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Monday, February 25, 2002

BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW
Before Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone
else, except the Catholic church.
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top
and sinking to the bottom.

Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

Nondairy creamer is flammable.

The car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.

If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. If you don't, you
can't see it.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the
ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F."

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of
humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime
scene.

In the four major US professional sports (baseball, basketball, football, and
hockey), there are only seven teams whose nicknames do not
end with an "S."
Basketball: The Miami Heat, The Utah Jazz, The Orlando Magic.
Baseball: The Boston Red Sox, The Chicago White Sox.
Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche, The Tampa Bay Lightning.
Football: None.

Beelzebub, another name for the devil, is Hebrew for Lord of the Flies, and
this is where the book's title comes from.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James
Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from
the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after
the Catholic Church.

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

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the
moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after
Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only,
home run.

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47.
Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution
to admit Ohio to the Union.

The dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In
Jefferson's day, billiards were illegal in Virginia.

Every second, your senses send about 100 million different messages to your
brain.

Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested?
*Obsession

another hasty insight by Jeff on 2/25/2002

Monday, February 25, 2002

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