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Started by TP Zelda, July 01, 2008, 11:44:17 PM

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Keaton

Quote from: Zelda Veteran on July 02, 2008, 12:09:46 AMBetween 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.

Pastikas?

Oh, and:

WWWAAAAAALLEEEEEEE

TP Zelda

#16
I FOUND IT~!!!


THE LINCOLN/KENNEDY CONNECTION



# Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
# John F Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

# Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
# John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

# The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

# Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

# Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

# Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

# Both Presidents were shot in the head.

# Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
# Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

# Both were assassinated by Southerners.

# Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

# Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
# Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

# John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
# Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

# Both assassins were known by their three names.

# Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

# Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
# Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'

# Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
# Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

# Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

AND HERE'S THE KICKER:
# A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
# A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Keaton

Congratulations, but ZV already posted that.

Zelda Veteran

Wow, I didn't know any of that!
=O

Its a good thing you posted this so soon!
God, what I've been missing! :P

My real Poison team in BW2. They all have perfect natures and EV's. I went the extra distance and bred the right IV's into them. Come at me bro.

Commodore Axilon

I was going to make a joke about that last one, but I thought better of it.

I'm sure you all can guess what it was going to be, though.

Fishalicious

Quote from: TP Zeldatard on July 01, 2008, 11:44:17 PM

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair
Actually, it's not that they're slow-they willingly let the algea grow in them for camouflage among the rainforest, since it's really hard to outrun a freakin' eagle.

... Also, I have a list of over 100 dog facts. I will not bore you.

But chow are the only dog that have purple tongues.

Gamefreak

Little known fact, (highlight for spoilers)

I'm awesome

Zelda Veteran

No, GameFreak, for it to be a fact, it has to be true.

My real Poison team in BW2. They all have perfect natures and EV's. I went the extra distance and bred the right IV's into them. Come at me bro.

MasterKeyX

They're facts Gamefreaks. Facts

:P


RIP my LeafGreen team: 2005-2010

TP Zelda

Quote from: Fisk on July 02, 2008, 09:24:54 AM
Quote from: TP Zeldatard on July 01, 2008, 11:44:17 PM

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair
Actually, it's not that they're slow-they willingly let the algea grow in them for camouflage among the rainforest, since it's really hard to outrun a freakin' eagle.

... Also, I have a list of over 100 dog facts. I will not bore you.

But chow are the only dog that have purple tongues.

Well, the site I get these froma re crap  :P

The basenji, an African wolf dog, is the only dog that cannot bark.
Dogs can see color but it is not as vivid a color scheme as we see. It is much like our vision at twilight.

Had to post those  :P

Fishalicious

Basenji yodel.

Oh, and Aardwolves have 5 toes on their feet, instead of four like most hyenas/cats/dogs.

TP Zelda

Ehhhh I think I'll let you do the dog facts  :P