Useless fact of the day!

[Merlin the Elder]

(** I have such strange friends **)

[Rowan MacD]

  But it makes life so much more interesting, don't you think?  We're all Mad here...

[RenStarr]

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.

[groomporter]

It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.

And the difference in pronunciation between 'Kansas' And 'Arkansas' is due to the French vs English pronunciation
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-we-pronounce-kansas-and-arkansas-differently-2014-2

[Hoowil]

And Cajun is a twisted mispronunciation of Acadian...

[Rowan MacD]

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

[Rowan MacD]

Ignoramus:
The grand jury used to write ignoramus on the back of indictments not found or not to be sent to court. This was often constructed as an indication of the stupidity of the jury, hence its present meaning.

[RenStarr]

The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series.

[Merlin the Elder]

I think the Roman Empire still existed, RenStarr...

[RenStarr]

I think the Roman Empire still existed, RenStarr...

I"m sure there are some die hard Cubs fans that feel that way.

[RefMom3]

It feels like it's so far back, the Library at Alexandria only had one scroll.

Sigh.

Says the baseball fan from Chicago's 'burbs.

[Rowan MacD]

The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

[Hoowil]

There are 62 Legos for every person on Earth.

[Merlin the Elder]

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

[Rowan MacD]

Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness.
She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not.