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John Molson built Canada's first steamboat in 1809
The Royal Canadian Air Force won the 1948 Olympic Gold medal for hockey In 1980, Mr. Scott Fahlman invented the smiley face emoticon :-) Jack Simplot has provided potatoes to McDonalds since the chain began. he is now the richest man in Idaho The RCMP's first tracking dog was named Dale The longest section in the 'American Dictionary of Slang' is devoted to vomit. The phrease 'See you next monday' appears in one form or another in every film directed by John Landis Officials in the Philipines requested a free print of Dirty Harry from Warner Brothers to use as a training film for their police The closest living relative of the t-rex is the chicken Abraham Lincon signed the legislation to create the Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the same day he was shot In medeival times, a primitive form of biological warfare was used, called trebuchet. A catapult would fling a dead, rotting animal carcass into enemy territory, spreading disease. In 1917, the Montreal Warriors of the National Hockey league had what is probably the worst run of bad luck in the history of hockey. After winning their opening game, they proceeded to lose games 2 thru 6, then their stadium burned down, ending the teams existence. Pete Rose wrote a book, 'How to play baseball', and stated that Ty Cobb had a lifetime batting average of .367. He said that it would never be repeated, and players would have trouble achieving .300, and will never again get to .333. The next year, Rod Carew retired with a lifetime batting average of .333. In Tennesse, it's illegal for a female to drive a motor vehicle, unless there's a man on the hood of the car, with a shot gun which is used to shoot off rounds of ammunition to alert oncoming drivers that there is a women at the wheel. When the Ku Klux Klan first started the original idea was for them to wear a white sheep. But a clerical error was made and the supplies department ordered 500 white sheets by mistake. The USDA allows a maximum of six maggot eggs or partial carcasses in every can of canned mushrooms. In French, the title of the movie City Slickers translates to 'Life, Love, Cows' In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows. There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo. The length of the finger dictates how fast the finger-nail grows. Therefore, the nail on your middle finger grows the fastest, and on average, your toenails grow twice as slow as your finger-nails That stuff you find on the keyboard and covering your mouse ball is not called gunk, the technical name is candy. Australia is home to the koala bear, the platypus, and the kangaroo, but not one active volcano or glacier. It is the only continent that lacks either one. What is the difference between a wharf and a pier you ask? A pier runs perpendicular to the shoreline, while a wharf runs parallel to the shoreline It is always helpful to have a law that clearly defines when a person is legally intoxicated. In Kentucky, anyone who has been drinking is considered sober until he or she cannot hold onto the ground. The only two syllable word with no natural vowels is rhythm If Atheism was organized into a religion, it would be the 10th largest religious organization in the world. You would think that as the ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the defender of the faith, Queen Elizabeth II could go anywhere in her country she darn well pleases. However, she is not permitted to set foot in the House of Commons. It is reserved for commoners. In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered a simple assault, but biting someone with your false teeth is considered an aggravated assault. The standard gauge for the US Railroad is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. How did they come across this number you might ask? It was the standard gauge used in England, and the railroad was built by English expatriates. The English based their design on the pre-railroad tramways. Those tramways were in turn based on the widths of the road ruts caused by English wagons, which if you trace back far enough, you will find were originally based on the wheel width used by Roman war chariots. The reason that Romans built their chariots exactly 4 feet, 8.5 inches wide is to accommodate the width of the two horses that were used to pull the chariots. If you threw a stick of dynamite into a fire, most people would scamper like a madman for cover before the dynamite explodes. There is no need to run though, dynamite needs a detonation by a spark or a percussion. The fire alone will not do the trick. However, warming up the dynamite in a fire will make it more responsive to detonation, but it will not cause it to explode. In fact, long ago miners would heat up dynamite in a frying pan when it was especially cold. The Harp belongs in the percussion section of the orchestra In Iowa, all kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes Scorpions are easier to find in the dark. Just bring a black light with you. They become quite visible under the glow. Big Ben, the bell. When the bell was installed it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the Commissioner of Works That term, 'It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.' is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, 'No eye gouging.' Biting, kicking and scratching was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out. Have you ever had the urge to completely explore a national park, but didn't think you had the time? Next time you are in Seattle, visit the Klondike Historical Park. It is only 5000 square feet and can be safely explored in about an hour. Don't worry about exploring it in the dead of winter, the entire park is inside The United States consumes more pepper per capita than any other nation July is the only month of the year that Greenland's temperature averages above freezing 1913 Indianapolis 500 winner Jules Goux drank 6 