PMCboy's Non-Baseball Facts of the Day
PMCboy started the original NBFotD thread at least two forums ago. No one could ever predict where the ensuing discussions would lead, and the thing took on a life of its own, gathering a little of...
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Quote:You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. True that!! I've asked several people about this - and the answers are always...
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The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.More than 6 million cubic feet of water go over the crestline of Niagara Falls every minute during peak daytime tourist hours....
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Quote:Americans spend twice as much money on pornography as they do on cookies.Maybe if you made cookies shaped like....WHOA!!!.....So Niagara Falls froze, eh?? Astros-RedSox World SeriesI started out...
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Oh the comments that are racing through my mind about the coorelation between Oreos and pornography! I'm surprised Speedy didn't jump on it. *Yes, I know the foregoing was in really bad taste, but...
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Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. ~ Turkish Proverb "The Coffee Cantata" was written by Johann Sebastian Bach. According to Dr. Bruce Ames, University of California...
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Quote:According to Dr. Bruce Ames, University of California at Berkeley, there are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in...
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OK, I'm really out of practice here, but it's high time we had some more Facts! *** * *** * *** * *** * *** * ***In Russia, imported American hot dogs are big favorites. They are eaten at lunch,...
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WOW!!! Is this what I think it is?? Quote:Wienies are often sliced lengthwise, fried in butter and dished up with bread, cheese, and smoked fish.You said wienies. Quote:When watching the Super Bowl,...
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Yay!!! NBFotD - what a great way to start the new year!! Quote:At the end of the dayNo kidding - I hate that phrase! I work with a slew of people that love to use it and I cringe every time I hear it.
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It's been too long! I had to go for the obvious, considering the book I'm reading! Quote:Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian.It was a secret anagram code for Avenge art, I That's the reason he was a...
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Leonardo, vegetariansim, secret anagrams & pork chops? Guess Ill have to read that book one of these years! (When Im done with a new Shakespeare bio, Gene Wolfes Knight/Wizard duo, and one or two...
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Quote:Jenken, Jan Ken Pon, Roshambo, Shnik Shnak Shnuk, Ching Chong Chow, and Farggling are all names used for a single popular game played the world over. Anyone care to guess what that game is?Shot...
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After my Net check I see that I was way off, but I won't give it away just yet.
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Quote:Jenken, Jan Ken Pon, Roshambo, Shnik Shnak Shnuk, Ching Chong Chow,....Asian Yahtzee?? Come on...I need a five, come on five.....CHING CHUNG CHOW!!!!!!OK....how 'bout Tic Tac Toe then....
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Quote:Farggling wouldn't have anything to do with stroking one's filtrum, would it?? Well...dexterously-gifted Fargglers might manage it. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** In terms of acreage, wine...
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I thought tic-tac-toe was going to be right! I'm getting a good laugh over here thinking about the confused look on the little gopher's face as he detects a strange suction in his hole - right before...
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Quote:The Dog Gone device, invented by one Gay Balfour, is capable of sucking gophers and prairie dogs out of the ground so they can be moved elsewhere.Ok...so somebody named Gay invents something...
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Quote:A device that served as a combination grater-slicer and mouse/fly trap was registered at the US Patent Office in 1897. ...Uh, no grated Parmesan for me, waiter.Exactly! Umm, waiter...what the...
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In warm weather, 6th president of the United States John Quincy Adams customarily went skinny-dipping in the Potomac River before dawn.9th U.S. president William Henry Harrison was inaugurated on a...
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