Stat's daily tidbits of weird but not worthless factoids, one topic per day!

[Statistikhengst]

28.05.2015: unknown import

Bagpipes were invented in Iran and brought to Scotland by the Romans.

 

[Statistikhengst]

29.05.2015: Evolution???

Your fingernails are made from the same substance as a bird's beak.

 

[Statistikhengst]

30.05.2015: Crocodilians get a presidential boost...

Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower helped to popularize Izod alligator shirts.

 

[Statistikhengst]

31.05.2015: $$$$$toids

Number of grooves etched into U.S. dimes: 118. Into U.S. Quarters: 119

This is the magic Illuminati code!!!

 

[Statistikhengst]

01.06.2015: keeping it in the family.

Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law invented the burglar alarm.

 

[Statistikhengst]

05.06.2015

The ancient Greeks ate Cheesecake.

 

[Statistikhengst]

09.06.2015

Q: How did the black sheep get such a bad rap?

A: Well, it has nothing to do with any association with skin color at all. The black sheep got a bad rap because the wool of a black sheep it harder and more expensive to dye than the wool of a white sheep.

So, "black sheep of the family" literally means he's harder to dye!!!





Any Sheepologists out there with something wooly to contribute?

 

[Statistikhengst]

10.06.2015: windy Karma

on the day that The Wizard of Oz's Judy Garland died in 1969, a tornado touched down in Kansas.

 

[Pogo]

09.06.2015

Q: How did the black sheep get such a bad rap?

A: Well, it has nothing to do with any association with skin color at all. The black sheep got a bad rap because the wool of a black sheep it harder and more expensive to dye than the wool of a white sheep.

So, "black sheep of the family" literally means he's harder to dye!!!





Any Sheepologists out there with something wooly to contribute?

This is about all I got....

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[Statistikhengst]

12.06.2015: inventive

Benjamin Franklin gave guitar lessons.

 

[Statistikhengst]

14.06.2015 OUI, OUI!

Largest french speaking city in the world: Paris
2nd largest french speaking city in the world: Montreal

 

[there4eyeM]

Putain! Je ne savait pas!

 

[Statistikhengst]

Non, ne jamais!!!

 

[there4eyeM]

Excusez moi; 'savais', ne pas 'savait'! Faut de frappe!

 

[Statistikhengst]

Vraiment, vraiment, Monseur.
Êtes-vous toujours collé à votre siège de toilette ?

 

[Pogo]

Putain! Je ne savait pas!

Alors, à Montréal elle s'appelle poutine.

 

[there4eyeM]

ough! Dégueulasse! Immangeable!

 

[there4eyeM]

Et, à Moscou, il s’appelle 'Putin'.

 

[Statistikhengst]

15.06.2015 Perspiration, ala Stats

There are 250,000 sweat-glands in the human foot.

 

[there4eyeM]

That figure smells funny. In fact, I read on the Internet that 90% of all statistics are made up.