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Spidey2DocOck
01-20-2007, 03:27 AM
The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

Nathan Hale said, "I only regret that i have but one life to lose for my country." **** that, Jack Bauer is on his third.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
Building is an American flag.

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The
frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of
it's mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the
stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.
The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Kevin Peter Hall, who plays the alien in the movie "Predator", also played Harry in "Harry and the Hendersons

Jean Claude Van Damme was originally the Predator, but he kept fainting during shoots, that's how the other actor became the predator.

Gumby was the creation of Art Clokey, a former Episcopal seminar student who joined the film program at the University of Southern California for a few years before dropping out when given the opportunity to animate vegetables for soup commercials.

Good thing Gumby characters are so simple. Because he's made of plasticine which disintegrates quickly, animators go through five or six Gumby's per scene.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is known everywhere in the world expect the USA as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, so every time any actor in the movie said the name of the stone it had to be filmed once as "sorcerer's stone" and then again as "philosopher's stone".

Richard Harris (Dumbledore) wasn't going to play Professor Dumbledore until his grand daughter called him up and said "If you don't play Dumbledore, I'll never speak to you again!" So he did!!!

Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star. { }

The first TV commercial: a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.

All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

TIME Magazines Man of the Year in 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

Wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles.

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year

A roach can live up to nine days without its head.

In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.

The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is
Flint, Michigan.
Hummingbirds can't walk

The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.

Scooby Doo's first real name is Scoobert.

The studios wanted Matthew McConaughey, the newest heartthrob in the industry, cast as hero Jack Dawson in the 1997 box office hit Titanic, but director James Cameron insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio.

During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World WarII were made of wood.

The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head. Introduced in 1952, Mr. Potato Head took advantage of TV's explosive growth to gain access to tens of millions of newly "plugged-in" households.

In the Return of the Jedi special edition during the new Coruscant footage at the end of the film a stormtrooper can be seen being carried over the crowds.

The longest film ever released was "****" by Andy Warhol, which lasted 24 hours{and people thought King Kong was too long}. It proved, not surprisingly (except perhaps to its creator) an utter failure. It was withdrawn and re-released in a 90-minute form as 'The Loves of Ondine.'

Several of the Bond girls, namely Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton, Eunice Gayson, and Claudine Auger, were unable to match an alluring voice to their sexy physical attributes. For each of them, their lines were dubbed by aspirant actress Nikki van der Zyl, who later left the film industry to practice as a legal professional. On "Doctor No," van der Zyl did every female voice except Miss Moneypenny and a Chinese girl, and she also dubbed Raquel Welch's grunting in "One Million Years B.C."

The TV signals seen by New Jersey residents come almost exclusively from New York and Philadelphia, cities oriented to other states. New Jersey has less in the way of state media than any other state of its population.

In 1952, CBS made computer history by being the first to use a computer, the UNIVAC I, to forecast the U.S. presidential election.

'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who
fathered over 160 children.

Hobbits are gay.

Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.

Art Clokey based Gumby's head on a picture of his father that was taken back in the early 1900s. His father had a cowlick on one side that looked like a bump.
Art Clokey's father, the inspiration for Gumby's head

Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert he cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand orner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the ront upper right-hand corner.

No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
"Evian" spelled backvards is naive.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood.

In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.

Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million.

Even Antarctica has an area code. Its 672.

Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.

Take your height and divide by eight. Thats how tall your head is.

Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.

Babies are born without knee caps.

If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.

Why do puppies lick your face? Theyre instinctively looking for scraps of food.

Poll results: Nachos is the food most craved by mothers-to-be.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.

It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.

If you put a T-Bone steak in a bowl of Coca - Cola Syrup, it will dissolve in 2 to 3 days.

Almost all of the Oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere has been produced by living organisms. Oxygen accounts for 21% of our atmosphere, with Nitrogen making up 78%, and a mixture of other gases composing the remaining 1%. Oxygen only occurs as a minor constituent in the atmospheres of other planets in our Solar System.

Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.

Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut went to college together. They were even in the same fraternity, where Seuss decorated the fraternity house walls with drawings of his strange characters.

The Earth has the highest average density (5.52 g/cubic cm) of any planet in our Solar System. Saturn has the lowest (0.69 g/cubic cm). For reference, the density of liquid water is 1 g/cubic cm.

The Les Nessman character on the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati wore a band-aid in every episode. Either on himself, his glasses, or his clothing.

John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

During a lunar eclipse, one can view the curved shape of the Earth's shadow, which is naked eye, groundbased evidence that the Earth is indeed round.

