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VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:17 pm

fact: The word "maklak" means "boot" in Inupiat, while it means "seal" in Siberian Yu'pik.

TyVulpine · Postby **TyVulpine** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:59 pm

Fact: The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. It's a legume. The tomato was once declared a vegetable. The record for being struck by lightning the most times during a person's life is 7, by former Virginia State Trooper Roy Williams.

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:21 am

Fact: My Uncle and I moved over 10 tons of stone today Fact: In the month of October 2005 I got hit by a care twice and today I almsot got hit by another car.

Tavis · Postby **Tavis** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:16 pm

Fact: This has become a hot topic since the last time I signed on.

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:17 pm

Fact: On my browser, this topic has yet to breach the second page.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:44 pm

fact: <a href='http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/bus/bus/6.pdf' target='_blank'>The Number 6</a> will get you from 79th and South Shore to Wacker and Michigan.

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:52 pm

Fact: Contradictory do the impression diven by the show of the same name, Train 48 runs from Toronto to Ottawa.

CoreyFox · Postby **CoreyFox** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:19 pm

Fact: Let's end this debate - Zebras are white with black stripes.

TyVulpine · Postby **TyVulpine** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:03 am

Fact: The "Short Line" in Monopoly is NOT based an a RR, rather it was a bus line! Texas is the ONLY state in the Union with the legal right to split into FIVE separate states (if it wanted to)...

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:17 am

Fact: Thomas Jefferson while president was once given a gift of a giant wheal of cheese by members of the Federalist Party. Whiel the wheat of cheese was beign diliveredto the White House Jeferson recived it with open amrs. Literaly. Fact: The A train goes to JFK airport.

CoreyFox · Postby **CoreyFox** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:21 am

Fact: Sanka Coffee is a decaf.

Steve the Pocket · Postby **Steve the Pocket** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:29 am

Fact: The name of the guy in the "Numa Numa dance" video is Gary Brolsma. Fact: The Macs in this lab are prone to getting sluggish after you've been using them for a while. (Not surprisingly, the same problem I tend to have it Linux.)

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:34 am

(Really? That doesn't sound right ... are you sure you're not thinking of Windows (which does so by design)?) Fact: If tomorrow wasn't a day off, I'd have a breakfast of hash browns, bacon, sausages, eggs, ham and toast. With some milk, of course. Fact: When I boot up my computer and load Linux, I now have my own splash screen. Fact: My Linux installation only gets sluggish when programs crash. Unless they segfault; then I get the memory back automatically. Fact: Not coincidentally, I don't use Java very often.

GamemasterAnthony · Postby **GamemasterAnthony** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:34 pm

Here's one to trump all the name items: FACT: Charles Lindburgh's grandfater actually changed the family name prior to the famous trans-Atlantic flight. If he didn't...the famous flight would be credited to Charles Manson. And now...a few more. Ohio is listed as the 17th state...but technically, it's the 47th. Congress forgot to ratify the bill making them a state until 1953. Sonic actually went through several species ideas prior to his final hedgehog form...including a rabbit and a Crash Bandicoot like critter.

Tom Flapwell · Postby **Tom Flapwell** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:26 pm

On that theme... Fact: The Warners on "The Animaniacs" were initially conceived as duck brothers named Yakky, Wakky, and Smakky. You can guess where the potential for plagiarism came in.

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