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re: 135 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts (All on one page)

Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:42 pm to
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:42 pm to
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This was on an episode of the Andy Griffith show. But instead of moonshiners, it was cattle thieves that wore hooves to steal the livestock.



Actually, they put boots on the cows to try fool Andy and Barney.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:44 pm to
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Lol, that would be quite a few...


Alright, so we are in agreement. Let's get this thing started.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
76132 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:56 pm to
I don't believe #40. I think it's bullshite.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
76132 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 12:57 pm to
quote:

Actually, they put boots on the cows to try fool Andy and Barney.



You're right, I remember better now.


They fooled the state police and Barney, and the mayor.

But they didn't fool Andy...
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2015
21240 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:02 pm to
Yeah, seems a little far fetched.
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
12521 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:36 pm to
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73. A new baby can cost new parents 750 hours of sleep in the first year.


This is the truest fact
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:36 pm to
and then some.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:38 pm to
What up bro?
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:39 pm to
Living the dream.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122534 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:40 pm to
I read this on the website and was about to ask of Amelia Earnhart was gay..
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76781 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:40 pm to
J.K. Simmons has been the voice of the Yellow Peanut M&M since the late 1990s.

Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:41 pm to
Honestly didn't know that.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:41 pm to
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so here we are with "Amazing" facts.
far fewer than 135, though.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76781 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:42 pm to
If drivers adhere to the 45 mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road's rumble strips will play a rendition of "America the Beautiful."

Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76781 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:43 pm to
Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney considered Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful.





Carly Simon's dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster. He co-founded the company.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 1:44 pm
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2015
21240 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:45 pm to
I didn't make the list. Some are cool.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
64069 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:50 pm to
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Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once sneaked out of a White House event, commandeered an airplane, and went on a joyride to Baltimore.



I bet that's not all they did.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76781 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:50 pm to
The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships are held in Finland. One winner (not pictured) said he prepared for the event by "mainly drinking."


Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a way to make money off of people who weren't buying his merchandise.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 1:52 pm
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
71842 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:54 pm to
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Long before rap battles, there was "flyting": the exchange of witty, insulting verses. The verbal throwdowns were popular in England and Scotland from the 5th to 16th centuries.


Who's the cultural thieves now?
Posted by BRich
Old Metairie
Member since Aug 2017
3113 posts
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:58 pm to
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I don't believe #40. I think it's bull shite


Nope, it's real. 2 Youtube videos:

Route 66 America the Beautiful
Singing Highway

#92. Jim Cummings is the voice of Winnie the Pooh. He calls sick kids in hospitals and chats with them in character.

Maybe now, but anyone like me, of more than a few years age, knows Sterling Holloway was the REAL voice of Winnie the Pooh...
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 2:00 pm
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