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Here are some weird facts I found:
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe,Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.'
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die, if you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
Coca-Cola was originally green.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart.
Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.
Apples are 25% air
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton
In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
One in 500 humans has one blue eye and one brown eye
The life of a taste bud is only 10 days
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
It is illegal NOT to smile in Pocatello, Idaho!
Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.
Urea is found in human urine and dalmatian dogs and nowhere else.
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters.
1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20
Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded
Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse was afraid of mice.
A dinner party consisting of 13 people in England during the Middle Ages was the worst of omens. It foretold of the impending death of one in the group. This was associated with the Last Supper, and also with a witches coven, as both had 13 members.
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin Look Alike contest
The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.
Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.
About 20% of all vehicles stolen had the keys in them.
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine.
Helen Keller (1880-196 cool , blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.
In 1765, the sandwich was invented by John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, who gave the food its name. The Earl used to order roast beef between pieces of toast for a snack while he was at the gaming tables, it allowed him to keep one hand free to play while he ate.
Amphibians see no color; they perceive only black and white.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist
At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
Men's skin is 20% thicker than women. That is why men seem to age slower than women.
George Washington was six feet, two inches tall, and 200 pounds, he was one of our biggest presidents.
George Washington bred hound dogs that he treated like members of the family. He gave some of them unusual names: Tarter, True Love, and Sweet Lips.
George Washington had toothaches which bothered him for years. When he was 57, he had all his teeth pulled. From then on, he wore ivory false teeth set in a silver plate.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself
Your nose and ears never stop growing.
It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona
The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye
Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left.
Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.
Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying Jag of Flapan, instead of Flag of Japan.
When Hippos are upset, their sweat turns red
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
 Wolfgrl13 · Sat Oct 21, 2006 @ 08:35am · 0 Comments |
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