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[steveInebriated]

Nike's "swoosh" logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson, a Portland State University student in 1971. She was paid $35.00 for it.

The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is 'Live Free or Die'. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.

[steveInebriated]

There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of them are in the United States.

[steveInebriated]

Des Moines has the highest per capita Jello consumption in the U.S.

[JWB]

QUOTE(steveInebriated @ Sep 29 2005, 02:28 PM) Quoted post

There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of them are in the United States.
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No wonder the world hates us.

[kah]

The geographical center of North America is just outside Rugby, North Dakota.

Sodium in its elemental form burns and explodes when it comes into contact with water.

Of all the words in the English language, the one with the most separate definitions is "set".

[steveInebriated]

Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.

[steveInebriated]

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

[tallahassee blues fan]

The S.S. Minnow on Gilligan's Island is not named after a little fish, but instead is named after Newton Minnow, the chairman of the FCC in 1961 who deemed tv a "vast wasteland."

[kah]

Using the standard "home row" method of typing, the longest word that can be typed with just the left hand is "stewardesses". The longest one that can be typed with the right hand is "lollipop". And the longest one that can be typed with just one finger is "muumuu".

[sherwood koho]

QUOTE(steveInebriated @ Sep 29 2005, 03:35 PM) Quoted post

Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
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That is why TBDBITL plays it at every football game.

[Blues Fan in TX]

An anagram for "SteveInebriated" is "deviant beer site" [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[kah]

The scene in "Psycho" where Janet Leigh flushes scraps of paper down a toilet is believed to be the first depiction of a toilet in an American film since the Production Code came into existence in the early Thirties.

The last man elected to the Presidency directly from the House of Representatives was James Garfield in 1880.

[Fishbone]

Will Clark, professional baseball player, is a direct descendant of William Clark of Lewis and Clark

[TTB]

Fiber will make you poop better

[kah]

QUOTE(Fishbone @ Sep 29 2005, 12:45 PM) Quoted post

Will Clark, professional baseball player, is a direct descendant of William Clark of Lewis and Clark
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And Steve Young is a direct descendant of Brigham Young. By which of Young's three dozen wives I'm not sure about.