does size matter
a barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to it’s size.
BAAAAD spectator sport
A game played by the Mayans (I THINK, althought it may have been the Aztecs) was a REAL blood-sport. Players carried pointed sticks and whenever a point was scored, the player who scored the point could go to anyone in the stands and rob them of their clothes, money, and jewelry. If the person refused [...]
London Bridge is falling down…
That little kid’s nusery rhyme-game, “London Bridge Is Falling Down” is thought to have come from an ancient Druid ritual, in which children played that exact game and probably chanted a prayer or a song. The child that ended up trapped in someone’s arms by the end of the chant was selected to “guard” a [...]
What’s that smell?
The child’s toy, Play-Doh, has a distinct smell. It was found to be one of the top five scents that people can recognize and identify.
Somebody changed MY name!
The Big and Little Dippers aren’t actually called “Big Dipper” and “Little Dipper.” Their actual names are “Ursa Major” and “Ursa Minor.” Big Bear and Little Bear. I don’t know when their names were changed but I can certainly see WHY.
Mules and Hinnies
Mules and hinnies are (usually) only found in captivity, generally as working animals. The reason for this is that they are sterile animals and are only born when a horse and donkey mate… which I don’t believe happens outside of captivity…
Reading Facts
Most people who read these worthless facts and believe all of them are stupid idiots.
Heck with shoes, watch out for those needle elves!
Elias Howe perfected the sewing machine needle after dreaming he was going to be stabbed by savages with long grooved lances that had eye-holes near the tip, thus giving him the idea to make the sewing needle with an eye hole tip at the downward facing of the needle.
Religious Freedom
Ratified on December 15, 1791, the amendment reads, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof … at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890 Native Americans were slaughtered for conducting a relgious ceremony known as The Ghost Dance, among such “Banned by Law” religious rights were the [...]
Evil Dead Shemp
Shemp(s) (‘ing) is a term made up by Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel, and Bruce Campbell (during the time of the Evil Dead trilogy when Bruce was playing Ash) which is what they call a stand-in for actors not present to “play” their characters part themselves. It’s inspired after the Three Stooges, Shemp, who sometimes had [...]
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