bottles of champagne during pitstops The feet contain 1/4 of all bones in the human body Svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel is a contraseptive in Denmark Halifax was home to Canada's first post office in 1755 Australia is the only place in the world with 25 types of fleas There is a Tupperware party somewhere in the world every 2 seconds Jack Dawson said that he learned some of his sense of seamanshiip near his home near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Lake Wissota. Trouble is, Lake Wissota was not even there until 1917, five years after the Titanic hit bottom. The discrepancy was noticed in the Wisconsin state papers Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg The 'rusticles' on the model of the sunken Titanic were Cheeto's and bran flakes painted with rust coloured primer Two dogs survived the sinking of Titanic, yes that's right, two DOGS survived. They escaped on early lifeboats carrying so few people that no one objected. Miss Margaret Hays of New York brought her Pomeranian with her in lifeboat No. 7, while Henry Sleeper Harper of the publishing family boarded boat No. 3 with his Pekinese, Sun Yat Sen. James Cameron did all of Jack Dawson's drawings in 'Titanic' Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation. They have square watermelons in Japan...they stack better. Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50 Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38 Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. Chimney's used to be cleaned by dropping live chickens down them In the original 101 Dalmatians movie, Pongo has 72 spots, Perdita has 68 and each of the puppies has 32. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the '1' encased in the 'shield' and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner. The bikini was originally called the 'atom' There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'. Giraffes only sleep for 5 minutes a day In accordance with a US Supreme Court ruling in 1893, the difference between a fruit and a vegetable is as follows: 'Any plant or part thereof eaten during the main dish is a vegetable. If it is eaten at any other part of the meal, it is a fruit.' According to 1649 Massachusetts law, punishment for children over the age of 16 acting stubborn or rebellious was death. Every leap year in ancient Scotland, maidens were allowed to ask a man to be her husband, refusal cost him a pound. Besides Star Trek, William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy, James Doohan, and Geoge Takei have all appeared at one time or another on The Twilight Zone Char-gogga-gogg-manchaugg-agogg-chabuna-gunga-maugg is the name of a lake in Webster, MA, and it means 'You fish on your side, I fish on mine, nobody fishes in the middle' The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss in 'If I ran the Zoo' There is a hotel in Jukkasjaerui, Sweden which is built entirely out of ice, it is built each fall and melts each May On the 25th anneversary of the New York City marathon, the worlds longest urinal (290ft) was installed at the beginning of the race Each eyelash hosts a minimum of three hundred dust mites The aggregate tension of the 6 strings of a guitar exceeds 200 pounds Dead Egyptian noblewomen were given the special treatment of being allowed a few days to ripen, so that the embalmers wouldn't find her too attractive In 1922, Pitcairn Airlines was the first to provide air sickness bags Ancient Romans used condoms made out of sheep intestines The world's only B.A. program in bagpiping is taught at Carnegie Mellon University by James McIntosh The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animals having the most taste buds. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio. Card cheats could be executed in 18th century England for forging the ace of spades There are three tails on the hat of the Grand High Exhalted Mystic Ruler of the Raccoons Vincent Yost created a new parking meter that senses when a car pulls out, returning the meter to zero. This change has the potential to boost parking meter revenues by 50 percent. Nine months after discontinuing a 200 year-old product line of Crown Pilot Crackers (hardtack), Nabisco reinstated the brand in response to consumer pressure. In an early Gallup poll asking people if they had any stock, Gallup was surprised by the high percentage from the southeast who said yes. Respondents thought Gallup meant livestock. In 1996, 40,000 U.S. airline passengers were bumped against their will. Residents of Houston, Texas lead the nation in eating out ---approximately 4.6 times per week. Sales of 'designer dog foods' exceeded $500 million in the United States. The average length of a business lunch is now 36 minutes. William Howard Taft was the first president to throw out the first baseball in a game. Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century. Blue jeans were invented by Levi Strauss, the person not the company, in the 1850's. Good bye came from God bye which came from God be with you. So-long came from the Arabic salaam and the Hebrew shalom In 1996, Alice replaced Charlotte as the most popular girls name in the UK and James replaced Peter as the most popular boys name. In a college experiment rats were pitted against college students to learn their way through a maze. The Rats learned three times faster than the Students According to a major hotel chain, approximately the same numbers of men and women are locked out of their rooms --- 32 percent are less than fully dressed. In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters. The official beverage of Ohio is tomato juice. Today, a new car costs the equivalent of 26 weeks pay for an average wage earner, up from 18 weeks 20 years ago. The average stay in a hospital to give birth was 4.1 days in 1970. It was 2.6 days in 1993. In 1995, the two largess businesses in the U.S. were General Motors, with $168.8 billion, and Ford with $137,1 billion.
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