FACTS!!!

**Posts:** 3508 · by **BLauritson** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:38 am

It is commonly believed that the thumbs up and thumbs down gestures originated from the Ancient Roman gladiator fights, where if a gladiator was knocked to the floor, his opponent would be given a decision made by the Emporer whether or not to kill him. Thumbs up for life, thumbs down for death. In actual fact, this is not true. Thumbs down meant drop your weapons. A clenched fist stuck out meant death. Thumbs up was never even used.

**Posts:** 4805 · by **A_B** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:03 pm

My car has a 100 inch wheelbase. Sad boring and pointless i know but i dont care because its still a fact.

**Posts:** 4578 · by **SS369** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:12 pm

I have some plastic cable-ties in front of me which were made in Germany.

**Posts:** 4805 · by **A_B** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:23 pm

Im bored.

**Posts:** 4943 · by **supersezza** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:34 pm

I just cried :cry:

**Posts:** 263 · by **Louise N** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:37 pm

Dreamt is the only word in the english dictionary to end with mt.
Funny fact from the back of a penguin!
Lou x

**Posts:** 3508 · by **BLauritson** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:05 pm

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is fear of long words.

**Posts:** 1511 · by **Sophia** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:06 pm

Do the following:
1. Open the Microsoft Word, and type "NYC" (all in uppercase letters)
2. Change the Font Size to 72
3. Then change the font to "Wingdings"

You should now be seeing an image of a skull and crossobones, a Star of David, and a thumb-up symbol, read by some conspiracy-minded folks as a symbolic approval of the killing of Jews.

Microsoft denies its involvement in any sort of conspiracy and says its a pure coincidence.

To counteract the bad image created by this scandal, Microsoft created the new font "Webdings" If you repeat the above procedure again but change the font to Webdings this time, you should get:

An Eye, A Heartmark, and Skyscrapers = I Love New York

**Posts:** 1073 · by **Lizzy** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:22 pm

I fell of a latter today :cry:

**Posts:** 3508 · by **BLauritson** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:43 pm

Ha ha

Oops, I'm sure I meant to say "aww" :roll:

A stepladder safety guide in my workplace explains that you are not to use stepladders to access greater heights.

**Posts:** 1073 · by **Lizzy** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:44 pm

très drôle.

**Posts:** 4578 · by **SS369** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:15 pm

Even I find this one hard to believe!

The Bible is the number one shoplifted book in America. :shock:

**Posts:** 251 · by **jensin** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:55 pm

Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes :lol:

**Posts:** 1511 · by **Sophia** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:59 pm

The song Happy Birthday is still protected by copyright.

**Posts:** 4578 · by **SS369** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:04 pm

Fact I don't feel well

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