random fact game

[Wilchbla]

Susan B. Anthony once wrote about a poor woman and her "six ragged, dirty children", "..the evidences were that "God" was about to add a No. 7 to her flock. What a dreadful creature their God must be to keep sending hungry mouths while he withholds the bread to fill them!"

[Wilchbla]

The average life span of the Painted Turtle is 75 years.

[Wilchbla]

Adolph Rickenbacher (1886-1976) invented the first electric guitar (hollow body style) in 1932.

[Wilchbla]

The Venus Flytrap, though it has been successfully transplanted around the world, is only native to North and South Carolina. Specifically within a 100 mile radius of Wilmington, NC.

[Crushmaster]

Adolf Hitler was known as "Der F

[Pastor Matt]

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

[Wilchbla]

In 1916, an elephant named Mary was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee

[holster]

I didn't know that...

On this day in 1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded "Babalu Music"

[bgann4546]

I didn't know that...

On this day in 1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded "Babalu Music"

I did not know that.

The longest word in the King James Bible is a man's name and is recorded in Isaiah chapter 8. His name is Maher-shalal-hash-baz. It's 18 letters long.

[Wilchbla]

I knew that...

The Library of Congress is the oldest federal institution in the United States. It contains over 32 million books and over 138 millions readable items in all.

[Wilchbla]

Published in 1789, The Power of Sympathy (aka The Triumph of Nature) by William Hill Brown is considered by most literary experts to be the first American novel.

[John81]

Today is the last day of June 2009.

[Wilchbla]

Kentuckey Bluegrass can grow to heights of two to three feet and bloom blue flower heads.

[Wilchbla]

In June 1776 Thomas Hickey, one of George Washington's bodyguards, was put to death for counterfeiting, sediton and an alleged attempt to poison Washington's peas.

[holster]

The word "Calvary" appears only one time in our King James Bible.