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Übereil (allmost forgot <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />)

-There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: [color:"orange"] orange [/color], [color:"purple"] purple [/color] and month!

-Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings

-Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung

-A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years

-Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

-Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

-The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head

-In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs

I wonder if it's the opposite in the southern hemisphere? I haven't seen bats leaving caves here, but I have seen them (and birds) fly in clockwise circles (to the right).

@HEF,
You should check it out.
And get your name in history/science books. For research on that and revealing they turn the other way (maybe). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Interesting. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

your prolly see bats as often I see pigeons <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> every evening you could look up and see batman soaring over.

Here are some numbers to look at:

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S
1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S
123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways
85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S
56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year

-There are over 58 million dogs in the USA

-Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year (in USA)

-Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails (on humans)

-Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year

-In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."

-Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate

-Traffic Accident Facts-


In the 1920's Isadora Duncan was a famous dancer. One day she was riding in a car with an open top. She was wearing a long scarf that got caught in one of the car's rear wheels. As the wheel continued turning, it wrapped up her scarf and broke her neck.

You have a one-in-50-million chance of being killed in your car per mile. That means if you spend 20,000 miles in a car during the next year, your chances of dying in it are one in 2500.

Driving along at 55 miles per hour, if you have to slam on the brakes, your car will continue 56 feet between the time you decide to put on the brakes, and the time you get your foot on the brake pedal.

If you are involved in a car accident, your chance of getting hurt are only one out of ten.

If you have an accident on a motorcycle, your chances of getting hurt are nine out of ten.

More people in the United States have died in car accidents than the total of all American soldiers who have died in wars since 1776.

According to Philips' lighting technology, they have save France 30%
on the Eiffel Towers electric bill by implementing their lighting
system on the famous tower.

Tsel

Did you know that jigsaw puzzles were first created way back in the 18th century? Mapmakers in Europe used to glue their maps to wood and cut them out using jigsaws. The first jigsaw puzzles were used to teach geography to schoolchildren.

Question #: 1 Before being suave secret agent 007, Sean Connery earned his living by:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Polishing coffins</span>

Question #: 2 Before she met her Friends, Jennifer Aniston actually:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'>Waited tables </span>

Question #: 3 Brad Pitt used to work as a chauffeur, driving:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Strippers to bachelor parties</span>

Question #: 4 This actor/screenwriter earned his rent by tending the lion cages at the Central Park Zoo:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Sylvester Stallone </span>

Question #: 5 Before getting his own TV show, this comedian sold light bulbs over the telephone:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Jerry Seinfeld</span>

Question #: 6 Which star once attended a Franciscan seminary for a year while considering becoming a priest?
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Tom Cruise </span>

Question #: 7 This pop star worked at a Dunkin Donuts in New York City's Times Square, before becoming a sensation:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Madonna </span>

Hmm.. This email was sent around my work and I found it interesting.

"The heating unit went out of my dryer! The repairman went in to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. We always clean the lint from the filter after every load of clothes. He told us that he wanted to show us something. He took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it.

Now, this thing is like a mesh-I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like - WELL...the hot water just laid on top of the mesh!!! It didn't go through it at all!!! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh and that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that???!!!! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, thought I'd share!

Note: I went to dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water collected a little but ran though the screen. I dried it off and was ready to put it back in the dryer since the water ran through it but, I thought what the heck it won't hurt to wash it while I had it out. Warm soap water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. I then ran the water over the screen and what a difference the water just gushed through it with no puddling at all and this time I was running the water at a faster rate. That repairman knew what he was talking about."

That film also builds up on your clothes, which is not a good thing considering the number of chemicals in most fabric softeners (including carcinogens). Being heated up in a dryer makes things worse and can lead to respiratory problems. And then of course there are the poisons in the perfume most fabric softeners contain...

I've learned something similar some days ago. Someone my parents know and knows washing machines said something similar, to wash out the filter so it will last longer or so.

This is a very interesting fact, Lady Sarah. My dryer is just very new, but I will take that advice and do it in about 3 months. It will save you a lot of money that way. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

Glad I could help!

I ran across this when I was looking at the caption contest thread. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Oscar Meyer Weiner

Galadriel, check your owner's manual; it may recommend against using dryer sheets at all. There are a few non-toxic and/or reusable dryer sheets available if you search online, that would be safe to use, but I have not tried any of them.


Fabric Softeners = Health Risks from Dryer Exhaust and Treated Fabrics

The Toxic Danger of Fabric Softener and Dryer Sheets


Stop Static Cling Without Toxic Fabric Softener or Dryer Sheets

Dealing with Static Cling without Dryer Sheets

Just curious: what are you talking about? Exactlly?

Übereil

Dryers are used to dry your clothes after you wash them.

Dryers

That's what I thought. But just to get all the important terms right: What is the filter? They have allso mentioned softeners, and dryer sheets. What are those? And do you think these answers of these questions is extremelly obvious? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Übereil