Beelzebub, another name for the devil, is Hebrew for "Lord of the Flies", and this is where the book's title comes from.

The term "devil's advocate" comes from the Roman Catholic church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the full stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F".

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
All babies are color blind when they are born.

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!

There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996.

The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001.

More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

According to legend, theres a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.

People who are lying to you tend to look up and to the left (their left).

A diet high in fat is said to impede memory.

One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tatooed.

Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.

Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.

C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars.

Female canaries cannot sing

Pearls melt in vinegar

If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones go to the top.

Got gas? 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

Slow food: The average French citizen eats 500 snails a year.

Did you know that the most volcanically active body in the solar system besides the Earth is Jupiter's moon Io. Erupting volcanoes were discovered on Io by the Voyager spacecraft.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker.

Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.

Jupiter's moon Europa may have a liquid water "ocean" far beneath its water ice covered surface.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Jupiter's core is thought to consist primarily of metallic hydrogen.

Woof! If your dog lives to age 11, youll have spent more than $13,000 on him/her.

There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.

Worlds heaviest primates: morbidly obese humans. After that: gorillas at 485 lbs.

Did you know that liquid water does not currently occur on Mars because of the cold temperatures and low atmospheric pressures. Only water ice and water gas (vapor) are stable. However, large channels on Mars appear to have been cut by outflows of liquid water during Mars' distant past which may have had warmer temperatures and a much thicker atmosphere.

The largest canyon system in the Solar System is Valles Marineris on Mars. It is more than 3000 miles long and so would stretch from California to New York. In some places it reaches 3 miles in depth and 200 miles in width.

Mars' surface area is approximately the same as the surface area of all the land (as opposed to water) on Earth. So, even though Mars is a smaller planet, studying its surface is just as large a task as studying all of Earth's land surfaces.

Mars has two large-scale geologic regions (in addition to many smaller geologic variations within both regions). The "Southern Highlands," which cover a little more than half of Mars' surface, are composed of old (at least 3.9 billion years) densely cratered terrain. The "Northern Plains" have lower and more variable crater densities, indicating that the plains are younger and formed over a much longer period of time. The cause of this Martian geologic dichotomy is not yet agreed upon.

Many of the larger rocks at the Viking Lander sites on Mars were given names. These included Toad, Badger, and Guppy, all of which were named because of some resemblance to those creatures, as well as ones named for all seven dwarfs, and the largest of the rocks near the landers was named Big Joe.

List of films that most frequently use the word "****"

Did you know that water ice may exist in the bottoms of craters at Mercury's poles, based upon radar data taken in recent years. Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and extremely hot over most of its surface, ice may exist at the bottoms of some polar craters because the crater floors are permanently shadowed by the crater rims.

Although slightly smaller than California, Japan boasts a population of 127,333,002 (July 2004) with an average life span of 81.04 years. Having such a significant amount of people can have an adverse effect on a land with little resources besides fish. Facts about Japan show, the people have turned their volcanic islands into one of the most influential and interesting places in the world. From being almost devastated by World War II, Japan quickly became the leading industrial nation in eastern Asia with only the United States producing more.

The population of Texas is 21 million, not including the 16 million cattle housed across the Lone Star State.

The Earth's Moon has only about 1/80th the mass of Earth.

It only takes the Space Shuttle about 8 minutes to accelerate to its orbital speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour.

Amount of television that the average American watches per day: over 4 hours

Percentage of US households with at least one television: 98%

Percentage of US households with exactly two TV sets: 35%

Percentage of US households with three or more TV sets: 41%

Time per day that TV is on in an average US home: 7 hours, 40 minutes






At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.

...Or so tv tells me

Ewok Droppings
01-20-2007, 03:35 AM
and Spidey2DocOck LOVES making new threads. :)

Spidey2DocOck
01-20-2007, 03:39 AM
and Spidey2DocOck LOVES making new threads. :):meanie:

Ramplate
01-20-2007, 04:55 AM
Not true:

Canadian $2
http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp

Hobbits are gay? happy yes. Homosexual no.:rolleyes:

The T-bone in Coke myth
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

And those are just the few that I noticed at a glance

Steve from Indy
01-20-2007, 11:23 AM
This thread reminds me of my late uncle. He was the king of useless facts. He knew where every church, house, and business used to be, and who married who. And yet he was borderline retarded.

Darth Barth
01-20-2007, 12:31 PM
Hobbits are not gay! :(

Also, female canaries can and do sing :)

HeadHunter
01-20-2007, 03:52 PM
I was expect 2 facts

GreenvilleTexan
01-20-2007, 04:59 PM
The population of Texas is 21 million, not including the 16 million cattle housed across the Lone Star State.

