Mountain Oak Vapors - TRIVIA CONTEST!!!

[lettucehead]

There are more statues of Sacajewa, Lewis & Clark's female Indian guide, in the United States than any other person.

 

[morri]

Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -- as Aristotle had -- that the heart was the seat of intelligence.

smart people still believe that.

 

[lettucehead]

Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

 

[thehangdude]

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Why would you want to do either?

 

[Uncle]

In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency’s Maryland headquarters because it was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.

 

[36tinybells]

Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.

 

[Shannon65]

There is a town in Texas called 'Ding Dong and a town in Georgia called 'Peckerwood.'

 

[basementcat]

Victorians photographed their dead because they could seldom safford a portrait when they were alalive

 

[Uncle]

There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

 

[lettucehead]

A single share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public, would have been worth $92,500 in 1997.

 

[36tinybells]

The odds of seeing three albino deer at once are one in seventy-nine billion, yet one man in Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, took a picture of three albino deer in the woods.

 

[lettucehead]

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.

 

[Uncle]

As part of David Hasselhoff’s divorce settlement, he kept possession of the nickname “Hoff” and the catchphrase “Don’t Hassle the Hoff.”

 

[thehangdude]

Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges

And taste better, too.

 

[Shannon65]

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

 

[lettucehead]

Americans consume 29 billion, or 58 percent, of the 50 billion aspirin tablets which are taken worldwide each year.

 

[36tinybells]

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

totally want to try this!

 

[Speedgoat]

Why would you want to do either?

Better to lead it up the stairs then try to push it up the stairs.

 

[Uncle]

Duncan Hines was a real person. He was a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a book of hotel recommendations.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Fun & useless fact:Think about the term Haagen Dazs...does it sound Scandinavian? Maybe German? Well, "Haagen Dazs" is loosely translated to mean absolutely nothing from a made up language, similar to glossolalia. True glossolalia here! I love glossolalia, that is why I listen to Cocteau Twins, just another useless fact!