Interesting Fact Thread.

Hip Priest · 03.26.2006, 07:57 PM

For the new board, an old favourite returns!

Fact: Although denim jeans were popularised by cowboys in the American west, a similar type of heavy cotton trouser was worn by dock workers in Genoa somewhat earlier. Theses Genoese workers were knoen as Genes, and from that we derive the word jeans.

400 = stalker!

samuel · 03.26.2006, 08:02 PM

Yes! I love these threads.

Another word origin:
O.K. means oll korrect (all correct)
I need to pull out my dictionary but from what I can remember... it originated in Boston around 1830. It was the trend then to spell things wrong and abbreviate them. I guess oll korrect became popular and it sticked as ok, okay, o.k. ...

samuel · 03.26.2006, 08:05 PM

Hip Priest is a stalker!
Congrats.

More interesting facts please.
I love pointless information.

HaydenAsche · 03.26.2006, 08:32 PM

You beat me to the next level! Now I'm not the biggest loser on here!

HaydenAsche · 03.26.2006, 08:32 PM

Interesting Fact: Salami at Subway comes in packages labeled "Genoa".

krastian · 03.26.2006, 11:22 PM

Genoa is a kind of salami......you know that....I hope.

flophousefloozie · 03.26.2006, 11:48 PM

Try this site: http://ml.42.org/nick-fun/msg00038.html

sellouteater · 03.27.2006, 12:16 AM

fact: 99.9% of the members on this forum have no life

Hip Priest · 03.27.2006, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sellouteater

fact: 99.9% of the members on this forum have no life

Is it that low? I'm surprised. But at last we're keping busy, you know, because -

fact: in some Polish cities suicide rates have risen by 15%! If only they has this forum.

khchris · 03.27.2006, 03:43 AM

Fact: LOL is spelled exactly the same backwards

Glice · 03.27.2006, 06:04 AM

Onomatapaeia and palindrome describe words that they are not. Lisp is unpronouncible by people with lisps. 'Plop' is my favourite onomatapaeia. Palindrome should by rights be called Palindromemordnilap.

doctor dan · 03.27.2006, 07:31 AM

everyone knows cocacola used to contain cocaine. well, to this day, even if you had their secret recipe, you wouldnt be able to replicate the drink, as it still contains extract of the coca plant. the company has a special license to import it and de-drug it. they are the only company to have this license.

Hip Priest · 03.27.2006, 11:26 AM

The largest oceanic current in the world is the Circum-antarctic current, which as its name suggests, circles the Antarctic continent. It transports over 100 times the flow of all the rivers of the world COMBINED - 130 million cubic meters of of water per second (144.5 million tons per second). This huge current (actually just a part of the circum-polar circulation system, which mixes water from the world's oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian) is very poorly understood, as are its influences upon the world's climate.

Inhuman · 03.27.2006, 11:33 AM

Humans and dolphins are the only two animals who have sex for pleasure

Hip Priest · 03.27.2006, 12:29 PM

Oliver Cromwell's last words were: now it is my design to make what haste I can to be gone.

finding nobody · 03.04.2007, 08:30 PM

I like this thread, so Im going to bump it
When a giraffe gives birth, the baby falls around 6 feet to the ground!

Prisstina · 03.04.2007, 08:48 PM

Stri-dex gives me puffy eyes.

Sonic Youth 37 · 03.04.2007, 08:56 PM

"Ahoy" was once a common way to answer a telephone

Norma J · 03.04.2007, 09:12 PM

Snakes have two dicks.

SynthethicalY · 03.04.2007, 10:26 PM

Nine percent of the Mexican popuation is consider white. And .5 percent are black.

03.26.2006, 07:57 PM	#1
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	For the new board, an old favourite returns! Fact: Although denim jeans were popularised by cowboys in the American west, a similar type of heavy cotton trouser was worn by dock workers in Genoa somewhat earlier. Theses Genoese workers were knoen as Genes, and from that we derive the word jeans. 400 = stalker! __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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03.26.2006, 08:02 PM	#2
samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,173	Yes! I love these threads. Another word origin: O.K. means oll korrect (all correct) I need to pull out my dictionary but from what I can remember... it originated in Boston around 1830. It was the trend then to spell things wrong and abbreviate them. I guess oll korrect became popular and it sticked as ok, okay, o.k. ...
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03.26.2006, 08:05 PM	#3
samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,173	Hip Priest is a stalker! Congrats. More interesting facts please. I love pointless information.
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03.26.2006, 08:32 PM	#4
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	You beat me to the next level! Now I'm not the biggest loser on here! __________________ rip
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03.26.2006, 11:22 PM	#6
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03.26.2006, 11:48 PM	#7
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03.27.2006, 12:16 AM	#8
sellouteater the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: i am not going to tell you Posts: 962	fact: 99.9% of the members on this forum have no life
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03.27.2006, 03:43 AM	#10
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03.27.2006, 07:31 AM	#12
doctor dan bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: bath spa, uk/ nottingham, uk Posts: 157	everyone knows cocacola used to contain cocaine. well, to this day, even if you had their secret recipe, you wouldnt be able to replicate the drink, as it still contains extract of the coca plant. the company has a special license to import it and de-drug it. they are the only company to have this license. __________________ IT FIT WHEN I WAS A KID
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03.27.2006, 11:26 AM	#13
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	The largest oceanic current in the world is the Circum-antarctic current, which as its name suggests, circles the Antarctic continent. It transports over 100 times the flow of all the rivers of the world COMBINED - 130 million cubic meters of of water per second (144.5 million tons per second). This huge current (actually just a part of the circum-polar circulation system, which mixes water from the world's oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian) is very poorly understood, as are its influences upon the world's climate. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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03.27.2006, 11:33 AM	#14
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	Humans and dolphins are the only two animals who have sex for pleasure __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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03.27.2006, 12:29 PM	#15
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Oliver Cromwell's last words were: now it is my design to make what haste I can to be gone. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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03.04.2007, 08:30 PM	#16
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	I like this thread, so Im going to bump it When a giraffe gives birth, the baby falls around 6 feet to the ground!
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03.04.2007, 08:48 PM	#17
Prisstina the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Killwaukee Posts: 996	Stri-dex gives me puffy eyes. __________________
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03.04.2007, 08:56 PM	#18
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	"Ahoy" was once a common way to answer a telephone __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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03.04.2007, 09:12 PM	#19
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Snakes have two dicks. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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03.04.2007, 10:26 PM	#20
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Nine percent of the Mexican popuation is consider white. And .5 percent are black.
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