American - Interesting Facts - Loose Ends

Fun Facts

follow this blog subscribe by email

642 followers

5464 daily readers

rank of 33

Category Quick Links

American Interesting Facts Loose Ends - Fun Facts

QUICK TO SWOOP

June 26th 2009 11:19

With the announcement of Michael Jackson's death, I thought everyone was quick with the new jokes, (in fact some sites have gone down with the amount of traffic online today) but not as quick it turns out, as people are to begin selling off their Michael Jackson memorabilia on Ebay.

In fact I counted up to 15 pages newly listed from today before I stopped - the list is seemingly endless. (What colour will his ghost be by the way???)

Tickets for the concert that will never happen are also still up for sale and to ridiculous extremes such as number 330339900705 which is now well into the millions. Legitimate or not? You be the judge, but who's to say what will or won't be collectible in the future.

Vote

Comments (9)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Humour, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

Top 10 Best Rock & Roll Movies

August 8th 2008 17:17

Here is a list of the Top Ten Best Rock & Roll Movies of all time.

What would you add to the list?
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (5)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends, Movie Trivia

Email this Post to a Friend

Levi's are NOT Really Jeans!

February 13th 2008 10:15

When Levi Strauss invented jeans during the late 1800's, he did not call his 'strange' pants denim jeans or even jeans at all.

Supposedly these strange trousers were originally made out of sailcloth and canvas for miners and prospectors to wear as they had been complaining about how their ordinary pants would stretch and split while on the job.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (4)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Interesting Facts, Interesting History, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

The BIRTH Of Rudolph The RED Nosed Reindeer

December 12th 2007 00:05

In 1939, the management of the Chicago based Montgomery Ward department store decided to ask one of their employees, Robert L. May, to compose a story book for the children visiting their store that Christmas.

Drawing on his own experiences as a child and drawing on the line of thought from Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling", Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was composed, published and handed out to a total of 2.4 million children.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Animals, Interesting Facts, Interesting History, Loose Ends, Nursery Rhyme Origins

Email this Post to a Friend

The Simple FUN You Can Have With WORDS!!

December 5th 2007 00:05

1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

2. Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (6)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Humour, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

One Recently Recorded Coincidence!

August 15th 2007 00:35

After the recent death of the world's oldest person, a Japanese woman by the name of Yone Minagawa who died a this August 14th at the age of 114, the title has now passed to a U.S. citizen, Edna Parker, also 114 years old.

By sheer coincidence Edna, now the current world title holder, also shares her nursing home accommodation with the world's tallest living woman, Sandy Allen, who at her tallest measured height came in at 7'7 1/4" or 2.32m!
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (1)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Countries, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

Personalised License/Number Plates & Their Problems

May 21st 2007 00:20

How many of us have ever received parking tickets? Well one guy certainly acquired more than his fair share in unusual circumstances.

In 1979, Robert Barbour of Los Angeles, decided he wanted to stand out from the crowd with a set of personalised number plates. Heavily into sailing, he was asked for 3 choices on the form for the plates. "SAILING" and "BOATING" were his only two choices, so he wrote down "No PLATE" in the 3rd option, meaning that if he couldn't have either of the first two, that he didn't want a personalised license plate at all.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (3)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

Fantastic April Fools Day Pranks Of The Past!

April 2nd 2007 00:25

I'm sure most (if not all) of you have cottoned onto the real story behind yesterdays post. Indeed there is nothing actually wrong with the skywalk. (Yes, it is real the only fabrication was the closing down again part.) So after yesterdays post I thought enlighten you with some other April fools day pranks of the past.

* The Guardian printed a supplement in 1977 praising the location of a fictional resort - San Serriffe, its two main islands (Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse), its capital (Bodoni), and its leader (General Pica). Intrigued readers were later disappointed to learn that San Serriffe (sans serif) did not exist except as references to typeface terminology.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (5)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Australian, Humour, Interesting Facts, Interesting History, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

Grand Canyon Skywalk Closed Upon Opening!

April 1st 2007 00:01

Opening day for the skywalk

The brand-spanking new tourist attraction known as the Grand Canyon Skywalk will be shut down just a handful of days after it’s magnificent opening.

Designed as a major tourist attraction, the Grand Canyon Skywalk sits along the edge of the Grand Canyon overlooking the Colorado River. The horseshoe-shaped glass walkway is suspended 1,200 metres above the canyon, eclipsing the height of skyscrapers worldwide.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (7)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends, Science

Email this Post to a Friend

Fantastic WORD Wrangling!

March 31st 2007 00:25

Every now and again the Washington Post's invites readers to take part in a competition whereby you take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and then give a new definition. Here are some of the previous winners:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realise it was your money to start with.
[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (3)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Humour, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

Previous Daylight Saving Time Issues

March 23rd 2007 00:25

With Daylight Saving Time ending this weekend for some states of Australia, (That’s right boys and girls – be prepared to put your watches and clocks BACKWARDS one hour.)

I thought I’d remind you all of some relevant mishaps that can be found at webexhibits.org.
These are occasions when Daylight Saving Time caused slightly more than an issue or two due to the actual changing of the time.

[ Click here to read more ]

Vote

Comments (5)

Add Comments

[ Link ]

Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Australian, Countries, Humour, Interesting Facts, Interesting History, Loose Ends

Email this Post to a Friend

[ Fun Facts Home ] [ Create A New Post ]

Moderated by MelissaA

Orble

Orble Homepage

Start an Orble Blog

Subscribe to DailyOrble

Receive a daily e-mail of Orble's most popular posts