Bits of random facts

Wynter wrote:

:shocked: O, the balls.

chill.. it's from anchorman. :)

littlemissfab wrote:

chill.. it's from anchorman. :)

Ron Burgundy, me knows. I was reacting to the words/comment. Why do I even bother. :doh:

Wynter wrote:

Ron Burgundy, me knows. I was reacting to the words/comment. Why do I even bother. :doh:

oh the v-word.. yeah.. shouldve gone genital sensitive there.. :hehe:

littlemissfab wrote:


oh the v-word.. yeah.. shouldve gone genital sensitive there.. :hehe:

LOL! Nuuuu I mean, the German's have balls. :doh: :mrgreen:

Anyways... Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.

Open up Microsoft Word and type in...

=rand(200,99)

...then press Enter and you'll see some weird phrases. :bonk:

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses all of the 26 letters in the alphabet at least once.

The total surface area of a pair of human lungs is equal to that of a tennis court.

Saito_Hajime wrote:Open up Microsoft Word and type in...

=rand(200,99)

...then press Enter and you'll see some weird phrases. :bonk:

:shocked: Someone had more time than I do...

dochira wrote:The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses all of the 26 letters in the alphabet at least once.

Which is why that phrase was used in every high school typing class test. Yes daggone it...I am that OLD! :bonk: :hehe: I am sure that most of you have never taken a typing class. :victory:

^
i have. *sigh*

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Early european condoms were made of fish and mammal intestines, romans used the intestines of defeated enemies.

Enna wrote:I am sure that most of you have never taken a typing class. :victory:

My pecking at my keyboard like a hyperactive chicken can attest to that. :ashamed:

Enna wrote:
Which is why that phrase was used in every high school typing class test. Yes daggone it...I am that OLD! :bonk: :hehe: I am sure that most of you have never taken a typing class. :victory:

*raises hand* In second grade.

The original name of San Francisco was Yerba Buena.

dochira wrote:The original name of San Francisco was Yerba Buena.

That must've lasted about a day. :beaten:

Enna wrote:

Which is why that phrase was used in every high school typing class test. Yes daggone it...I am that OLD! :bonk: :hehe: I am sure that most of you have never taken a typing class. :victory:

Grade 6! Too early to try one's patience.

krim wrote:^
i have. *sigh*

bmwracer wrote:
My pecking at my keyboard like a hyperactive chicken can attest to that. :ashamed:

dochira wrote:*raises hand* In second grade.

Wynter wrote:Grade 6! Too early to try one's patience.

Aaahh thanks guys and gal for not making me feel soooo all alone. :hug:


In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast.

(from amusingfacts.com)

bmwracer wrote:
That must've lasted about a day. :beaten:

According to Wiki, the name was changed two days after the US claimed the land as a result of the Mexican-American War. So you weren't that far off.

The name actually survived from around 1835 to 1846.

dochira wrote:
The original name of San Francisco was Yerba Buena.

Is this what it was named for?

Yerba Buena , trailing evergreen perennial (Micromeria chamissonis) of the family Labiatae (mint family). It is native to W North America and especially common to woodland areas along the Pacific coast. Its aromatic leaves were gathered by the Native Americans of California for use in a medicinal tea. Yerba buena is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Lamiales, family Labiatae.

Enna wrote:
Is this what it was named for?

Yerba Buena , trailing evergreen perennial (Micromeria chamissonis) of the family Labiatae (mint family). It is native to W North America and especially common to woodland areas along the Pacific coast. Its aromatic leaves were gathered by the Native Americans of California for use in a medicinal tea. Yerba buena is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Lamiales, family Labiatae.

The article doesn't say, but it does mean "Good Herb", so you are probably correct.

dochira wrote:
The article doesn't say, but it does mean "Good Herb", so you are probably correct.

that explains a lot! :mrgreen:

krim wrote:
that explains a lot! :mrgreen:

Chalk it up to history. San Francisco was founded on herbs, I suppose.