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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DJ Qube
[B]What do the space shuttle and a horse's ass have in common?

The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches.

 

When Golf was invented in Scotland it was intended as a private event for men................hence the name: Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden

 

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is run by pharmaceutical companies and the tobacco companies.

I.E. "This is your brain ... this is your brain on drugs."

The companies do not want people purchasing illegal drugs ... rather they want the public to indulge in private medication and tobacco and alcohol. Therefore they formed this organization in order to influence the public into purchasing their products.

A great example is medicinal marijuana. A pharmaceutical company produces Marinol, a synthetic derivative of THC, which patients are given as a pain reliever for chronic problems. These producers obviously don't want the public to be using medicinal marijuana, rather they want them buying their pharmaceuticals.

I just thought this was rather interesting. The power of some corporations is just apalling.

 

Moses cross Red Sea is relate to a large earthquake that destory Pompeii and sink the Atlantis.

 

When Standard Oil company was disbanded by the anti-trust act the original company created the new company Esso(Ess=S) they had to change their name because Esso was to reminiscent to SO, standard Oil which was part of the name of several of the subsidiaries of the original Standard Oil company, so for them to expand to new areas they changed their name to Exxon, which is why esso is now exxon

 

Common Cold
(All figures are for U.S.)

There are nearly 62 million cases of the common cold annually (1996)
52.2 million of these cases affect Americans under age 17 (1996)
There are nearly 22 million school-loss days annually due to the common cold (1996)
There are approximately 45 million bed days annually associated with the common cold (1996)
Seventy-five percent of common colds suffered by children under 5 years are medically attended (1996)
Source: Vital and Health Statistics Series 10, No. 200

 

If you pick up a guinea pig by its tail its eyes fall out.

 

Are you serious?!?!

Personal childhood experience?

 

Try picking up your dumbass roomate by his tail. Maybe his marble-sized brain will fall out his nostril or something.

 

Actually Magician is getting the hang of it... read the very first example of an "incredible" fact. Hint... 37 is a number.