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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #210221 - 04/02/13 12:25 PM MISC LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8438 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Misc The first child to be vaccinated in Russia was named Vaccinov. Every treasurer of the United States since 1949 has been a woman. 15642 = 1 + 56 + 42 up inverted is dn. “Life well spent is long.” — Leonardo _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210225 - 04/02/13 04:43 PM Re: MISC [Re: LukeJavan8] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: Lancaster, UK 27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward. Charlie Chaplin once won a third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. "Canada" is a Native American word meaning "Big Village." A 10 gallon hat actually holds about 3/4 gallon. A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were mispelled, 80% of animals on earth are insects. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #210229 - 04/02/13 09:09 PM Re: MISC [Re: Rhubarb Commando] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8438 Loc: Land of the Flat Water terrific contributions _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210248 - 04/04/13 04:26 PM Re: MISC [Re: LukeJavan8] A C Bowden old hand Registered: 10/22/10 Posts: 751 Loc: London, UK TWELVE PLUS ONE is an anagram of ELEVEN PLUS TWO. 2 x 2 decibels = 5 decibels. In Sweden, February 1712 had 30 days. Anton Bruckner wrote a Symphony No 0 and a Symphony No 00. The surname of the current Lord Chief Justice of England is Judge. The man from whom the word 'maverick' originates was the grandfather of the man who coined the word 'gobbledegook'. In Hungary on 31 July 1946, the exchange rate was 460,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengös to the US dollar. Dr Thomas Bowdler, from whom 'bowdlerize' originates, was a top-class chess player. The German words for arm, hand and finger are Arm, Hand and Finger. Lemmings can swim. Top #210250 - 04/04/13 05:21 PM Re: MISC [Re: A C Bowden] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8438 Loc: Land of the Flat Water _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210252 - 04/04/13 07:14 PM Re: MISC [Re: Rhubarb Commando] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass Charlie Chaplin once won a third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. - this is almost certainly an urban myth; you can find references to second place finish and also 20th (or 27th) place in a walk-alike contest. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were mispelled - this is a hypothetical figure used to demonstrate why 99.9% is not good enough in many situations. [but "mispelled" is misspelled!]; look this one up and find all of the other 99.9% factoids. 15642 = 1 + 56 + 42 - huh?! -joe skeptic Top #210253 - 04/04/13 07:51 PM Re: MISC [Re: tsuwm] A C Bowden old hand Registered: 10/22/10 Posts: 751 Loc: London, UK Originally Posted By: tsuwm 15642 = 1 + 56 + 42 - huh?! I puzzled over this for some time, then – eureka! The correct sum is: 15642 = 1 + (5 to the power 6) + (4 to the power 2). 15642 = 1 + 15625 + 16. Top #210254 - 04/04/13 08:12 PM Re: MISC [Re: A C Bowden] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass ah.. the original perhaps was written with superscripts? Top #210270 - 04/05/13 12:45 PM Re: MISC [Re: A C Bowden] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8438 Loc: Land of the Flat Water For those interested in math problems or curiosities like these here are some more: Math Notes 10989 × 9 = 98901 × 1 21978 × 8 = 87912 × 2 32967 × 7 = 76923 × 3 43956 × 6 = 65934 × 4 54945 × 5 = 54945 × 5 _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210279 - 04/06/13 08:55 AM Re: MISC [Re: LukeJavan8] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 The first four are kind of ho-hum but that last one is simply amazing! Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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