Pardon me, but those are just our pets ...

Fanible
01-20-2007, 05:03 PM
Mythbusters pretty much disproved the "Goldfish have a 3 second memory" myth.

Spidey2DocOck
01-20-2007, 06:07 PM
...and now a random fact about Jack Bauer:

The only kill Jack Bauer has ever regretted is Nina Myers, but that's only because he didn't get to torture her beforehand.

CTU agents watch highlights of Jack Bauer torturing terrorists. They call it, "You just got Jacked up."

Even though Jack Bauer isn't big and green, don't make him angry. You won't like him when he is angry.

The only reason Jack Bauer gets captured by terrorists is to lure them into a false sense of security. Then, when they get cocky, he can take them out with the soundwaves from his gruff voice

Jack Bauer did not fake his death to get away from the Chinese. He could own the entire country of China with his bare hands. No, he faked his death to get away from Audrey.

Jack Bauer will hurt you before he kills you. Luckily, you have the choice of how much you want it to hurt.

When the football game between the Chicago Bears and the Carolina Panthers delayed the fifth season premiere of 24, nobody at CTU was happy. The next day, the "NFL on FOX" studio was discovered to be littered with bodies, one victim even missing his stomach lining. Witnesses said that a blonde guy who looked an awful lot like Kiefer Sutherland was calmly walking away from the scene.

Jack Bauer picks up women by telling them, "You've read my file... you know what I am capable of."

The only difference between Jack Bauer and the electric chair is that Jack Bauer makes you talk first.

Jack Bauer sucks at horse racing. Every time he whips the horse to make it go faster, it dies.

Walt Cummings really had read Jack Bauer's file, that's why he killed himself.

When Jack Bauer goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe and instead asks for a bucket and a hand gun. He then shoots Chuck Norris, Vin Diesel, Mr. T, and 12 terrorists. On average this blood is able to save the lives of 50 newborns.

is usually a good idea to get Jack to promise not to let anything happen to you... unless your name is Behrooz.

Jack Bauer can find the square root of -1.

Jack Bauer kills more people per day than cancer

Jack Bauer doesn't have to go fishing - the fish willingly jump out of the water and directly onto Jack's grill.

Jack Bauer once shot down a helicopter with a handgun. For real.

Jack Bauer tortured Colonel Sanders into revealing his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.

Clint Eastwood knows Jack Bauer is always feeling lucky.

Jack Bauer once ate six saltine crackers in under 60 seconds, without a single sip of water.

Jack Bauer once ate six saltine crackers in under 60 seconds, without a single sip of water.''

Jack Bauer has never met a terrorist he didn't like. To kill

When Jack Bauer flushes the toilet, it goes clock-wise, no matter what hemisphere he is in.

Jack Bauer once saw two gay men making out. They immediately turned straight.

Jack Bauer cries when he watches "The Patriot." Not because he's sad, but because he could have won the Revolutionary War by himself in 24 hours

In 2010, our legal system will change. We will no longer swear to God, we will swear to Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer does not need SCUBA gear. If he runs out of air, he uses anger.

Jack Bauer would have nailed Lana Lang in the first episode.

The Japanese surrendered during World War II because it was rumored that President Truman would give Jack Bauer 48 hours to complete the downfall of Japan.

Jack Bauer has been torturing mountain lions in the hope of getting information on the one that terrorized his daughter.

JBond
01-20-2007, 06:37 PM
"Bluebirds cannot see the color blue. "

I'm willing to bet they can't see ANY colors. Mentioning "blue" tries to make it ironic.

And as for 55% of Americans not knowing the sun is a star, I think that's based on a question that was asked "What's the closest star to Earth" which can trick some people who still know the sun is a star.

Spidey2DocOck
01-20-2007, 11:42 PM
Hobbits are not gay! :(

Yes they are. Frodo and Sam were hitting each other all the time:P

Where's my elephant?
01-21-2007, 12:15 AM
I don't know if Spidey posted these since I skipped through so many so here it goes:

Micheal Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas.

Albert Brooks' real name is Albert Einstein.

John,Andy, and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran are NOT related.

The human head weighs 8 pounds,my neighbor has 3 rabbits, & bees and dogs smell fear.

Rachel McAdams is easy on the eyes.

Ramplate
01-21-2007, 01:39 AM
Michael Keaton also was a stage hand on Mister Rogers Neighborhood

Alien
01-22-2007, 05:34 AM
...and now a random fact about Jack Bauer:

The only kill Jack Bauer has ever regretted is Nina Myers, but that's only because he didn't get to torture her beforehand.

