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Re: Post a fact here
« Reply #525 on: November 20, 2012, 10:39:01 AM »
you burn more calories eating celery than it contains
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Re: Post a fact here
« Reply #526 on: November 23, 2012, 05:46:11 PM »
Quote from: goldshirt*9 on November 20, 2012, 10:39:01 AM
you burn more calories eating celery than it contains

That is via digestion though, not chewing like my missus believes.
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« Reply #527 on: December 22, 2012, 12:31:49 AM »
The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927
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« Reply #528 on: December 22, 2012, 12:34:50 AM »
The year they changed Man of the Year to Person of the Year - 1999
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« Reply #529 on: December 22, 2012, 02:51:38 AM »
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies
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« Reply #530 on: December 24, 2012, 12:51:07 AM »
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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« Reply #531 on: December 24, 2012, 07:34:57 AM »
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2003/07/02/library-not-sinking-university-insists.htm

The anticipated load of books is an ancient convention among architects who design libraries.  It's one of the fundamental elements that is taken into consideration for such buildings and has been since the mid-19th century.  That someone might consider designing a library in the mid 1960's without taking this factor into account begs belief.

That said, I'm going to go get some celery.
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« Reply #532 on: December 24, 2012, 11:52:14 PM »
O no that makes my facts site pretty redundant  ;D
Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
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« Reply #533 on: December 25, 2012, 12:38:01 AM »
Joseph Priestley discovered how to carbonate water in 1767.  I love seltzer, so I'm indebted to him.
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« Reply #534 on: December 27, 2012, 04:27:44 AM »
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
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« Reply #535 on: January 17, 2013, 07:47:04 PM »
Ultimate fact below. Open at own risk because they're watching.

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« Reply #536 on: January 17, 2013, 08:48:23 PM »
Raymond Loewy was the first Industrial Designer to advertise himself as such on his office letterhead.
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