Official Cool Fun Fact Thread....

[svandamme]

- First thing Hitler did after the Blitzkrieg was to visit my hometown

[Dottore]

The borderline between Cambodia and Vietnam is also the boundary of the female labia majora; on the Cambodian side women's genitalia are often more fully developed as a result of their Indian heritage, but in Vietnam and further eastwards they are small and shell-like in the Mongoloid tradition.

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by johnco

If you say gullible slowly it sounds like oranges

I hate to admit it - but you got me!

[Bob Kontak]

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

[Embraer]

I think the name Wendy existed before 1902 (when the Peter Pan stories debuted). It became much more popular after that, but Wendy Gram, an Ohio resident, was born in 1828.

[Embraer]

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672

[HHI944]

If you throw a cat at a wall hard enough, it will not land in its feet...

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by HHI944

If you throw a cat at a wall hard enough, it will not land in its feet...

OK this one made me laugh out loud.

[ShakinJoe]

Area codes when first issued were given cities based on population as phones were all rotary dial. Larger cities received lower digit area codes due to overall traffic.

The digital age makes this a mute point.

[david914]

Speaking of area codes...

The area code for Brevard County Florida (location of the Kennedy Space Center) is 321, as in 3... 2... 1... Launch!

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

I hate to admit it - but you got me!

Why, what do oranges sound like ?

[ZOO]

Mute and moot are not homonyms, nor synonyms

[Embraer]

fun fact....Mute and Moot do not sound like, and certainly aren't spelled alike.

[ZOO]

Originally Posted by Embraer

fun fact....Mute and Moot do not sound like, and certainly aren't spelled alike.

Touche -- I stand corrected . . .

[thingmon]

Originally Posted by ZOOMiata

Touche -- I stand corrected . . .

Sounds like a mute point to me...

[Hawkeye's-911T]

If you say gullible slowly it sounds like oranges

There isn't a word in the english language that rhymes with orange - according to one of my english literature teachers - a whole long time ago.

Cheers
JB

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by ZOOMiata

Mute and moot are not homonyms, nor synonyms

yes!

now what about Affect and Effect

[Tyson Schmidt]

400 years ago, there were no tomatoes in Italian cooking. The tomato is native to South America.

Guinness Stout has less alcohol and calories than Coors Light.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Embraer

I think the name Wendy existed before 1902 (when the Peter Pan stories debuted). It became much more popular after that, but Wendy Gram, an Ohio resident, was born in 1828.

You are correct. Sir.

I'll never trust those factoid sites again.



The term cutty sark means short skirt. Some guy from Scotland (who they say is famous), Robert Burns, used it in his poem Tam o' Shanter.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by ShakinJoe

Area codes when first issued were given cities based on population as phones were all rotary dial. Larger cities received lower digit area codes due to overall traffic.

Less time to spin the dial.

NYC 212
LA 213
Anchorage 907