Unusual Facts Thread

[BubbleGumTiger]

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) is the only U.S. president who was also a licensed bartender. He was co-owner of Berry and Lincoln, a saloon in Springfield, Illinois.b

[noreply66]

The $ is a combination of the letters P and S,PS being the abbreviation for pesos, the principal coin in circulation in the US until 1794

[BubbleGumTiger]

Termites are the largest producers of farts.

[noreply66]

The larges living thing is a mushroom located in Malheur National Forest. It covers 2,200 acres and is between 2,000 and 8,000 years old.

[noreply66]

Babies can breathe and swallow at the same time until they are six months old.

[TRENCHFOOT]

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

[noreply66]

An astronaut can be up to two inches taller returning from space. The cartilage disks in the spine expands in the absence of gravity.

[TRENCHFOOT]

Your tongue is the strongest muscle in your body.

[noreply66]

J is the only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table of elements

[noreply66]

Abraham Lincoln's corpse has been buried,exhumed,inspected, or reburied at least 17 times since his death

[noreply66]

Kissing can reduce tooth decay

[BubbleGumTiger]

Nintendo was originally a trading card company.

[noreply66]

Brandy is the liquor most likely to cause the most severe hangover.

[noreply66]

The oldest recipe in existence is a recipe for beer.

[noreply66]

In 1977 a 13-year-old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot.

[BubbleGumTiger]

. According to Albert Einstein, if honey bees were to disappear from earth, humans would be dead within 4 years.

[noreply66]

In Britain's 2001 census, 390,000 people listed 'Jedi' as their religious affiliation

[BubbleGumTiger]

There are so many kinds of apples, that if you ate a new one every day, it would take over 20 years to try them all.

[Broad Street]

Michael Jordan is retired with $40 million in endorsements. He still makes $178,100 a day, working or not. If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he will make $52,000 while dreaming. If he goes to the movies, he will make $18,550 while he's there. If he makes a 5-minute egg, he will earn $618 while boiling it. He'll make $3,710 while watching an episode of Friends. If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you would have $65,000 a year. If he wanted to save up for a new Mercedes Maybach 57 S ($356,000), it would take him 2 days.

And most amazingly of all...If Michael Jordan saved every penny he made for the next 450 years, he still wouldn't have as much money as Bill Gates.

[BubbleGumTiger]

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.