Wednesday, August 16, 2006

STOOPID FACTZ !!!

The word "shrimp" comes from "shrimpe" meaning "pygmy".

Every major world cuisine has a form of crepe.

In it's hayday Greenleaf dairy was once the second largest producer of milk and ice cream in the U.S. for distribution in public schools up and down the east coast.

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, is the oldest university in the world, founded in 969 AD.

"Duct Tape" was originally named "Duck Tape" because of its ability to repel water.

4 comments:

donna said...

I looked for the milk on my porch this morning!

Al said...

i knew the duck tape one. the soldiers in ww2 used it to to tape the pants legs inside their boots so water would not come in!

where did you get the greenleaf fact?

Claire said...

Greenleaf dairy was in Colonial Heights where the fire station is now and all the houses. Amma us to tell me she would go there for picnics and I think that might be defore it was a dairy

Melanie said...

i can't believe mr.-know-it-all may have his facts mixed up! i can't remember mark except they both worked on milk truck