Tuesday, January 15, 2008

17 Things That Will Make You Say "Say Whaaaattt??"

In a country where many Americans are globally sheltered-meaning we are mainly ignorant to every other country and society outside our borders I found some staggering facts that will blow you away!! Reflect...
- The most popular radio format in the U.S. is country (19% of stations), but rock music sells the most (32% of sales).
- In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.
- There are four cars and eleven light posts on the back of a ten-dollar bill.
- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- 45% of any dollar bill you have ever owned has been in a stripper's G-string
- Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
- Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
- 10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
- The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
- Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
- Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
- In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
- There is a 70% chance of a group of 25+ of having same birth month and day
- 1/2 the world has never used a telephone
- 60% of English is derived from Latin
- Men, Protestants, wealthy people, and unmarried are much more likely to commit suicide than women, Catholics, Jews, the poor or married people.

Easy read for today, not the same for Friday...find a comfy sofa to read b/c u'll need 10-15 minutes to read it!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats gotta say something about country music!!!!

Anonymous said...

that's why i don't carry cash. stick with the debit card, people.

i don't believe the ten-dollar bill one.

Anonymous said...

i'm with john. i don't see the four cars and the eleven light posts on the back of the Hamilton. pretty interesting stuff though, hobbs...

Anonymous said...

...and you better bring it strong on friday! i expect a good post!

TaylorW said...

You're blog itself makes me "Say WHAAAAAATTTT??"

-but in a good way of course.

Anonymous said...

I like the "stripper's g-string" image link...nicely played haha. :)

Jordan said...

nope, no cars on the 10 dolla..