random fact game

[Palatka51]

A Rotator Cuff tear is very painful. [img]http://bestsmileys.com/religous/2.gif[/img]

[Ashlee]

my grandpa races motorcycles

[tired]

Rocky Marciano retired as the only undefeated heavyweight champion in boxing history. When he retired in April 1956, Marciano had a 49-0 record, and scored 43 wins by knockouts. He began boxing in the United States Army in 1943 and turned professional in 1947. Full of heart, brut power, and tenacity, Marciano wept after knocking out his boyhood hero, former heavyweight champion Joe Louis in 1951.

[Ashlee]

You can lead a cow upstairs but not down

[tired]

You can push the cow out the window :lol

[Ashlee]

Plants have more complex dna than humans, so you can literally match a leaf to a tree.

[John81]

On This Day...

1920
A severe hailstorm over parts of Antelope and Boone counties in Nebraska stripped trees of bark and foliage, ruined roofs, and broke nearly every window facing north.

1946
The temperature at Medford OR soared to an all-time high of 115 degrees to begin a two week heat wave. During that Oregon heat wave the mercury hit 100 degrees at Sexton Summit for the only time in forty years of records.

1975
An early afternoon thunderstorm raked the east side of Tucson AZ with gale force winds, heavy rain, and numerous lightning strikes. A thirteen year old boy was swept through a forty foot long culvert by raging waters before being rescued.

1988
Thirty-seven cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 96 degrees at Bluefield WV and 104 degrees at Charleston WV were all-time records, and afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Binghamton NY, 99 degrees at Elkins WV, and 103 degrees at Pittsburgh PA, tied all- time records. Highs of 104 degrees at Baltimore MD and 105 degrees at Parkersburg WV were records for July, and Beckley WV equalled their record for July with a high of 94 degrees. Martinsburg WV was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 107 degrees. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms raked the northeastern U.S. with large hail and damaging winds.

[Ashlee]

Estar and Ser mean the same thing in Spanish

[John81]

I remember watching the first astronauts walking on the moon in 1969.

[Ashlee]

John is old

[John81]

I have had younger guys calling me "Old Buck" at a place I worked years ago.

[Ashlee]

Fish will drown if you hold them still.

[John81]

On this date in 1980, Ronald Reagan accepted the GOP nomination for president.

[Ashlee]

The Bulgarian Army is the only force in the world which never lost a single flag, although it actively participated in all major wars in Europe since the end of the 19th century.

[John81]

Switzerland requires every man to have a rifle in his home.