User:GeneralIroh/Random Archive
This is archive, storing all of my random facts of the day, a tradition that I made so that users could each day come and receive a small token of tickling trivia. The idea was inspired by Sp3000's userbox and its trivia. This page was made so that these may always be remembered. This 'tradition' was created on 01:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
February 2007
February 22
The novel Gadsby has over 50,000 words...none with the letter 'e.' The writer had to literally tie down the key 'e' on his typewriter (yeah this was written a while back)!
February 23
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of big words.
February 24
The Scorpion King was a prequel to a sequel of a movie that was a remake of another movie that was made in the 1930s.
February 25
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but can't pick your friend's nose.
Febraury 26
Thomas Edison failed 1,000 times before making a stable incandescent light bulb but he always said that, "he had just found 1,000 ways to not make a light bulb."
Febraury 27
All squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.
Febraury 28
Although it's believed that no two snowflakes are alike, the claim has not proven.
March 2007
March 1
March begins on the same day of the week as February, excepting leap years, and as November every year.
March 2
"There is no war in Ba Sing Se." Yeah right!
March 3
A Canadian blogger named Kyle MacDonald traded his way from one red paperclip to a house over the course of a year.
March 4
Only 10% of the world population is left-handed.
March 5
Strike can mean both a hit and miss.
March 6
Some frogs can survive being frozen.
March 7
Yankovic created his "pimped-out" MySpace page for the filming. "White & Nerdy"'s top eight MySpace friends are Bill Gates, Napoleon Dynamite, Mr. Peabody, Albert Einstein, Screech, Frodo, Pee Wee Herman and Tom.
March 8
Before outsiders came to the land, Egypt was called Misr.
March 9
The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
March 10
A peice of paper can be folded in half more than seven times. The myth that it couldnt was disproved by mythbusters.
March 11
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
March 12
15 million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second.
March 13
A zebra is white with black stripes.
March 14
Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.
March 15
"Beware the Ides of March."
March 16
There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.
March 17
Although Saint Patrick's Day has the color green as their theme, one little known fact is that it was once orange and blue that were the colors of this day.
March 18
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
March 19
Chickens can live for up to 18 months without a head.
March 20
Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is contaminated with bacteria.
March 21
The word Cwm is famous for having no vowels.
March 22
The 100 billionth crayola crayon ever made was Periwinkle Blue.
March 23
Flying from London to New York by Concorde, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
March 24
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over 1 million descendents.
March 25
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
March 26
The highest temperature produced in a laboratory was 920,000,000 F (511,000,000 C) at the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
March 27
The moon is one million times drier than the Gobi Desert.
March 28
The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb, the survivor being the baby shark that is born.
March 29
By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
March 30
Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.
March 31
An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
April 2007
April 1
The Today's Featured Article on the Main Page (pictured) was George Washington (inventor), who was actually a real person. However, the fact that it was featured on the Main Page was obviously a spoof off of the famous George Washington, the President. In fact, the article was created, nominated for featured-article status, and put on the Main Page in a mere 5 days. Special:Recentchanges was briefly hacked to display a message from Jimbo Wales saying that, because of vandalism, he would start charging editors to edit Wikipedia unless they were members of the cabal.
April 2
Today is now officially dubbed, according to my decree, Post Fools' Day!
April 3
April 4
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
April 5
The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
April 6
Cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.
April 7
Houseflies have a life span of two weeks.
April 8
The name Easter was told to have been influenced by the Germanic god Eostre.
April 9
April 10
A man survived three hanging attempts.
April 11
The copper in a penny is worth more than the penny itself.
April 12
Today is Yuri's Night, an international celebration in commemoration of the first human in Outer space.
April 13
Today is Caroline Rhea's, former host to The Biggest Loser and Aunt Hilda from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, birthday.
April 14
I went to the greatest wedding ever!
April 15
Happy Birthday, Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest men in history.
April 16
Shrimp's hearts are in their heads.
April 17
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.
April 18
Every minute, 30-40,000 dead skin cells fall from your body.
April 19
Shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel.
April 20
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.
April 21
Today is the kick-off of the Kentucky Derby Festival, Thunder Over Louisville.
April 22
April 23
Today is World Book and Copyright Day.
April 24
Every Labrador Retriever dreams about bananas.
April 25
In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with a Pepsi.
April 26
In 1843 a Parisian mime got stuck in his imaginary box and died of starvation.
April 27
Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards.
April 28
The Great Balloon Race and Mini-Marathon went off today.
April 29
King Henry VIII slept with a giant axe.
April 30
Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today.
May 2007
May 1
Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
May 2
Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.
May 3
The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.
May 4
Today is the Kentucky Oaks.
May 5
Today is Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby, otherwise known as the greatest two minutes in sports.
May 6
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
May 7
I before e except after c or or when sounding like a as in neighbor or weigh.
May 8
You are looking at the Random Fact of the Day for GeneralIroh!
May 9
(ambn)p = ampbnp, is a law of exponents.
May 10
Happy Constitution Day, Federated States of Micronesia!
May 11
Today is May 11. This is where you gave up...
May 12
May 13
The current US flag was designed by a high school student for a project... He got a B
May 14
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
May 15
The poem, "Jabberwocky" was written in gibberish.
May 16
123 people in the United States are named Edward Cullen
May 17
qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm - look familar...if it still isn't look down(on the keyboard!)
May 18
Mark your calendars, its International Museum Day!
May 19
Facebooks oldest user is 103.
May 20
Happy, Cameroon National Day!
May 21
It's been a two whole monthes of Spring.
May 22
A woman from Britian once called the cops to report her snowman stolen
May 23
Happy World Turtle Day!