way. Maybe if they don't like the brand they go nuts and would rather die then drink it?

[Rbacchiega]

herm...well that's no good.

That would have been fun to see.

Anyone have any champaign and rasins?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

herm...well that's no good.

That would have been fun to see.

Anyone have any champaign and rasins?

Yeah but maybe it was just these particular scorpions. They were quite large and tough. I bet the smaller ones (quarter size) wouldn't handle the liquor so well. I just never tried it.

[Rbacchiega]

alright...who has a tiny little scorpion they wouldn't mind getting rid of LOL

[rattler]

....and the other 89% wish they were!!

Go left!!

Cheers!

rattler