Fact Of The Day

[Mirage]

Every year about 98% of atoms in your body are replaced.

[Rainbowmum]

For a butterfly to fly it must have a body temperature of no less than 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius.

[partisan]

Owls have 3 sets of eyelids, 1 to blink, 1 to sleep and 1 to keep there eyes clean.

[Mirage]

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

[monk]

According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.

[Rainbowmum]

If the sun stopped shining suddenly, it would take eight minutes for people on earth to be aware of the fact. This is because the sunlight takes around 8 minutes to reach the earth.

[partisan]

PETA offered the town of Hamburg N.Y $15,000 to change there name to veggieburg

[ChrisD]

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

Really? I thought the whole thing was a social commentary about the economic issue of silver vs. the gold standard during the 1896 presidential election......McKinley was the wicked witch of the West, Toto was Prohibition, Dorothy = traditional American values etc etc and Oz comes from the fact that silver and gold are measured in ounces in the US, abbreviated oz.......

Or am I just totally wrong and that's just a conspiracy theory made up by my AP US History teacher?

[Mirage]

^ That's new to me....all the biographies of Frank Baum I have read said he came up with the name Oz after looking at his file cabinet. Huh


Anywho....useless facts ahoy!

If you pour a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

[partisan]

Really? I thought the whole thing was a social commentary about the economic issue of silver vs. the gold standard during the 1896 presidential election......McKinley was the wicked witch of the West, Toto was Prohibition, Dorothy = traditional American values etc etc and Oz comes from the fact that silver and gold are measured in ounces in the US, abbreviated oz.......

Or am I just totally wrong and that's just a conspiracy theory made up by my AP US History teacher?

whats to stop both being true? He needed a name didnt he?