6 Ctrl and [S-Stop] [Q-Continue] [C-Quit] -- The '20' Best Oddities -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Cut flowers become sleepy and wilt in the presence of Apples. 2. In 1913, the tax on a $4000 annual income was one penny. 3. Henry Ford forgot to put a reverse gear in his first automobile. 4. Ninety Seven percent of all people offered a new pen to try, write their own name. 5. A dog is as old at 12 years as a man at 84. 6. Saturday is the most dangerous day to drive a car. 7. In the U.S. a person dies every 14.5 seconds. 8. If a color blinded woman marries a man with normal vision, all of their sons will be color blind,the daughters will have normal vision. 9. It cannot be proved by the bible that Christ ever smiled. 10. 60 days are required for a housefly to become a grandmother. 11. A mans beard grows about an inch in 8 weeks. 12. 7 suicides are recorded in the bible. 13. Theodore Roosevelt was the only president not sworn in on the bible. 14. 72 muscles are used in speaking 1 word. 15. The eggs of a water flea hatch 10 years after they are laid. 16. During WW2 it cost the US $225,00 to kill an enemy soldier. 17. Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blonds to brunettes. 18. When reduced to dust a diamond is as black as carbon. 19. The nine most useful words: and,be,it,of,the,will,I,have,you. 20. A normal person can lose as much as 1/3 his blood without fatality. ......................................................................... Enter Selection or (Return) for Menu: 5 Ctrl and [S-Stop] [Q-Continue] [C-Quit] The World's Simplest Quiz: ---------------------------- Q: How long did the Hundred Year's War last? A: 116 years, from 1337 to 1453 Q: In which month do the russians celebrate the October Revolution? A: November 7 (Russia's calendar was 13 days behind) Q: In which country are Panama hats made? 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Enter Selection or (Return) for Menu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |ooo|_-_-_-| 'Dark City {}f FeaR' Library |_-_-_-|ooo| |ooo|_-_-_-| ----------------------------- |_-_-_-|ooo| |ooo|_-_-_-|User Submitted Text/Grafix Files|_-_-_-|ooo| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Accepting interesting Text Files and Color or Vidtex Grafix plus Color Grafic Cartoons (Movies). 1) Dead * World (Movie) 2) How to make Color Grafix (Text) 3) A Collection of Bizarre Gravestone Epitaphs (Text) 4) 11 People who were buried with Objects (Text) 5) The World's most Simplest Quiz (Text) 6) The 20 BEST Oddities... (Text) U) Upload to the 'Library' O) Other Databases Select (Q=Exit)> 4 Ctrl and [S-Stop] [Q-Continue] [C-Quit] 11 People Buried with Obects: ----------------------------- 1. Tutankhamen: Buried with his treasures 2. Sir Walter Raleigh: Buried with his favorite pipe and a tin of Tobacco 3. Elizabeth Rossetti: Buried with a manuscript of her poems 4. Wild Bill Hicock: Buried with his Sharps rifle 5. Reuben John Smith: Buried with an easy chair and his favorite checkerboard 6. Rudloph Valentino: Buried with a slave bracelet 7. Bela Lugosi: Buried in his black Dracula cape. 8. Humphrey Bogart: Buried with a small gold whistle 9. Sandra West: Buried seated at the wheel of a Ferrari 10. Harry 'The Horse' Flamburis: Buried with his Motorcycle 11. Elvis Presley: Buried with a diamond ring ===================================== Enter Selection or (Return) for Menu: 3 Ctrl and [S-Stop] [Q-Continue] [C-Quit] ################################################ # A Collection of Bizarre Gravestone Epitaphs :# ################################################ From Death Valley: In a Falkirk England, Cemetery ----------------- ------------------------------ Here lies the body of At rest beneath this slab of stone Fat Mary Preston Lies stingy Jimmy Wyatt Who's now moved to heaven He died one morning just at ten to relieve the Congestion. and saved a dinner by it. Death Valley: ------------- Here lies the body of poor Aunt Charolette Born a virgin, died a harlot; For 16 years she kept her virginity, a damn'd long time for this vicinity. In a Moultrie Goergia Cemetery: ------------------------------- Here lies the father of twenty nine. We woulda had more, but he did'nt have time. In a Enosburg Falls, VA Cemetery: --------------------------------- Here lies the body of Anna Done to death by a bannana, It was'nt the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go. Battersea London Cemetery: -------------------------- OWEN MOORE: Gone away Owin' more Than he could pay. Enter Selection or (Return) for Menu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^C Select (Q=Exit)> q