Mr. Pitiful
11-14-2004, 09:33 PM
Bates West upperclassman dorm residents being warned that the whole building is going to be fined if the culprits who left a bowl of feces in the elevator comes forward after officials found it in an apparent repeating prank
Asiatic elephants in India terrorizing India's remote northeast, killing people, flattening houses and guzzling local rice beer supplies prompting villagers to retaliate against the pachyderms with firecrackers and bonfires.
Adrienne Leonard's 2001 Kia Sephia towed by Chicago for fees owed and because she could not come up with the $1,000 in fees in 15 days the city sold her car for $125.54 to a politically connected towing firm that has an exclusive contract on city business which she still owes $13,800,
Toy Hall of Fame at Strong Museum in Rochester has inducted the popular action figure G-I Joe along with the board game Scrabble beating out favorites that included Lionel Trains and Cabbage Patch Kids.
Useless Facts
Men are able to read fine print better than women can.
People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.
Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight cam increase the risk of glaucoma in men.
Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight.
The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye.
The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels.
The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.
Dumb story
This Week's Weird Town Name And Origin
Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada
According to local legends, this towns name was given by Captain Messervay. Messervey was an unusually small captain who only stood at 4’2’ and upon his ships arrival into the Bay of Islands, which is surrounded by huge mountains, he prayed that they wouldn't "Blow-me-Down
Asiatic elephants in India terrorizing India's remote northeast, killing people, flattening houses and guzzling local rice beer supplies prompting villagers to retaliate against the pachyderms with firecrackers and bonfires.
Adrienne Leonard's 2001 Kia Sephia towed by Chicago for fees owed and because she could not come up with the $1,000 in fees in 15 days the city sold her car for $125.54 to a politically connected towing firm that has an exclusive contract on city business which she still owes $13,800,
Toy Hall of Fame at Strong Museum in Rochester has inducted the popular action figure G-I Joe along with the board game Scrabble beating out favorites that included Lionel Trains and Cabbage Patch Kids.
Useless Facts
Men are able to read fine print better than women can.
People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.
Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight cam increase the risk of glaucoma in men.
Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight.
The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye.
The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels.
The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.
Dumb story
This Week's Weird Town Name And Origin
Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada
According to local legends, this towns name was given by Captain Messervay. Messervey was an unusually small captain who only stood at 4’2’ and upon his ships arrival into the Bay of Islands, which is surrounded by huge mountains, he prayed that they wouldn't "Blow-me-Down