Factual Friday
An executive decision has been made here at the LIsty-Loo. From now on, Fridays here will be known as Factual Friday. THat means Friday's list will be weird facts. Why? Cause I like facts AND I like alliterations. Enjoy Factual Friday #1
1) 3% of mammals are monogoamous.
2) Charlie Chaplin once took 3rd place in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
3) A Chicago laaw prohibits eating in a place that is on fire.
4) In 1941 Glenn Miller received the 1st gold record ever awarded to a recording artist.
5) 27% of Americans believe we never landed on the Moon.
6) Coffee is the most consumed beverage in the world with over 400 billion cups drunk each year.
7) A human head remains conscious 15-20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
8) Oranges, watermelons, lemons ard tomatoes are all really berries.
9) Any month that starts with a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.
10) All the moons in the solar system are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except Uranus. Its moons are named after Shakespeare characters.
posted by Listy-loo @ 1:19 PM
4 Comments:
re: 10- which Shakespeare character? do you know? =D
Well, Shannonymous, there are 20 of them and here they are! Don't you feel smarter than you did a minute ago?
Cordelia
Ophelia
Bianca
Cressida
Desdemona
Juliet
Portia
Rosalind
Belinda
Puck
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Caliban
Stephano
Sycorax
Prospero
Setebos
Number 7 really concerns me. I always thought that would be a fine way to go, but - 15 - 20 seconds?! That's, like - an iTunes sample clip!!!
Why yes it is VE. Please move decapitation from your list of "Ways I Want To Go" to "Ways I Don't Want To Go".
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