Fast Facts

[Hemidakota]

Another beginning for those who know it all. Let start with this facts about Veterans.

Veteran’s Day

Veteran’s Day was originally known as Armistice Day, because the eleventh hour of that day—the eleventh of the eleventh month—marked the end of World War I hostilities in 1918. It was renamed in 1954 to commemorate veterans.

Currently there are about 25 million living veterans.

About 48 million Americans have served in the military since 1776.

“Veteran” comes from the Latin vetus, meaning “old.”

Veterans may include anyone who has served in the army, excepting those with dishonorable discharge but including those who may not have seen combat.

[Hemidakota]

More than 5,600 men died while building the Panama Canal. Today, it takes more than 8,000 workers to run and maintain the canal. It takes a ship an average of 33 hours to travel the length of the canal.

[staytrue2faith]

Did you know cats have three eyelids.

[Hemidakota]

What? Ok, that is new one. Learn something new.

"Fingernails grow about 3 times faster than toenails."

[Gwen]

november is epilepsy awareness month.... and when someone is having a seizure DO NOT stick something in their mouth to prevent swallowing their tongue.

[Truegrits]

Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining.

[Hemidakota]

"The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level."

[Hemidakota]

Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

[Canuck Mormon]

More than 5,600 men died while building the Panama Canal. Today, it takes more than 8,000 workers to run and maintain the canal. It takes a ship an average of 33 hours to travel the length of the canal.

Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

Well which one is it Hemi???

Are you saying that of those 25,000, only 5,600 were men?

[Hemidakota]

Thanks for the correction...

"You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog."

[Hemidakota]

The numbers "172" can be found on the back of a US $5 bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln memorial.

[Hemidakota]

Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient.

A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet.

The country with the highest consumption of chocolate per capita is Switzerland, with 22 pounds per person, per year.

Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.

[staytrue2faith]

The type of name that cats respond most readily to are those that end in an "ee" sound.

My cat's name is Ellie.

[Hemidakota]

Didn't know that....:)

[Wingnut]

"Fingernails grow about 3 times faster than toenails."

I didn't know that but it explains why I have to cut my baby's fingernails every two weeks, but her toenails only every couple of months.

The numbers "172" can be found on the back of a US $5 bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln memorial.

Where's some cash when I need it? I'm not the only one who went looking for a $5 bill, am I?

Edited November 26, 2008 by Wingnut

[Hemidakota]

Below the steps and you will need a magnify glass.

A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume.

[applepansy]

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Where's some cash when I need it? I'm not the only one who went looking for a $5 bill, am I?

No, I went looking too.

applepansy

[Puppenstein]

Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.

[Hemidakota]

During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.

[Lolgirl]

Hmmm beard tax...it's gotta nice ring to it.....

# A woman has the last word in any argument.

# Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

[Hemidakota]

Man...that is so true.

"In 1516, Friar Tomas sailed to the Caribbean bringing banana roots with him; and planted bananas in the rich, fertile soil of the tropics, thus beginning the banana's future in American life."

[Truegrits]

Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.

[Hemidakota]

Even though I am not a Orthopedic Doctor, I always curious of the tail bone development in the fetus. Perhaps something of the order of eternal progression from a lesser form.

"Burger King sales approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month in its restaurants."

[Truegrits]

One of the most dangerous insects is the common housefly.

They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.

[Hemidakota]

"There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body"