"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."

~ Elbert Hubbard
"A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all."

~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Random Facts
Jason's avatar
November 12th, 2009 by Jason T

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

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.

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Anyone can view this
Comments
Leave a comment:

Name:
Email:
Comment:
's avatar
Colter S
November 12th, 2009

Does anyone have a five dollar bill?
's avatar
Robert G
November 12th, 2009

nice!!!
's avatar
Kaitlin A
November 12th, 2009

interesting facts here
Latest Blog Entries
A Short but Busy Week
February 8th, 2010
I will be away today...
February 5th, 2010
A New Semester!
February 2nd, 2010
Holidays
December 17th, 2009
Links

This Group


This Item
 

CTEC 110: Command Line Essentials
CTEC 127: Intro to PHP
CTEC 227: Advanced PHP

Instructor: Jason "Techno" Timm
Office: Salmon Creek
Email: jasontimm@gmail.com
 
© Copyright 2011   Technosworld.com. All Rights Reserved. Login