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Posted: 9/30/2009 8:17:22 AM EDT

The name of the first space shuttle was the Constitution. Pres. Gerald Ford changed it to Enterprise after receiving 100,000 letters from Star Trek fans.

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:22:18 AM EDT

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The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:23:53 AM EDT

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A "zeedonk" is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:25:50 AM EDT

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The name of the first space shuttle was the Constitution. Pres. Gerald Ford changed it to Enterprise after receiving 100,000 letters from Star Trek fans.

I enjoy the threads.

Who would have guessed the political influence of "trekies?"

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:26:40 AM EDT

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The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

I never knew that. I always wondered why they chose the name American Pie for a song about Buddy Holly's death. RIP Buddy Holly.

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:27:24 AM EDT

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The plastic caps at the ends of your shoe laces are call aglets.

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:28:27 AM EDT

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The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

I never knew that. I always wondered why they chose the name American Pie for a song about Buddy Holly's death. RIP Buddy Holly.

After further review, Snopes says false...

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:30:13 AM EDT

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I saw a skunk(???) on my morning jog today.

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:33:48 AM EDT

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Rush Limbaugh was disqualified from the Vietnam draft due to a cyst on his butt.

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:34:23 AM EDT

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In a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:36:41 AM EDT

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Rush Limbaugh was disqualified from the Vietnam draft due to a cyst on his butt.

AKA Nancy Pelosi

Posted: 9/30/2009 8:55:36 AM EDT

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A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

Posted: 9/30/2009 9:07:22 AM EDT

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The name of the first space shuttle was the Constitution. Pres. Gerald Ford changed it to Enterprise after receiving 100,000 letters from Star Trek fans.

Did you also know it never lifted off? It was used for vibration and launchpad testing, but never lifted off into space.

Posted: 9/30/2009 9:13:46 AM EDT

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A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

I guess Gene Simmons has a rival!

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