just a random useless facts trigger I came up with

on *:text:!useless facts:#: { 
  var %item = $rand(1,212) 
  if (%item == 1) timer 1 2 msg $chan The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

  if (%item == 2) timer 1 2 msg $chan The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

  if (%item == 3) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed using only the left hand.

  if (%item == 4) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Skepticisms" is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.

  if (%item == 5) timer 1 2 msg $chan The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

  if (%item == 6) timer 1 2 msg $chan 40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet.

  if (%item == 7) timer 1 2 msg $chan The dot over the letter i is called a tittle.

  if (%item == 8) timer 1 2 msg $chan Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

  if (%item == 9) timer 1 2 msg $chan If you spent a million dollars every day since the day Jesus was born, you still would not have spent a trillion dollars today.

  if (%item == 10) timer 1 2 msg $chan It's impossible to lick your own elbow.

  if (%item == 11) timer 1 2 msg $chan 75% of people who read the previous fact will try and lick their elbow.

  if (%item == 12) timer 1 2 msg $chan The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

  if (%item == 13) timer 1 2 msg $chan The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

  if (%item == 14) timer 1 2 msg $chan Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

  if (%item == 15) timer 1 2 msg $chan The word "karate" means "empty hand."

  if (%item == 16) timer 1 2 msg $chan The word "modem" is a contraction of the words "modulate, demodulate." (MOdulateDEModulate

  if (%item == 17) timer 1 2 msg $chan The word SCUBA is actually an acronym that stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

  if (%item == 18) timer 1 2 msg $chan LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

  if (%item == 19) timer 1 2 msg $chan The first letters of the names of the Great Lakes spell HOMES.

  if (%item == 20) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram for Jim Morrison.

  if (%item == 21) timer 1 2 msg $chan Liquid paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951. She also happens to be the mother of Mike Nesmith (of the Monkees).

  if (%item == 22) timer 1 2 msg $chan If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

  if (%item == 23) timer 1 2 msg $chan Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie

  if (%item == 24) timer 1 2 msg $chan The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have 1 syllable... it has three.

  if (%item == 25) timer 1 2 msg $chan Sheriff came from Shire Reeve. During early years of monarchial rule in England, each shire had a reeve who was the law for that shire. When the term was brought to the United States it was shortened to Sheriff.

  if (%item == 26) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

  if (%item == 27) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

  if (%item == 28) timer 1 2 msg $chan It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

  if (%item == 29) timer 1 2 msg $chan Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

  if (%item == 30) timer 1 2 msg $chan A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

  if (%item == 31) timer 1 2 msg $chan Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

  if (%item == 32) timer 1 2 msg $chan 111,111,111 x 111,111,111=12,345,678,987,654,321

  if (%item == 33) timer 1 2 msg $chan The term "jiffy" is commonly used to denote an unspecified short period of time but technically, it's 1/100th of a second.

  if (%item == 34) timer 1 2 msg $chan The wingspan of the original Boeing 747 is 195' 8" which is greater than the length of the Wright Brothers first flight of approximately 120' back in 1903.

  if (%item == 35) timer 1 2 msg $chan Alan Shepard was the first American to go into space. He is also the only astronaut of the original 7 to walk on the moon.

  if (%item == 36) timer 1 2 msg $chan The sun is about 93 million miles from Earth and light from it takes about 8 minutes to make the trip.

  if (%item == 37) timer 1 2 msg $chan Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon but who was the last man to set foot on our moon? That would be Eugene Cernan during the Apollo 17 mission on Dec. 11, 1972.

  if (%item == 38) timer 1 2 msg $chan What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?-- All were invented by women.

  if (%item == 39) timer 1 2 msg $chan Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

  if (%item == 40) timer 1 2 msg $chan The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "the king is dead".

  if (%item == 41) timer 1 2 msg $chan The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright, who started the business in 1919.

  if (%item == 42) timer 1 2 msg $chan Sarsaparilla is the root that flavors root beer.

  if (%item == 43) timer 1 2 msg $chan The growth rate of some bamboo plants can reach three feet (91.44 cm) per day.

  if (%item == 44) timer 1 2 msg $chan All porcupines float in water.

