Wierd Fact of the Day - Page 3

10-12-07, 07:42 AM

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

10-12-07, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Box

Man has orbited the moon and has therefore seen the other side.

Some men Have

orbited the moon and have therefore seen the other side.

Box · 10-12-07, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Pedah

Some men Have

orbited the moon and have therefore seen the other side.

Man as a species Has orbited the moon and therefore Has seen the other side.

10-12-07, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by TheFang

There was once an Am. snapping turtle found that had a bullet in it from the American Civil War.

That turtle is still alive and lives at a Serpent Safari store in Gurnee Mills, not too far from where I live.
(Disclaimer) At least it was still there last time we were there, which was a while ago.

10-12-07, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by Box

Man as a species Has orbited the moon and therefore Has seen the other side.

Thats not a weird fact

Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.

10-12-07, 10:11 AM

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein

Unit ZER0 · 10-12-07, 12:45 PM

A group of Crows is called a "Murder" and a group of Kangaroos a "Mob". Violent aren't they?

kcallahan · 10-12-07, 01:07 PM

You're eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

At least, that's what my mother always told me.

And, mothers are never wrong - right Wendy. :)

TheFang · 10-12-07, 01:28 PM

Your heart is about the size of your fist, and your stomach the size of your hand when it is flat.

kcallahan · 10-12-07, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by TheFang

Your heart is about the size of your fist, and your stomach the size of your hand when it is flat.

Obvioulsly, some stomachs are bigger than that.

TheFang · 10-12-07, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by kcallahan

Obvioulsly, some stomachs are bigger than that.

O.K. the stomach you start out with on a normal person.
This fact applys to an average joe

10-13-07, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by Unit ZER0

A group of Crows is called a "Murder" and a group of Kangaroos a "Mob". Violent aren't they?

A group of Ravens is called a "massacre".

Tankman · 10-13-07, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by John_Vincent

That turtle is still alive and lives at a Serpent Safari store in Gurnee Mills, not too far from where I live.
(Disclaimer) At least it was still there last time we were there, which was a while ago.

Loved Vinnie's photographs. A few I didn't care to see however.

Might I guess why you shoot blue herons?

Beautiful big birds until they ate all my Koi, turtles, frogs, snakes.
They nest in a local swamp during the summer.

I've learned to keep blue heron decoys by the pond and at times,
although I don't like to, out goes the big net.

Great pictures, thank you for the link.

10-14-07, 09:11 AM

The song with the longest title is 'I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues' written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943.

spud42 · 10-15-07, 12:25 AM

a group of dolphins is called a pod.