The "Official" Fun Facts thread

[ilovethelakings]

Originally Posted by HOFcollector

Benjamin Franklin was known to frequent sex clubs and participate in orgies.

John F. Kennedy took steroids before running for president to appear stronger and more powerful.

Abraham Lincoln slept in the same bed with a man for a few years. It is not known if they were ever sexual partners.

This guy pretty much gets it. (#2 is actually 100% true)

[mmbtvs]

The Topps Company was created in 1483 as a slave trading company. TOPPS itself is an acronym for Treating Other People Poorly. Since 1483.

[ToppsCollector1]

I got one...

Apple's original production of the iMacs were so limited that only 7065 were created. Each of them were serial numbered.

7064 were recalled but one (#7065) avoided it and is presumed to be posting on various internet message boards related to sports cards

[mwheeler27]

Originally Posted by ToppsCollector1

Well I was born on a saturday...I'm going to go on a crime spree, I'll be back in a few hours since I know I won't go to prison!

You're going to spend the rest of your life in jail.

It is impossible to lick your elbow, and 99% of the people who read this for the first time will try to prove it wrong.

[SportCardBuffet]

Abraham Linconln Vampire Hunter is actually based on facts, Lincoln did kill Vampires back in the day, mainly because he was actually a Werewolf. That's why he was assassinated with a silver bullet.

[Ray27Ray52]

Originally Posted by ToppsCollector1

I got one...

Apple's original production of the iMacs were so limited that only 7065 were created. Each of them were serial numbered.

7064 were recalled but one (#7065) avoided it and is presumed to be posting on various internet message boards related to sports cards

This made me laugh so hard I soiled myself. Well done.

[ilovethelakings]

Originally Posted by ToppsCollector1

I got one...

Apple's original production of the iMacs were so limited that only 7065 were created. Each of them were serial numbered.

7064 were recalled but one (#7065) avoided it and is presumed to be posting on various internet message boards related to sports cards

About time you made me laugh Fantastic, sir. Simply fantastic.

[NonSportsCardForum]

Originally Posted by ToppsCollector1

I got one...

Apple's original production of the iMacs were so limited that only 7065 were created. Each of them were serial numbered.

7064 were recalled but one (#7065) avoided it and is presumed to be posting on various internet message boards related to sports cards

[Josh611]

Originally Posted by mwheeler27

You're going to spend the rest of your life in jail.

It is impossible to lick your elbow, and 99% of the people who read this for the first time will try to prove it wrong.

That is false, I have seen it done!

[BostonNut]

The actor who played Rusty Griswold in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from The Big Bang Theory...Johnny Galecki.

[MasterPattie]

When the bogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks the closet for Tim Tebow.

The active ingredient in Red Bull is Tim Tebow's sweat.

Tim Tebow’s number is 15 because that’s how many players it takes to tackle him.

What color is Tim Tebow's blood? Trick question. Tim Tebow does not bleed.

Tim Tebow hits blackjack with just one card.

[jlzinck]

I started an "SI Named Lebron James Sportsman of the Year" Thread

It had a link with the url and the line "This will be fun"

I really wish I knew what those inbread nitwits did but it went poof.

[aggies1960]

Sports Illustrated magazine allows subscribers to opt out of receiving the famous swimsuit issue each year. Fewer than 1% choose this option.

G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.

Only 6% of the autographs in circulation from members of the Beatles are estimated to be real.

Pitcher Carlos Zambrano was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome after spending as many as five hours daily on the Internet.

[Deathgate]

Originally Posted by dherm360

Urine has a sour taste

Diabetes mellitus translates to "honey siphon", since the earliest diagnostic test for diabetes was to taste the patient's urine. Diabetic urine tastes sweet.

[AKHMERICA]

Russia and Japan still haven't signed a peace treaty to end WWII

[ilovethelakings]

Dang it, people. Stop with the real facts Real fun facts look something like this:

Up until 1968, Crayola produced boxes of crayons that were sold exclusively in the southern states of the U.S. All of the crayons were white and all other colors were excluded from the boxes because the commingling of white with non-white crayons was frowned upon.

[AKHMERICA]

Originally Posted by ilovethelakings

Dang it, people. Stop with the real facts Real fun facts look something like this:

Up until 1968, Crayola produced boxes of crayons that were sold exclusively in the southern states of the U.S. All of the crayons were white and all other colors were excluded from the boxes because the commingling of white with non-white crayons was frowned upon.

Oh if that's the case:

Russia and Japan have signed a peace treaty to end WWII

[ilovethelakings]

Originally Posted by AKHMERICA

Oh if that's the case:

Russia and Japan have signed a peace treaty to end WWII

There is nothing fun about that

[AKHMERICA]

Originally Posted by ilovethelakings

There is nothing fun about that

Obviously you and I have very different ideas of "fun"

[fullmetal]

One should never open a thread whose title contains the word 'official.' That is an official fact.

[Ray27Ray52]

Fun Fact- The Peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss.

[fullmetal]

Originally Posted by Ray27Ray52

Fun Fact- The Peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss.

But, more people die from them than any other edible.

I'm eating Peter Pan Honey Roast peanut butter out of the jar right now.

[thebear29]

We went on a campus tour with my daughter at WV Wesleyan College and they do not have any sorority houses. All of the sororities are housed in one building. In Buckhannon, WV they have a law if more than three unwed women that are not siblings live in the same house, the house will be considered a brothel.

[fullmetal]

Originally Posted by thebear29

We went on a campus tour with my daughter at WV Wesleyan College and they do not have any sorority houses. All of the sororities are housed in one building. In Buckhannon, WV they have a law if more than three unwed women that are not siblings live in the same house, the house will be considered a brothel.

I heard the same about Auburn in the 80s, then found it is an urban lengend that floats around at all schools that lack designated sorority houses.

Tallahassee tried to pass a law when I was in college that prohibited more than two unrelated people from living together in a residential neighborhood. That was their attempt at shutting down house parties.

[ilovethelakings]

Originally Posted by thebear29

We went on a campus tour with my daughter at WV Wesleyan College and they do not have any sorority houses. All of the sororities are housed in one building. In Buckhannon, WV they have a law if more than three unwed women that are not siblings live in the same house, the house will be considered a brothel.

This is very similar to something we have here. Except the only change would be replacing the word women with men.