CTU agents watch highlights of Jack Bauer torturing terrorists. They call it, "You just got Jacked up."

Even though Jack Bauer isn't big and green, don't make him angry. You won't like him when he is angry.

The only reason Jack Bauer gets captured by terrorists is to lure them into a false sense of security. Then, when they get cocky, he can take them out with the soundwaves from his gruff voice

Jack Bauer did not fake his death to get away from the Chinese. He could own the entire country of China with his bare hands. No, he faked his death to get away from Audrey.

Jack Bauer will hurt you before he kills you. Luckily, you have the choice of how much you want it to hurt.

When the football game between the Chicago Bears and the Carolina Panthers delayed the fifth season premiere of 24, nobody at CTU was happy. The next day, the "NFL on FOX" studio was discovered to be littered with bodies, one victim even missing his stomach lining. Witnesses said that a blonde guy who looked an awful lot like Kiefer Sutherland was calmly walking away from the scene.

Jack Bauer picks up women by telling them, "You've read my file... you know what I am capable of."

The only difference between Jack Bauer and the electric chair is that Jack Bauer makes you talk first.

Jack Bauer sucks at horse racing. Every time he whips the horse to make it go faster, it dies.

Walt Cummings really had read Jack Bauer's file, that's why he killed himself.

When Jack Bauer goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe and instead asks for a bucket and a hand gun. He then shoots Chuck Norris, Vin Diesel, Mr. T, and 12 terrorists. On average this blood is able to save the lives of 50 newborns.

is usually a good idea to get Jack to promise not to let anything happen to you... unless your name is Behrooz.

Jack Bauer can find the square root of -1.

Jack Bauer kills more people per day than cancer

Jack Bauer doesn't have to go fishing - the fish willingly jump out of the water and directly onto Jack's grill.

Jack Bauer once shot down a helicopter with a handgun. For real.

Jack Bauer tortured Colonel Sanders into revealing his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.

Clint Eastwood knows Jack Bauer is always feeling lucky.

Jack Bauer once ate six saltine crackers in under 60 seconds, without a single sip of water.

Jack Bauer once ate six saltine crackers in under 60 seconds, without a single sip of water.''

Jack Bauer has never met a terrorist he didn't like. To kill

When Jack Bauer flushes the toilet, it goes clock-wise, no matter what hemisphere he is in.

Jack Bauer once saw two gay men making out. They immediately turned straight.

Jack Bauer cries when he watches "The Patriot." Not because he's sad, but because he could have won the Revolutionary War by himself in 24 hours

In 2010, our legal system will change. We will no longer swear to God, we will swear to Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer does not need SCUBA gear. If he runs out of air, he uses anger.

Jack Bauer would have nailed Lana Lang in the first episode.

The Japanese surrendered during World War II because it was rumored that President Truman would give Jack Bauer 48 hours to complete the downfall of Japan.

Jack Bauer has been torturing mountain lions in the hope of getting information on the one that terrorized his daughter.
Aren't they Chuck Norris facts? Or some of them seem to be anyway.

Angelixx
01-22-2007, 10:50 AM
jack bauer > chuck norris

Tweakpiece
01-22-2007, 10:58 AM
jack bauer > chuck norris


:omg:
Blasphemy!!!!

Angelixx
01-22-2007, 11:03 AM
:omg:
Blasphemy!!!!

the truth ;)

Tweakpiece
01-22-2007, 11:06 AM
No way...Jesus can walk on water --

--But Chuck Norris can walk on Jesus.

:funny:

Angelixx
01-22-2007, 11:08 AM
and jack could shoot them both between the eyes. jack bauer owns.

Tweakpiece
01-22-2007, 11:10 AM
:funny:

Never really thought about it like that....

Angelixx
01-22-2007, 11:21 AM
glad i cleared it up for you then ;)

Spidey2DocOck
01-22-2007, 01:35 PM
Jack Bauer owns you all

Ewok Droppings
01-22-2007, 04:42 PM
Rachel McAdams is easy on the eyes.

VERY easy on the eyes. ;)

The WupZter
01-22-2007, 05:56 PM
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

:eek:

Angelixx
01-22-2007, 08:58 PM
after this last episode of 24.....pretty much all of those above little facts have been confirmed.

Jack Bauer will hurt you before he kills you. Luckily, you have the choice of how much you want it to hurt.

"but Jack you're already hurting me."
"trust me...im not"

HAIL THE POWER OF BAUER!

JBond
01-22-2007, 09:55 PM
I was expecting a line like "I beat you up in the 5th grade, and I'll do it again!"