  if (%item == 45) timer 1 2 msg $chan The letter combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough ; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

  if (%item == 46) timer 1 2 msg $chan The phrase "I have a bad feeling about this" is uttered in every Star Wars movie, Obi Wan (Episode I), Anakin (Episode II), Obi Wan (Episode III), Luke (Episode IV), Han (Episode IV), Leia (Episode V), C3-PO (Episode VI).

  if (%item == 47) timer 1 2 msg $chan In every episode of Seinfeld there is some sort of reference to Superman somewhere.

  if (%item == 48) timer 1 2 msg $chan Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.

  if (%item == 48) timer 1 2 msg $chan An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

  if (%item == 49) timer 1 2 msg $chan If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

  if (%item == 50) timer 1 2 msg $chan Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

  if (%item == 51) timer 1 2 msg $chan Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.

  if (%item == 52) timer 1 2 msg $chan In Newfoundland, Canada, there is a town named Dildo.

  if (%item == 53) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

  if (%item == 54) timer 1 2 msg $chan The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

  if (%item == 55) timer 1 2 msg $chan No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!

  if (%item == 56) timer 1 2 msg $chan The average lifespan of a major league baseball is only 5-7 pitches.

  if (%item == 57) timer 1 2 msg $chan The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

  if (%item == 58) timer 1 2 msg $chan The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

  if (%item == 59) timer 1 2 msg $chan Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

  if (%item == 60) timer 1 2 msg $chan The phrase "sleep tight" derives from the fact that early mattresses were filled with straw and held up with rope stretched across the bedframe. A tight sleep was a comfortable sleep.

  if (%item == 61) timer 1 2 msg $chan Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

  if (%item == 62) timer 1 2 msg $chan If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? -- One thousand

  if (%item == 63) timer 1 2 msg $chan Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human skin.

  if (%item == 64) timer 1 2 msg $chan If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

  if (%item == 65) timer 1 2 msg $chan There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, herein, therein.

  if (%item == 66) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Freelance" comes from a knight whose lance was free for hire, i.e. not pledged to one master.

  if (%item == 67) timer 1 2 msg $chan Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.

  if (%item == 68) timer 1 2 msg $chan Saint Augustine, Florida is the oldest European settlement in North America.

  if (%item == 69) timer 1 2 msg $chan Why do we say, "God bless you" when someone sneezes? Superstition had it that the devil could enter your body when you sneeze. Having someone say, "God bless you," drives the devil away.

  if (%item == 70) timer 1 2 msg $chan It's bad luck to put a hat on a bed.

  if (%item == 71) timer 1 2 msg $chan The average American consumes over 28 pounds of bananas each year.

  if (%item == 72) timer 1 2 msg $chan No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

  if (%item == 73) timer 1 2 msg $chan The longest word that can be typed using only the right hand is 'lollipop'.

  if (%item == 74) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.

  if (%item == 75) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.

  if (%item == 76) timer 1 2 msg $chan Human skin produces Vitamin D when exposed to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B radiation.

  if (%item == 77) timer 1 2 msg $chan In American naval slang, submarines are the only vessels referred to as "boats", whereas surface vessels are colloquially referred to as "ships".

  if (%item == 78) timer 1 2 msg $chan Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.

  if (%item == 79) timer 1 2 msg $chan Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

  if (%item == 80) timer 1 2 msg $chan Calico cats (cats with coats of white, orange, and black fur) are almost always female. However, 1 in 3000 calico cats are males. These male calico cats have an extra X chromosome, and are usually sterile.

  if (%item == 81) timer 1 2 msg $chan One inch of rain over one square mile is 17,378,700 gallons of water.

  if (%item == 82) timer 1 2 msg $chan WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th attempt"

  if (%item == 83) timer 1 2 msg $chan In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

  if (%item == 84) timer 1 2 msg $chan On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

  if (%item == 85) timer 1 2 msg $chan On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

  if (%item == 86) timer 1 2 msg $chan Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

  if (%item == 87) timer 1 2 msg $chan Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

  if (%item == 88) timer 1 2 msg $chan Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

  if (%item == 89) timer 1 2 msg $chan It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

  if (%item == 90) timer 1 2 msg $chan Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

  if (%item == 91) timer 1 2 msg $chan The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

  if (%item == 92) timer 1 2 msg $chan A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

  if (%item == 93) timer 1 2 msg $chan Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr. 

