“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, more fab facts from the files here at the fasab blog.
These posts are as random as they get so hopefully you should be able to get something out of them no matter what your interests are.
Check them out below.
And enjoy.
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The phone number to the white house is:
(202) 456-1414.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint
for the average Sunday edition of New York Times.
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Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds
of up to 150 miles per hour.
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Intelligent people have more
zinc and copper in their hair.
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In every episode of Seinfeld
there is a Superman somewhere.
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The most poisonous spider is the black widow.
Its venom is more potent than a rattlesnake’s.
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Fish that live more than 800 meters below
the ocean surface don’t have eyes.
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Mercury is the only planet
whose orbit is coplanar with its equator.
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There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat,
though it may feel uncomfortable.
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Starfish have no brains.
(I know several people like that!)
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The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
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Los Angeles’ full name is
“El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
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Al Capone’s business card
said he was a used furniture dealer.
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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A quarter has 119.
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John Lennon’s first girlfriend
was named Thelma Pickles.
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You can lead a cow upstairs
but not downstairs.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball.
In the UK its 330.
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At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta
had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
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In “Silence of the Lambs”,
Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
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fasab 
Ah ha … the true benefit and power of fava beans and chianti.
Yes, you chianti beat it. I thought the puns had got to you 🙂
Oh no … busy last week.
Fish who live more than 800 meters below the sea never blink. They also eat human flesh.
Do they? I must remember to try to keep out of deep water.
You know, if the EU was serious, they’d cut back on the number of verses in the Greek National anthem. That should save a few million euros a year in sheet music ALONE! 😀
And it’s nice to know I’m way about average. It takes me between 60 and 90 minutes to fall asleep. 😯
The only time I can fall asleep fast is when there’s a good movie or something on tv that I really want to see 😦
Verrrrryyyyy interesting!
Thank you.
Apparently I’m a starfish… also, I was once bitten by a black widow five times. Not fun.
Depends who she was 🙂
Ouch. But I did mean the spider-species type.
I’m ever the optimist 😉