Random Knowledge

Things from the West Wing:

• Number of words in the Ghettysburg Address: 266


• Number of words in the Ten commandments: 173 (not sure which version they were talking about...could have even been original hebrew)


• Babies come with hats.

Random:

• Most babies' clothes are flame resistant.


• There are 116 Ridges on a quarter. (some web sites say 119...who's right?)


• There are 115 Ridges on a dime.


• You have to lick 10 stamps to consume one calorie.


• The symbol on the "pound key" on your keyboard is called an octothorpe.


• The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.


• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.


• Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)


• Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".


• The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.


• The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.


• The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.


• Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.


• When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.


• Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.


• Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never- aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.


• The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast aboutthe wreck.


• The Professor's real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann's last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Wentworth.

Some of these were quizzo quesitons and some I've read online. And I leave you with one question. What 4 words in the English Language end in "dous" ? Once you think of the first you'll know 3 of them...but the 4th takes a little thinking.


I'd also like to take this time to show who used my seconds IFrame Test (The one where you enter your name and it sends just me an e-mail of the name you entered). Assuming everyone used real names, all of these people read my blog:

Jimmy Smitts
Michael Jordan
Spud
Seymore Butz
Amanda Huggenkiss
Hugh Jass
Jacques Strap
Oliver Clothesoff
Al Coholic
Chris Smith
Scruffle Blaster
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sue


That is all. Happy Weekend. Merry Christmas. I'm goin out to get drunk.