  if (%item == 94) timer 1 2 msg $chan Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name. 

  if (%item == 95) timer 1 2 msg $chan Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

  if (%item == 96) timer 1 2 msg $chan The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (hmmmmmmm)

  if (%item == 97) timer 1 2 msg $chan In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

  if (%item == 98) timer 1 2 msg $chan TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

  if (%item == 99) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

  if (%item == 100) timer 1 2 msg $chan If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

  if (%item == 101) timer 1 2 msg $chan The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy." 

  if (%item == 102) timer 1 2 msg $chan Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. 

  if (%item == 103) timer 1 2 msg $chan Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life. What about milk you say?

  if (%item == 105) timer 1 2 msg $chan A snail can sleep for three years. 

  if (%item == 106) timer 1 2 msg $chan No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

  if (%item == 107) timer 1 2 msg $chan Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

  if (%item == 108) timer 1 2 msg $chan Michael Jordan makes more money from NIKE annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 

  if (%item == 109) timer 1 2 msg $chan The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean. 

  if (%item == 110) timer 1 2 msg $chan Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us. 

  if (%item == 111) timer 1 2 msg $chan A cow has to eat grass to produce milk and grass is living. 

  if (%item == 112) timer 1 2 msg $chan The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 

  if (%item == 113) timer 1 2 msg $chan The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

  if (%item == 114) timer 1 2 msg $chan Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

  if (%item == 115) timer 1 2 msg $chan The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph. 

  if (%item == 116) timer 1 2 msg $chan The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. 

  if (%item == 117) timer 1 2 msg $chan The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle. 

  if (%item == 118) timer 1 2 msg $chan Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc.

  if (%item == 119) timer 1 2 msg $chan Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6g/cc.  (A reader of this page stated that this statement is not true: Aerogel is the densest solid in the world at 1mg/cc.)

  if (%item == 120) timer 1 2 msg $chan Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world. 

  if (%item == 121) timer 1 2 msg $chan The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F. 

  if (%item == 122) timer 1 2 msg $chan The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P. 

  if (%item == 123) timer 1 2 msg $chan The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun. 

  if (%item == 124) timer 1 2 msg $chan The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteat uripukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua kitanatahu -- a New Zealand hill. (See if your spell check has this word)

  if (%item == 125) timer 1 2 msg $chan Los Angeles's full name is: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de losAngeles de Poriuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "LA." 

  if (%item == 126) timer 1 2 msg $chan Only 1 in 2,000,000,000 will live to be 116 or older. 

  if (%item == 127) timer 1 2 msg $chan Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 

  if (%item == 128) timer 1 2 msg $chan According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go the speed of light. Also, there is a particle called tackyon, which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it. 

  if (%item == 129) timer 1 2 msg $chan When you tie a noose, the rope is wrapped twelve times around because it's the same length as a person’s head. 

  if (%item == 130) timer 1 2 msg $chan Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards. 

  if (%item == 131) timer 1 2 msg $chan A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

  if (%item == 132) timer 1 2 msg $chan If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it)

  if (%item == 133) timer 1 2 msg $chan If you passed gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

  if (%item == 134) timer 1 2 msg $chan The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

  if (%item == 135) timer 1 2 msg $chan A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. ( In your next life do you want to be a pig?)

  if (%item == 136) timer 1 2 msg $chan A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. 

  if (%item == 137) timer 1 2 msg $chan Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Do not try this at home ..maybe at work)

  if (%item == 138) timer 1 2 msg $chan The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates mating by ripping the male's head off. 

  if (%item == 139) timer 1 2 msg $chan The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

  if (%item == 140) timer 1 2 msg $chan The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)

  if (%item == 141) timer 1 2 msg $chan Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

  if (%item == 142) timer 1 2 msg $chan Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know)

  if (%item == 143) timer 1 2 msg $chan The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

  if (%item == 144) timer 1 2 msg $chan Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump. (OK, so that would be a good thing....)

  if (%item == 145) timer 1 2 msg $chan A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)

  if (%item == 146) timer 1 2 msg $chan An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.)

