***STRANGE FACTS THAT MOST DON'T KNOW

[Frankn]

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

The Daddy Longlegs is not a spider!

There are some days that never existed in history!

[The Swed Hunther]

Got me thinking

[Frankn]

Well Swed, come up with something!

[packerbacker]

hummingbird is only bird that can fly backwards
Hitler's favorite movie was King Kong
Bob Keeshan was the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show and was also Capt. Kangaroo

[Frankn]

I knew Clarabell was a guy, but I never knew who it was before. I remember seeing the picture the reporter sunk in his dressing room.

[packerbacker]

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine
All polar bears are left handed

[spartacus53]

"Big Ben" is not the clock, it is the bell :P

The civil war started by the McLean home in Manassas, and ended in his backyard at Appomattox.

Ever wonder why we still find tons of Minnie balls? The guns were so inaccurate, it took a mans weight in lead on average to drop each person.

German was almost the official language of The USA...

[Monty]

Arlington National Cemetery civil war dead are buried in Robert E. Lee's front yard. Monty

[DigginThePast]

Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a U.S. currency note.

The nickname "greenback" originated as a name for Demand Notes, non-interest notes with green backs issued by the United States in 1861 to finance the Civil War.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 38 million notes a day with a face value of approximately $541 million.

[George (MN)]

Hmm $541 million a day in new money. Now if we only knew how much money they destroyed each day, then we might get some idea of how much a factor this is in creating inflation. Best wishes, George (MN)

[DigginThePast]

Hmm $541 million a day in new money. Now if we only knew how much money they destroyed each day, then we might get some idea of how much a factor this is in creating inflation. Best wishes, George (MN)

Oh, these days it be at least ten or twelve dollars.

[truckinbutch]

Dumas Walker was , at one time , the selfproclaimed marble shooting champeen of the world .
(Let's all go down to Dumas Walker's)

[RGINN]

Whoa, it's like Uncle John's Bathroom Reader came to T-net. Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

[truckinbutch]

Whoa, it's like Uncle John's Bathroom Reader came to T-net. Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

Dumas Walker ?

[Goose-0]

A Polar Bear's skin is black.
A Zebra is a white animal with black stripes.
We'll go without a 'Leap Year' for 8 yrs between 2096 and 2104. I can't wait for that to occur.

[Zephyr]

The word used most often in the world (in any language) is "no"....

[Woodland Detectors]

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.


One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders


Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people

[warsawdaddy]

The word used most often in the world (in any language) is "no"....

I could have told you that when I was a teenager and dating

[packerbacker]

During the Civil War, groups of soldiers returning from a battle, would display placards depicting how many were killed on the latest mission. If the placard read 9-K it meant 9 were killed. If none were killed it would read 0-K. That's where the term "OK" came from.
Back during the horse and wagon days the haulers would carry a bell on their wagons so they could be heard at night. If you broke down, and someone stopped to help you out, it was custom to give up your bell to the person that helped you. The term "I'll be there with bells on" means not only will I be there but I'll be helping others along the way.

[Frankn]

The safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt patent#6281 in 1849

electromagnetic motor was invented by Joseph Henry

revolver invented by Samuel Colt

screw propeller invented by John Ericsson
He also designed the USS Monitor

sewing machine invented by Elias Howe-----I always thought it was Singer!

the structional "I" beam was invented by James Bogardus