In the late 1800s, residents of Corinne, Utah could buy divorce papers from a vending machine for $2.50. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
Abraham Lincoln had the opportunity to populate the United States with elephants. He turned the offer down. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
A double rainbow occurs when sunlight is reflected twice inside a raindrop. If you look closely, you can see that the colors of the secondary rainbow appear in reverse order. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
It took the editors of the first Oxford English Dictionary five years to reach the word "ant." -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
That’s insane!!! I wonder if they did that because it was common. That’s crazy. FYI I absolutely love this thread, you do a good job finding these facts
I’m going on the record right now. With this thread, the fun fact thread, and all your others, I think you would hold your own on Jeopardy. That show is all about knowing facts. You’d be great. Just saying
When you think about it, the vending machine divorce papers make a lot of sense. In the 1800s in Utah, there was a whole lot of empty space to disapear into many spouses did without bothering to divorce. This way, the local authorities could get something for the divorce and a leaving spouse could have some semblance of legal documentation of divorce. The Lakota Native Americans had a pretty good system for women. A woman could end their marriage at any time by simply leaving to live with relatives, leaving to go live with another man, or simply stacking the husband's belongings outside the tipi. When you think about it, the marriage is already over at that point, anyway.
Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
In the U.S., for every dollar you spend on gasoline 27 cents of it is in taxes. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single wild golden Hamster found in Syria in 1930 -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them! -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces. -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
In 1895 Hampshire police handed out the first ever speeding ticket, fining a man for doing 6mph! -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime! -Pure heart with a dirty mind, Randy Ryder
My heart still beats about a million beats per minute when you greet me before our party. With you it always feels like the first time! After all these parties it's Amazing! You still make me nervous and give me Butterflies!
Has anybody ever noticed that the stupidity of the actions of a person who says "Hey y'all, watch this!" Is directly porportionate to the number of people watching?
On the other hand, comedian Galleghar came up with a way to simplify tickets and motor vehicle violations. Give every licensed driver a kids suction dart gun and a bunch of suction darts with "STUPID" flags. The Highway Patrol would pull over any car with more than two "stupid" flags and give them a ticket for driving "STUPID"! Which could only be erased by "COURTEOUS DRIVER" flags.