Steve from Indy
01-22-2007, 10:20 PM
I know I've wanted to stomp my own brother in the past. But who hasn't, eh? :)

Spidey2DocOck
01-26-2007, 01:02 AM
In the United Kingdom, the first season episode of Starsky and Hutch "The Fix", in which mobsters get Hutch hooked on heroin in order to extract information from him, was deemed too graphic by the BBC (despite the series being shown after the 9pm watershed), and was effectively "banned" from all of the corporation’s runs of the series. It was never broadcast on British terrestrial television until many years later, as part of Channel 4's one-off Starsky & Hutch Night, on Saturday 31st May 1999. Interestingly, in 2003, when Five ran the series, they included the episode, on Thursday 10th January 2003, in its usual time-slot of 10 a.m., although the actual scene of Hutch being graphically injected with Heroin was edited almost completely out.



There have been many songs based around the Star Wars universe, the most notable of which are "Weird Al" Yankovic's Yoda, (a parody of The Kinks' "Lola"), which describes Luke's training with the "wrinkled and green" Jedi master, and The Saga Begins, (a parody of Don McLean's "American Pie"), which chronicles the events of Episode I. The latter of these is particularly reveled, as it was released one week before the film. On Blink-182's album "Dude Ranch", the track "A New Hope" discusses the bassist Mark Hoppus' obsession with Princess Leia.
In late 1977, at the height of the original Star Wars craze, comedian Bill Murray portrayed Lounge Lizard Nick Winters on Saturday Night Live and sang a swanky version of the Star Wars theme, complete with inane improvised lyrics.[11] Carrie Fisher reprised her role as Princess Leia on SNL in a parady of Star Wars and the old beach party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello with Fisher as Annette singing about Obi Wan Kenobi
Other songs based on the Star Wars saga include The Star Wars Gangsta Rap and Star Wars Cantina.

The Saga Begins" is a parody by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released from the 1999 album Running With Scissors. To the tune of "American Pie," by Don McLean, it recounts the plot of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, from Obi-Wan Kenobi's point of view. Yankovic gathered basically all the information he needed to write the song from Internet spoilers. (He did such an accurate job that, even after he attended an advance screening, he wound up making only very minor alterations.) McLean not only approved the song, but he has also since said that his children have played it so much that he has a tendency to accidentally sing Yankovic's lyrics when performing "American Pie" in concert.

Spidey2DocOck
01-27-2007, 04:18 AM
The Most Expensive item sold on eBay to date is a private business jet for $4.9 million

Approximately 1.3 million sellers around the world use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income

Some Target stores have a bullseye painted on the roof that can be seen by using a program such as Google Earth or Windows Live Local local service. The Rosemont, Illinois, Target store, located next to O'Hare airport, is one such Target that has a bullseye painted on its roof.[65]

The film Career Opportunities prominently features a Target store. A Target janitor Frank Whaley is locked overnight in the store with a shoplifter played by Jennifer Connelly. In many respects the film shows many of the aspects of the store. Also one of the many criticisms of the store is prominently shown—locking flow employees and janitors overnight in the store. The film however does not show the overnight flow team.

In the music video "Twisted Transistor" 'Lil Jon, Xzibit, and David Banner are seen presenting their song at the Bullseye Store HQ In Tempe, AZ. The Bullseye logo represents the Target logo only square.

Alien
01-29-2007, 04:25 AM
Some Target stores have a bullseye painted on the roof that can be seen by using a program such as Google Earth or Windows Live Local local service. The Rosemont, Illinois, Target store, located next to O'Hare airport, is one such Target that has a bullseye painted on its roof.[65]
Nice Wikipedia useage, you even forgot to take out the 65 that links to this (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Target+loc:+Rosemont,+Illinois&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=42.006903,-87.887095&spn=0.00287,0.006748&t=k&om=1).

Boro
01-29-2007, 04:46 AM
Lol!

Garrett14
01-29-2007, 07:11 PM
im bringing sexy back

Ramplate
01-29-2007, 07:31 PM
Hooray for copy and paste :rolleyes: I'm really impressed with your skills at being nothing but a Parrot - ever have any original thoughts? :meanie:

Hey I found my house on that map :D

Spidey2DocOck
01-29-2007, 09:37 PM
Nice Wikipedia useage, you even forgot to take out the 65 that links to this (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Target+loc:+Rosemont,+Illinois&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=42.006903,-87.887095&spn=0.00287,0.006748&t=k&om=1).

:rolleyes:

Ok here's my own facts.

Over here at the college they have a sign next to the restroom door that says "Unisex". I guess Unicorns really can have sex:)


They also have condom machines in the restrooms:)