  if (%item == 147) timer 1 2 msg $chan Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.)

  if (%item == 148) timer 1 2 msg $chan Polar bears are left-handed (Who knew...? Who cares!)

  if (%item == 149) timer 1 2 msg $chan Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

  if (%item == 150) timer 1 2 msg $chan  Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 

  if (%item == 151) timer 1 2 msg $chan Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. 

  if (%item == 152) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 

  if (%item == 153) timer 1 2 msg $chan The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 

  if (%item == 154) timer 1 2 msg $chan The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 

  if (%item == 155) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are more chickens than people in the world. 

  if (%item == 156) timer 1 2 msg $chan Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. 

  if (%item == 157) timer 1 2 msg $chan The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." 

  if (%item == 158) timer 1 2 msg $chan On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. 

  if (%item == 159) timer 1 2 msg $chan All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. 

  if (%item == 160) timer 1 2 msg $chan No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. 

  if (%item == 161) timer 1 2 msg $chan "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." 

  if (%item == 162) timer 1 2 msg $chan All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. 

  if (%item == 163) timer 1 2 msg $chan Almonds are a member of the peach family. 

  if (%item == 164) timer 1 2 msg $chan Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. 

  if (%item == 165) timer 1 2 msg $chan Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable. 

  if (%item == 166) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 

  if (%item == 167) timer 1 2 msg $chan Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" 

  if (%item == 168) timer 1 2 msg $chan A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 

  if (%item == 169) timer 1 2 msg $chan Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 

  if (%item == 170) timer 1 2 msg $chan In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. 

  if (%item == 172) timer 1 2 msg $chan Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. 

  if (%item == 173) timer 1 2 msg $chan The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life." 

  if (%item == 174) timer 1 2 msg $chan A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. 

  if (%item == 175) timer 1 2 msg $chan A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. 

  if (%item == 176) timer 1 2 msg $chan A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. 

  if (%item == 177) timer 1 2 msg $chan It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 

  if (%item == 178) timer 1 2 msg $chan The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. 

  if (%item == 179) timer 1 2 msg $chan In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. 

  if (%item == 180) timer 1 2 msg $chan The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. 

  if (%item == 181) timer 1 2 msg $chan Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister. 

  if (%item == 182) timer 1 2 msg $chan The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 

  if (%item == 183) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. 

  if (%item == 184) timer 1 2 msg $chan Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. 

  if (%item == 185) timer 1 2 msg $chan A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

  if (%item == 186) timer 1 2 msg $chan Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

  if (%item == 187) timer 1 2 msg $chan A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously  from the bottom of the glass to the top.

  if (%item == 188) timer 1 2 msg $chan A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

  if (%item == 189) timer 1 2 msg $chan A 2" X 4" is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".

  if (%item == 190) timer 1 2 msg $chan During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.

  if (%item == 191) timer 1 2 msg $chan On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily (I knew it!).

  if (%item == 192) timer 1 2 msg $chan Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

  if (%item == 193) timer 1 2 msg $chan The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

  if (%item == 194) timer 1 2 msg $chan There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, and silver. What about "month?"

  if (%item == 195) timer 1 2 msg $chan The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." There was never a recorded Wendy before.

  if (%item == 196) timer 1 2 msg $chan The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

  if (%item == 197) timer 1 2 msg $chan If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist that discovered this??)

  if (%item == 198) timer 1 2 msg $chan Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down while shooting so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

  if (%item == 199) timer 1 2 msg $chan The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

  if (%item == 200) timer 1 2 msg $chan The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

  if (%item == 201) timer 1 2 msg $chan The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that  you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

  if (%item == 202) timer 1 2 msg $chan The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

  if (%item == 203) timer 1 2 msg $chan Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

  if (%item == 204) timer 1 2 msg $chan By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

  if (%item == 205) timer 1 2 msg $chan Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

  if (%item == 206) timer 1 2 msg $chan Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

  if (%item == 207) timer 1 2 msg $chan Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

  if (%item == 208) timer 1 2 msg $chan Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

  if (%item == 209) timer 1 2 msg $chan An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

  if (%item == 210) timer 1 2 msg $chan The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

  if (%item == 211) timer 1 2 msg $chan The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

  if (%item == 212) timer 1 2 msg $chan Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
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