# might be old but useless facts
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 7, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252 "2004-01-07T10:15:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/1 "2004-01-07T10:15:24Z")
my g/f emailed this to me enjoy guys
Things you don’t need to know
1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were
Fred
and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Every day more money is printed for the Parker Brothers
"monopoly"than
printed by the U.S. Treasury.
3. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better
than
men.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
6. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska!
7. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
8. (Now get this ) The percentage of North America that is wilderness:
38%
9. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of 11: $6,400
10. The average number of people airborne over the U.S. any given hour:
61,000.
1. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair than the
rest
of us.
2. The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in
3.
4. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
5. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
6. Those San Francisco Cable Cars are the only mobile National
Monuments.
7. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history: Spades = King David, Hearts = Charlemagne, Clubs = Alexander,
the
Great, Diamonds = Julius Caesar
8. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
9. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs
in
the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in
the
air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the
horse
has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
10. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th;
John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the
last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
11. “I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
12. Hershey’s Kisses are called that, because the machine that makes
them
looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.
13. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
Conception.
14. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their
birthplace.
15. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat
name
requested? Obsession
16. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go
until you
find the name of a number that contains the letter A? One thousand.
17. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and
laser
printers all have in common? All were invented by women.
18. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil? Honey.
19. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the
year?
Father’s Day
20. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic? He was allergic to carrots.
21. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
Snoop in
your medicine cabinet.
AND FINALLY At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their
elbow. Unknown author
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### Author:  [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/2 "2004-01-07T10:26:07Z")
cool
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### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/3 "2004-01-07T10:29:50Z")
🆒
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### Author:  [@snowhitejolf95](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowhitejolf95)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/4 "2004-01-07T11:05:47Z")
🆒 i guess you learn someting every day ,today about 10
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### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/5 "2004-01-07T11:13:48Z")
i tried licking my elbow…☹ ☹
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/6 "2004-01-07T11:15:16Z")
answer is? still no?
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### Author:  [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/7 "2004-01-07T11:24:44Z")
🆒 🆒 🆒
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### Author:  [@Stroker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stroker)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/8 "2004-01-07T12:15:57Z")
#5 is hard ☹
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### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/9 "2004-01-07T12:19:14Z")
u need a big tongue
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### Author:  [@ohsoquik02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ohsoquik02)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/10 "2004-01-07T13:17:36Z")
:repost:
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### Author:  [@germ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/germ)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/11 "2004-01-07T15:24:11Z")
i bet some of them slinky like yoga bitches could lick their elbows. i sure as hell cant do it though.
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### Author:  [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/12 "2004-01-12T12:55:26Z")
damn i thought for sure i could lick my elbow ☹ i’m dizzy now
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### Author:  [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/13 "2004-01-12T12:56:36Z")
ur short not ur arms!!!😛
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### Author:  [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/14 "2004-01-12T13:17:23Z")
i’m a sucker. i tried to lick my elbow. if only my tounge was an inch longer.
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/15 "2004-01-12T13:18:48Z")
> _Originally posted by peterock17_
> **i’m a sucker. i tried to lick my elbow. if only my tounge was an inch longer.**
🤣 x 2:rolleyes: :rolleyes: 😃
i fell for it 😃
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### Author:  [@darkstain](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/darkstain)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/16 "2004-01-12T15:03:56Z")
haha lol i thought i was weird for trying to lick my elbow
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-old-but-useless-facts/163252/17 "2004-01-12T16:59:16Z")
> _Originally posted by germ_
> **i bet some of them slinky like yoga bitches could lick their elbows. i sure as hell cant do it though.**
> Contortionists