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November 17, 2003

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Interesting, if true.......


> DID YOU KNOW???
>
> The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five
> must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in
> times of war or other emergencies.
>
> The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston,
> Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail
> under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
>
> Emus cannot walk backwards.
>
> The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S.
> Military Academy at West Point, NY.
>
> There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of the thirteen blimps
> are in the United States.
>
> Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
>
> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
> never stop growing.
>
> David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke
> all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed
> over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.
>
> Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of 'F".
>
> Camels milk does not curdle.
>
> "Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram for Jim Morrison.
>
> The word "modem" is a contraction of the words "modulate, demodulate."
> (MOdulate DEModulate)
>
> Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
>
> In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
>
> The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
> "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
>
> Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.
>
> Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and
> Australia have participated in every Games.

 

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