November 11, 2013

• Strange Facts

  OK so I forgot to mention that last week’s post only had 10 true facts.    They were 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20.

  This week there are 10 true facts and 10 false facts.  Can you determine which are which?

  -1 pound of lemons has more sugar than one pound of strawberries.

  -Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms taste like fried bacon.

  -During the final days of the Civil War when the Confederacy was losing, they would bring bands out onto the lines to help boost soldiers’ morale.  The Union soldiers referred to the music the bands played as “blue grass notes” because the grass was never disturbed and the Confederate soldiers always looked sad.  This is how the term “bluegrass” came into being.

  -Upon being dumped by his girlfriend, a man sold the engagement ring and bought himself a full suit of Halo Armor.

  -Kevin Bacon’s birth name was Kevin Pork

  -IKEA stores are designed like mazes in order to make it more difficult for customers to leave.

  -Non-alcoholic alcohol is available in South America.

  -Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting a condom on fire for “extra light.

  -The iPhone 5s self destructs when the home button is pressed down for 5 minutes.

  -50,000 people are injured by toilets each year.

  -Aftershave is just water. Your brain makes it smell the way it does.

  -Studies have found that people with weird personalities tend to make the best friends, and the best life partners.

  -Jumping is known to increase your life expectancy.

  -Famous drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much cash, that rats ate almost $1 billion of his money each year.

  -Since 1942, the Catholic Church has considered one on one talking between a man and woman to be a sin.

  -Two brothers inherited one of the Hawaiian islands, Niihau, and turned down offers to sell it including $1 billion from the U.S.A.

  -Adidas originally made their money from cocaine with the slogan ‘Just Do It’.

  -An unfinished skyscraper in Venezuela has been taken over by squatters and is now home to 2500 people.

  -Pepsi is responsible hair loss.

  -James Bond has killed 150 men and slept with 44 women since the first movie in 1962.

  Picture Time
  
  You tell’em Subway.  I had one of those Siracha chicken sandwiches.  Pretty good.
  
  It’s legit.  He has a camera.
  
  Dang, I’m glad I’m not in Winona.
  
  And part of why my rap career never took off is because I had to compete with this.
  
  I don’t think I’m hungry for a burrito now.
  
  Glock-amole
  
  
  I am totally motivated to stay fit and drink.
  
  Click for gif since apparently Xanga doesn’t support them anymore.  The Packers could use him.
  
  Oh Milwaukee…that’s sadly accurate.
  
  well done…well done

  Have a great night

  • 11:50 PM
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