Friday, July 14, 2006

few fun facts on friday

I have been busy, busy. You know, home alone and all that free time to allocate... So I only had time to check out this site (except for the first fun fact) for today !:

- Today is National Nude Day . Source of information is Carmen !
- Over 40% of the women in the U.S. have been a Girl Scout (is it your case?).
- Einstein never learned how to drive a car.
- An item must contain 92.5% silver to be considered "sterling silver".
- Broccoli has twice as much Vitamin C as an orange.
- The "black box" in commercial airliners is actually orange.
- Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again Sam" in the film Casablanca (really?)
- Britney Spears is an anagram for Presbyterians.

And last, just to make us all feel thin:

*A baby whale gains about 200 pounds a day!

Happy friday! yes, TGIF!

21 comments:

  1. Darling Mar...These are great fun!> I think Bogart said..."Play it Sam,you played it for her---you can play it for me..." LOVE that movie!
    The facts about the whales truly does make me feel thin...well, at least for a minute here...(lol)

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  2. heh heh. at first i thought it was a post about nude girlscouts

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  3. Some really fun facts....
    Thanks for your kind wishes & for visiting my site. I am much better today and taking things 1 day at a time...Please keep me in your prayers

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  4. I wasn't a full-fledged girl scout, I was a "brownie" and my dad used to say all we did was meet to eat cookies and drink koolaid. ;)

    Thanks for the shout out!

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  5. I can relate to the baby whale!
    National Nude Day. Well, under the circumstances, I don't think I'll be peeling off my swim suit anytime soon!
    Already knew about the black box. Hubby was an Airline Pilot!

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  6. Yes... Miteymite is my mom, and PresentStorm is my wife....

    I thought everybody knew that....

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  7. Great, interesting post! Here from the first time from Michele's!

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  8. Hola Mar!

    Me gustan tus 'facts':)
    Buen fin de semana! Besos... tu sabés.

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  9. You are just a chest full of info. Some of it I knew most I didn't and I count myself a well read man. I'll be back.

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  10. You must be a great asset at quizzes or playing Trivial Pursuit! Hope the week home alone is going well!

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  11. LOL...Well, Michele sent me back to you my dear...I STILL haven't put up my NEW post...Oh Well...sometimes the blog must take a back seat, you know? But, not the visiting!

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  12. Hi, from Michele's! Good thing I'm having broccoli tonight!

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  13. Mar,
    I just shouted across the hall to husband who is on his computer, "Hey, did you know today is nudist day?" He just laughed and said, well maybe it will be a good day after all.

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  14. nice facts - i knew about broccoli, bogart & black boxes, but nude girlscouts was news to me:-) You know you are going to get all sorts of hits off that phrase don't you?

    Here from micheles today. I have been visiting regularly, just not commenting so much recently - too busy, too stressed:-(

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  15. I knew a couple of those, but that one about gaining 200lbs a day seems astonishing!

    And hi, today I'm here via Michele!

    rashbre

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  16. I was a girl scout! I made it farther than most girls do, too...I hit senior - level and there wasn't a troop to support me. I ended up assisting the leader of a troop of juniors instead...

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  17. Hey, these are lots of fun! And the baby whale factoid was the best of them all! Thanks for that!

    Hope you're well! I haven't been by in a while, which is why I'm thankful for Michele, who sent me. Have a great weekend!

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  18. back again from micheles before bed, so I thought I'd offer these facts from your linked site:

    You can't sneeze in your sleep.

    The albatross can fly while sleeping

    Morphine is named after the Greek god of sleep.


    Night night:-)

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  19. LOL...I'll see what I can do for you Mar on your request...!
    BTW:The Photo's of the Flowers are up!

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  20. Sounds like you've been having a fun time home alone! I'm home alone this weekend, and I'm really excited.

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  21. You know, that's a pretty good list! :)

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