Re: OT trivia

Howard Duck wrote:

> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
I've managed to without holding my eyes -- although it was only a
squint's worth.

> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Well, sort of:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci822188,00.html

> February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full
> moon.
Not true. Feb 10 was the full moon that month.
See: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html
(1866, 1885, 1915, 1934 and 1961 did not have full moons)

I suspect many of the _facts_ in the list can be argued.

Beeg
Don't let the gray hair fool you!

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