Fun Facts thread or did you know...
 

Did you know that almost every one of Emily Dickinson's poems can be sung to the tune of the Yellow Rose of Texas?

People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don’t.

It's illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.

There are no penguins in the North Pole.

You can also sing Emily Dickinson's poems to the tune of "Gilligan's Island". :)

Also, you can sing the lyrics to Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan's Island, and vice versa, they fit exactly.

You can sing The Doxology to Hernando's Hideway, too!

You should not try to fax fabric.

Yeah, I thought that was obvious too, but the manual to the new fax machine spesified that, so I figured I better throw that out there.

On the random warning label note:

Do not place the plastic bag over your head and hold it in place firmly with your hands around your neck.

Fun fact: This month has a Friday the 13th. Be prepared for scary movies on TNT, USA, Spike, and any other cable station that doesn't have anything else to do.

If the first of the month is a Sunday, there will be a Friday the 13th that month.

With the exception of Leap Years, February & March's first 28 days will always fall on the same day of the week.

Most office photocopiers are broken by someone trying to take a photo of their assets.

The warning on a box of TNT snaps tells you not to put them in your mouth and bite down.

Also, the tune for the ABC song, BaBa Blacksheep, and twinkle twinkle little star are all the same.

Reallly??!! I thought that's where they lived????? :rolleyes:

You are also, not supposed to blow dry your hair while you are still in the shower.

and remember when using a vacuum cleaner...never use it to pick up burning objects...heh

I didn't know BaBa Blacksheep had a "tune" - we just always "chanted" it (for lack of a better word).

Did you know that there is no vowel in the word "rhythm"

( The letter "Y" is only a vowel when it is the last letter of a word.)

A-E-I-O-U and sometimes Y

haha, i still remember it.

Really? I've never heard that one before. (no fun facts today, I'm tired)

Did you know that, like 'Y', the letter 'W' can be either a vowel or consonant?

Example?

hey now, im sure there are quite a few not-so-smart fashion designers back in the day that thought it would be good to trade samples and what not...

Granted, it's only wikipedia (don't get me started), but look at this while I find something actually credible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W

ETA:
Ok, here's an example (from a cute, well-written article, I might add):
cwm - You pronounce it like 'koom'
http://www.roanoke.com/columnists/jennings/wb/xp-4058

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

A Chicago law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward.

"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist. (O/T: rumor has it that he is moving to my hometown. :eek: )

That isn't true. The Y in rhythm makes the ih sound, which is an established vowel sound. It isn't only a vowel at the end of a word.