Strange But True For A Monday Morning

Annie&Hallie'sMom

<font color=deeppink>Things turn out best for peop
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The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982.

A 1999 survey of 25,500 standard English-language dictionary words found that 93 percent of them have been registered as dot-coms.

A 2001 study conducted by PC Data and Information Resources Inc. showed that greeting cards, soup, breakfast cereal, and Imodium were among the most popular package goods bought online.

A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.

A four-engine jet can land safely on just one engine.

A frog is a device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other.

A mangonel was a piece of military equipment used to launch stones.

A nylon fiber is stronger than a steel wire of identical weight.

A standard 747 Jumbo Jet has 420 seats.

A NUKE InterNETWORK poll found that 52 percent of Internet users have cut back on watching TV in order to spend more time online; 12 percent have cut back on seeing friends.
 
LOL.....Immodium! I always considered that more of an immediate need.

These are great today! Thanks.....:D
 
LOL, Heather - I thought the same thing...:)

Thanks A&H'sMom! :)
 















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