Little Known Fact Thread

[jimotis4heisman]

Al Gore invented the Internet.

already a thread on al gore's invention. it's a mere 65239856239865892365819239658326589623859632985689136458326589326582635896213985612389056389465 pages long.

 

[SanAntonioBuck]

I'd rather have a MRE than eating Spam. MRE's will fatten you up 3000 to 3500 calories per meal. Spam is just sick!

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Harry S Truman has no middle name (other than the letter "S") Both of his grandfathers had first names that began with "S", so rather than picking one name over the other, his parents left it as "S"

 

[iambrutus]

Ulysses S. Grant was actually named Hiram Ulysses Grant at birth. But his dad called him Ulysses because he liked the name. He told a friend who was a senator to write his son a letter of recommendation for admission to West Point. The senator knew his son was named Ulysses, but he didn't know his middle name. West Point required this information, so the senator made it up. He knew that the mother's maiden name was Simpson, and that parents often chose this as a middle name. So he wrote the letter for Ulysses S. Grant. When Grant got to West Point he protested that it was not his real name, but the clerk there (in typical bureaucratic fashion) told him that the letter said it was and therefore it was. Grant had no choice but to agree to it and later he grew fond of seeing his grades posted under "U.S. Grant". So he kept it.

i did a research paper on Grant in HS, so i knew that one

 

[Buckin' A]

Back to the Spam for a minute...when I was stationed in Japan and funds were low...I ate Spam all the time. Just fry it and put cheese and mayonaise on it...oh so tasty!

 

[High Lonesome]

A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long

 

[High Lonesome]

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

'Facetiously' and 'abstemiously' are the only two words in the English language that contain all vowels (including 'y') in alphabetical arder.

 

[scooter1369]

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

It is also the longest un-PC word typed with only the left hand.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

strengths is the longest one syllable word in the english language.

 

[Golferdow01]

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Who says???

I use both hands to type it

 

[High Lonesome]

It is also the longest un-PC word typed with only the left hand.

just makes it that much rarer

 

[MightbeaBuck]

Possums have thirteen nipples.

 

[BB73]

strengths is the longest one syllable word in the english language.

Yeah, but it's not the only one. Off the top of my head:

stretched
scratched
screeched
squelched

 

[Manfred]

Possums have thirteen nipples.

Kinda makes me wish we were descended from them instead of apes.