The Random Thread and The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2

[DisneyRockstar]

The tallest person was 8 ft 11.1 in

 

[CowboyErin]

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
~Winston Churchill

 

[CowboyErin]

There are more chickens than people in the world.

 

[marypops!]

The driest place in the world is in Antarctica, known as the Dry Valleys.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
~Winston Churchill

 

[CowboyErin]

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

 

[DISKATER69]

I'm bored.

 

[CowboyErin]

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

 

[DisneyRockstar]

The shortest man is 57 centimeters

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the reigning queen of 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54 member Commonwealth of Nations and, as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

 

[CowboyErin]

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

 

[DISKATER69]

The shortest man is 57 centimeters

There's no way that's true. Unless you're counting pre-mature babies...

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Elizabeth was educated privately at home. Her father, George VI, became King-Emperor of the British Empire in 1936. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. After the war and Indian independence George VI's title of Emperor of India was abandoned, and the evolution of the Empire into the Commonwealth accelerated. In 1947, Elizabeth made the first of many tours around the Commonwealth, and married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They have four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward.

 

[CowboyErin]

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

 

[DisGirlAllie]

In 1949, George VI became the first Head of the Commonwealth, a symbol of the free association of the independent countries comprising the Commonwealth of Nations. On his death in 1952, Elizabeth became Head of the Commonwealth, and constitutional monarch of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation in 1953 was the first to be televised. During her reign, which at 58 years is one of the longest for a British monarch, she became queen of 25 other countries within the Commonwealth as they gained independence. Between 1956 and 1992, half of her realms, including South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (renamed Sri Lanka), became republics.

 

[CowboyErin]

All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill

 

[DisneyRockstar]

There's no way that's true. Unless you're counting pre-mature babies...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khagendra_Thapa_Magar

 

[marypops!]

There are between 3,000 - 4,700 wild tigers living in India. There are at least 4,000 tigers living in captivity in Texas alone.

 

[DISKATER69]

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

tempt?