random fact game

[Wilchbla]

Charles Wesley (1707-1788), the younger brother of John Wesley, published the words to over 5,500 hymns and wrote the words to another 2,000 hymns.

[holster]

In 1866 Baptist pastor and historian Thomas Armitage publicly argued against the Baptists joining the "Christian Union."

[Wilchbla]

J.S. Bach fathered 20 children.

[Wilchbla]

In 1964 a research student and US Forsest Service personel unwittingly cut down what was the oldest living tree at the time for research purposes. The tree, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine named Prometheus, was estimated to be 5,000 years old. As a result of this the location of the current oldest tree in the world named Methuselah (4,841 years) is kept secret from the public.

[Wilchbla]

The word "broadcast" as used in radio and television was originally a method used by farmers and planters in sowing seed. A "broad cast" method of sowing.

[Pastor Matt]

The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.


Leave it to us Baptists. :lol:

[Crushmaster]

The word "eventide" is another word for "evening".

[Wilchbla]

The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.


Leave it to us Baptists.

One of the things that the Pilgrims were upset they ran out of when the arrived to Amercia was ale.

[dadof4]

Last time I was on Online Baptist was over a month ago - haven't been on the computer much!

[holster]

My posts now make up a whopping .13 percent of total posts! I'm moving up!

[Wilchbla]

In 1928, Willis Haviland Carrier developed the first residential 'Weathermaker', an air conditioner for private home use.

[Wilchbla]

Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, was himself afraid of mice.

[Wilchbla]

J. Wellington Wimpy was the full name of the hamburger loving moocher from the Popeye the Sailor comic strips and cartoons.

[HappyChristian]

Man, Wilch, I don't think I'd want to play you in Trivial Pursuit!!! Interesting tidbits!

The yo-yo was invented in the Philippines and used as a hunting weapon.

[Wilchbla]

Man, Wilch, I don't think I'd want to play you in Trivial Pursuit!!! Interesting tidbits!

I know, I need to get a life.

You cannot hum while holding your nose.