www.foxnews.com/story/0,29...609,00.html

the first man in the world to fly with wings and four jet engines strapped to his body; on Wednesday he displayed that talent to the world.>>>

Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke was at one time the world record holder, for fastest sculling of a yard of beer.

Who knew that ? Probably about 80% of Aussies..

Oh and a source.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_(beer)

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

Source www.createblog.com/forums/l...9207.html

Support
www.superkids.com/aweb/page...042207.sht
answers.yahoo.com/question/index

Longer info www.amusingfacts.com/facts/D...ine.html (interesting!)

"The Prince Albert piercing is named after Prince Albert, the claim being that, when wearing the tight trousers that were fashionable at the time, this piercing allowed the penis to be secured to avoid displaying an unsightly bulge[citation needed]. No contemporary evidence supports this claim and it is believed to have been invented by Doug Malloy to give this piercing a spurious heritage"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albe...ce_Consort

Real Snail Mail...

www.boredomresearch.net/rsm/

Note the SnailCam.

www.boredomresearch.net/rsm/sn...am.html

<<a loonie is a $1 coin here in Canada>>

"Loonie is the name Canadians gave the gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar coin shortly after its introduction in 1987. It bears images of a common loon, a well-known Canadian bird, on the reverse, and of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie

<<Studying the experimentally induced intoxicated behavior of ants in 1888, naturalist John Lubbock noticed that the insects that had too much to drink were picked up by nest mates and carried home. Conversely, drunken strangers were summarily tossed in a ditch.>>

Source and more drunknewsblog.blogspot.com/2006....html

Anno Salutis
Anno Salutis (Latin: "in the year of salvation") was the term sometimes used in place of Anno Domini until the 18th century. In all other respects it operated on the same epoch, reference date, which is the Incarnation of Jesus. It was used by fervent Christians to spread the message that the birth of Jesus saved mankind from eternal damnation. It was often used in a more elaborate form such as Anno Nostrae Salutis (meaning: "in the year of our salvation"), Anno Salutis Humanae (meaning: "in the year of the salvation of men"), or Anno Reparatae Salutis (meaning: "in the year of accomplished salvation").

Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno...i#Synonyms

<<The first Buckless Belt is a completely Icelandic product>>

True ?
www.iliketotallyloveit.com/fash...belt/

Who Eats Ice Cream?

North Americans are the number one ice cream eaters in the world, closely followed by New Zealand and Australia (per capita). The top 10 ice cream eating countries around the world are;



1 USA

2 New Zealand
3 Australia
4 Sweden
5 Canada
6 Italy
7 Finland
8 Germany
9 Japan
10 UK

Source www1.icecream.com.au/facts.asp

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

If your eyes are six feet above the surface of the ocean, the horizon will be about three statute miles away.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck.

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

ifaq.wap.org/society/weirdtrivia.html

Endocrinology
is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the endocrine system and its specific secretions called hormones.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrinology

Did you know that the meaning of the word "Psychiatrist" is "soul doctor" ?

I read that recently in a reputable book and have found collaborating sources for the meaning of the word in places such as www.informaworld.com/smpp/ti...7~db=all

"Goats were introduced to Australia in 1788. By 1993 there were an estimated 2.6 million feral goats. ."

Source www.anra.gov.au/topics/ran.../index.html
Maps www.anra.gov.au/topics/ran.../c7goat.jpg

Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is considered a cornerstone methodology of public health research, and is highly regarded in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk factors for disease and determining optimal treatment approaches to clinical practice.

Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology

"Today South Africa is the largest mohair producer in the world, with the majority of South African mohair being produced in the Eastern Cape. The United States is the second largest mohair producer, with the majority of American mohair being produced in Texas."

Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohair

"A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase, typically a standardized phrase such as a line in a poem or a lyric in a song, due to near homophony.

It should not be confused with Soramimis, which are songs that produce different meanings to those originally intended, when interpreted in another language."

Example in song
'Scuse me while I kiss this guy (from a lyric in the song "Purple Haze", by Jimi Hendrix: "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky").

The film "Angels In The Outfield" makes a reference to the mishearing of mistakes "O, say can you see" from The Star-Spangled Banner as "José can you see?".

Source and more en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen

In WW1 Japan was Allied to Australia . WW2 - a bitter foe..

Who knew that in WW1 the Japanese provided a Naval escort to Australia soldiers on their way to Gallipoli . I did not

"On 1 November 1914 the first ANZAC convoy sailed for Egypt from Albany, WA. The escort comprised the cruisers Melbourne, Sydney, HMS Minotaur and the Japanese Ibuki. "

www.navy.gov.au/Publicatio...August_2003

Ships that assisted Troops to Gallipoli - Ibuki (Japanese Cruiser) (Escort)

www.gallipoli-association.org/con....asp

"The first historical mention of something resembling a Ouija board is found in China around 1200 B.C., a divination method known as fuji 扶乩 "planchette writing".Other sources claim that according to a Greek historical account of the philosopher Pythagoras, in 540 B.C. his sect would conduct séances at "a mystic table, moving on wheels, moved towards signs, which the philosopher and his pupil, Philolaus, interpreted to the audience as being revelations supposedly from an unseen world." However, other sources call both claims into dispute, claiming that fuji is spirit writing, not the use of a spirit board, and that there is no record of Pythagoras or his students actually having used this method of achieving oracles or divinations"

Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija#History

Did you know that rats and horses are the only animals that cannot vomit?

Source - a TV show I was watching the other day..

Medical astrology (traditionally known as Iatromathematics) is an ancient medical system that associates various parts of the body, diseases, and drugs as under the influence of the sun, moon, and planets, along with the twelve astrological signs. Each of the astrological signs (along with the sun, moon, and planets) is associated with different parts of the human body. This has been used to codify the associations of the signs with the parts of the body as follows:

Aries - head, face, brain, eyes
Taurus - throat, neck, thyroid gland, vocal tract
Gemini - arms, lungs, shoulders, hands, nervous system, brain
Cancer - chest, breasts, stomach, alimentary canal
Leo - heart, chest, spine, spinal column, upper back
Virgo - digestive system, intestines, spleen, nervous system
Libra - kidneys, skin, lumbar region, buttocks
Scorpio - reproductive system, sexual organs, bowels, excretory system
Sagittarius - hips, thighs, liver, sciatic nerve
Capricorn - knees, joints, skeletal system
Aquarius - ankles, calves, circulatory system
Pisces - feet, toes, lymphatic system, adipose tissue

Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_astrology

"Narration: These animals (deer) have a secret. Hidden in their antlers is a clue that could help solve one of the world’s major illnesses… osteoarthritis..... That’s where the deer come in. They’re the only animal with the ability to grow new cartilage. The male deer re-grows its antlers every year. And it grows faster than any other tissue. Faster than foetal tissue… even faster than cancer cells. Sometimes it can grow a centimetre in a day..... "

www.abc.net.au/catalyst/s...s777334.htm

I have a couple of old macs that are almost that old.
system 6, 4mb of memory
wooo hooo!

(I always arrive fashionably late to posts)
;)

About the flightless Parrot tribes.tribe.net/triviaroc...4df9938b96

The Kawekaweau, Hoplodactylus delcourti, was by far the largest of all geckos with a snout to vent length of 370 mm and an overall length of at least 600 mm. It was found only in New Zealand. This lizard is now believed to be extinct.

Source and more