Random facts and trivia

[jlprk]

If you ever follow Sly's directions, you'll be stuck out in the boondocks.

 

[Denny Crane]

1 km = 1,000,000 mm, not 100,000. I get 6.75 million miles, 7.2% (1/14) of the distance to the Sun, and 1/4 of the way to Venus.

You need to get your glasses checked.

108,671,859,008,450 mm = 108,671,859 km

That is dividing by 1,000,000 mm/km

 

[BlazerWookee]

Country singer Ronnie Lee Keel was once the lead singer for Black Sabbath. For about three days.

 

[jlprk]

You need to get your glasses checked.

108,671,859,008,450 mm = 108,671,859 km

That is dividing by 1,000,000 mm/km

Oh yeah. Okay, we stopped 3/4 of the way to the Sun. Now what?

This is hotter than your average beach.

 

[Denny Crane]

Oh yeah. Okay, we stopped 3/4 of the way to the Sun. Now what?

This is hotter than your average beach.

Start folding.

Let us know how it goes.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The U.S. Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor which is known as “The Highest Court in the Land.”

 

[jlprk]

Grover Norquist came up with the idea for the anti-tax pledge when he was only 12 years old in 1968.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Country singer Ronnie Lee Keel was once the lead singer for Black Sabbath. For about three days.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was a member of Jethro Tull... for about a week.

 

[jlprk]

The 1972 Nixon campaign would not allow Grover Norquist to work a big Boston fundraiser in public because he had long hair.

 

[THE HCP]

President John F, Kennedy purchased 1,200 Cuban cigars before signing the trade embargo 51 years ago.

 

[MARIS61]

Country singer Ronnie Lee Keel was once the lead singer for Black Sabbath. For about three days.

I stepped in as Al DiMeola's guitar roadie for 3 west coast gigs while he flew in a replacement.

 

[jlprk]

In the 1980s with the CIA, Grover Norquist went to Africa 13 times and organized a meeting between guerrilla groups.

 

[huevonkiller]

The Rock actually created the word "smackdown" in 1997.

I'll allow it.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The total weight of all ants on earth is greater than the total weight of all humans.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Cubs won the World Series.

 

[Denny Crane]

The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Cubs won the World Series.

Columbus "discovered" america shortly after the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire actually fell to the Ottoman Empire

 

[THE HCP]

The total weight of all ants on earth is greater than the total weight of all humans.

The total weight of my balls = 8 billion ants!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

−40 °F = −40 °C

 

[THE HCP]

A real Death Star from Star Wars would cost about $852,000,000,000,000,000 to construct.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

From now on, I demand sources for all of these outlandish claims.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Columbus "discovered" america shortly after the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire actually fell to the Ottoman Empire

Columbus "discovered" America shortly after the last time the Cubs won the World Series.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

From now on, I demand sources for all of these outlandish claims.

https://www.google.com/

 

[Denny Crane]

Columbus "discovered" America shortly after the last time the Cubs won the World Series.

Gerald Ford was president when the Blazers won the championship.

Just kidding. It was Jimmy Carter.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The light we currently see from the North Star was actually emitted in the year 1583.

 

[Denny Crane]

While Pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet, or “plutoid,” several astronomers argued that Pluto and other small objects similar to Pluto should all be classified as planets because they have cores, geology, seasons, moons, atmospheres, clouds, and polar caps in many cases.

 

[Denny Crane]

Apple stores each sell an average of $93,150 worth of products every day, which is equivalent to $3,900 an hour or $65 a minute every day of the year.

 

[Denny Crane]

Of all the primates, man has the largest penis. The gorilla has a two-inch penis, while the chimpanzee's is three inches. The blue whale has the largest penis in the animal kingdom: 11 feet.

(now we know what Mrs. HCP means when she says he's hung like a gorilla)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Beer and vaginas have almost the same acidity levels with an average pH of 4.5.

 

[julius]

Of all the primates, man has the largest penis. The gorilla has a two-inch penis, while the chimpanzee's is three inches. The blue whale has the largest penis in the animal kingdom: 11 feet.

(now we know what Mrs. HCP means when she says he's hung like a gorilla)

Wait...does that mean I'm really a chimpanzee?

 

[BlazerWookee]

A real Death Star from Star Wars would cost about $852,000,000,000,000,000 to construct.

Unless you recruit labor from Home Depot parking lots, in which case it would cost $85,200,000,000,000,000