Sep 21, 2007 02:00
Fun Fact: According to scientists at MIT, February 23rd is the most boring day of the year. A close second is November 8th.
Fun Fact: The four basic math operations used to be five: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and prostitution.
Fun Fact: Michael J. Fox is shrinking at a rate of approximate 1/4" per year. At this rate, he will be prepared to play the lead role in The Verne Troyer Story by around 2012.
Fun Fact: Despite popular opinion, it is not actually a dog eat dog world, but rather a cougar eat squirrel world.
Fun Fact: The joke was invented by Robert "Haha" Blasingame in 1583. Before that, most comedy routines provoked laughter by the comedian shouting "LAUGH, YOU MOTHERF******!" at the end of every bit.
Fun Fact: The biggest threat to national security is not illegal immigration or terrorist activity, but the giant robot that Canada is building right above the border.
Fun Fact: The most popular porn magazine in Afghanistan is Bare Cheeks Monthly.
Fun Fact: Lindsay Lohan is pregnant. A sonogram has revealed the baby to be a bottle of vodka.
Fun Fact: The most popular website in the world is www.google.com. The least popular is www.stromthurmondnudiepics.com.
Fun Fact: If trained at any early age, Siamese cats can learn to speak. However, all they will ever say is "Wassup?".
Fun Fact: Dick Cheney is your real father.
Fun Fact: Approximately 83% of women possess testicles. However, they're really small and don't work. (Note: This is true of 72% of men as well.)
Fun Fact: Following the release of the film Armageddon, sales of animal crackers shot up 92%. However, this was not because moviegoers found the animal cracker scene to be sexy, but because they wanted to keep the filmmakers from being able to shoot another such scene in case a sequel should be made.
Fun Fact: If he had not discovered science, Stephen Hawking would have been a swimsuit model.
Fun Fact: Playing television in the background can help plants grow taller and faster. However, if the TV is tuned to Everybody Loves Raymond, they will wither and die.
Fun Fact: In Russia, governmental permission is required to celebrate one's birthday. By this standard, Vladimir Putin is actually only seven years old.
Fun Fact: There are actually 51 states in the United States. West Nazarez, a tiny little area between Texas and Mexico, snuck in when Alaska and Hawaii were admitted. So far, no one has noticed.
Fun Fact: As recently as 1994, MTV still aired music videos.
Fun Fact: A recent People Magazine poll chose magician David Copperfield as "Orangest Person Alive".
Fun Fact: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was the hot item of the literary world in 1852. The hot item of the literary world in 1853 was Uncle Tom's Cabin fanfiction.
Fun Fact: The original slogan for Lucky Charms was not "They're magically delicious", but "Now with 50% less cholera!".
Fun Fact: Human beings can live for upwards of 50 years on a diet consisting of nothing but grapefruit juice and Willy Wonka candy.
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