1. suppose a random sample of 1,250 women in a city was taken in order to determine the favorite type of music of all women in the city 2.To find out the average salary of female architects,a researcher randomly selected 100 female architects 3.jim asked Lake Middle School students to indicate thier favorite pet. He surveyed 2 samples and then the population of 320 students.how do the results from the two samples compare with the results from the population?
Math help??
Well, 1. and 2. do not have a question nor a problem listed. Do these statements all relate to each other? They don't seem to. Is all the sampling being done in the same population?
For 3., you don't list what the results of the two samples were vs. the survey of the entire population. So how can we compare them?
In short, next time when you ask for help, please list the entire question, not just part of it.
Monday, May 24, 2010
A Woman's Earned Money is her Own, but The Man's Earned Money is Theirs, Discuss?
Another factor, said Dr XXXX, was the professional woman’s expectation that the future husband’s income be in the $XXXXX to $XXXXX bracket. However, he said, the women did not believe in sharing their salaries with their husbands.
"Eight out of 10 women surveyed said they will refuse to share their money with their husbands, saying it was their money, while the husband is still expected to take care of all the household expenses.
"This will lead to men starting to wonder if they can afford to do so. In fact, there is a trend developing where professional men are starting to stay single."
Basically, it is summed up to:
If a man and his wife are both working, the women's earned money is her own to do as she pleases, but the man's money is for both of them and paying the daily expenses.
Talk about equality....
A Woman's Earned Money is her Own, but The Man's Earned Money is Theirs, Discuss?
I say, wait until they get married and see if they still feel that way. Most households need both incomes.
Reply:if a woman wants to keep her income to herself thats fine, i'll take care of the household expenses, but don't expect for me to take care of anything on your end. when married both parties should help maintain household expenses, if the wife wants to be selfish about her income then perhaps she is not good wife material and should be kicked out and left to fend for herself with her entire income.
Reply:I don't think that it is right for a wife to keep all of her earnings for herself. It is important the husband and wife agree on a budget and how much "fun money" each should have. The hard part of course is agreeing on a budget.
"Eight out of 10 women surveyed said they will refuse to share their money with their husbands, saying it was their money, while the husband is still expected to take care of all the household expenses.
"This will lead to men starting to wonder if they can afford to do so. In fact, there is a trend developing where professional men are starting to stay single."
Basically, it is summed up to:
If a man and his wife are both working, the women's earned money is her own to do as she pleases, but the man's money is for both of them and paying the daily expenses.
Talk about equality....
A Woman's Earned Money is her Own, but The Man's Earned Money is Theirs, Discuss?
I say, wait until they get married and see if they still feel that way. Most households need both incomes.
Reply:if a woman wants to keep her income to herself thats fine, i'll take care of the household expenses, but don't expect for me to take care of anything on your end. when married both parties should help maintain household expenses, if the wife wants to be selfish about her income then perhaps she is not good wife material and should be kicked out and left to fend for herself with her entire income.
Reply:I don't think that it is right for a wife to keep all of her earnings for herself. It is important the husband and wife agree on a budget and how much "fun money" each should have. The hard part of course is agreeing on a budget.
Amnesty For Illegals?
What would happen if amnesty was given to illegal immigrants living in the U.S.? Not just those from Spanish speaking countries, but those from every country. What would this mean for employers who hire illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants' salaries would have to rise to minimum wage, so how would this play out? Add on free health care, what would this mean for hospitals?
I'm needing some opinions for a small survey for an Ethics class. Thanks.
Amnesty For Illegals?
You looking for ethics conversation?
OK, why forgive one type of crime and grant amnesty--and not others? Because illegal immigrants "come for a better life?" Puh-leez--they come for money.
Don't bank robbers actually rob banks for money? If a bank robber is from the ghetto...say SOuth Central LA, should we grant him/her amnesty too?
Reply:Thanks for the Best Answer! Report Abuse
Reply:If amnesty is given to the illegal aliens, the cost for retirement for those folks is a given. The cost in numbers? 2.2 Trillion Dollars.
This is an extensive site and a pretty good discussion of the issues. Amnesty, however, is a mind boggling stupied idea.
Reference for those who wish to know:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigra...
Reply:If amnesty was granted to all illegal immigrants it would lead to disaster for america. As it was in the 1980's, it will only promote more people to break the law and enter into america illegally. A lot of people like to talk about how "racist" a lot of americans are for wanting an end to illegal immigration and a violation of human rights to build a wall. But what about the rights of american who want their laws respected? or the rights of americans who want a secure border? these people who entered into our country realized the potential consequences of their actions that they could possibly be seperated from family. Enough is enough, its time for people to start respecting the rights of americans, and the rights of every person that wants to do the right thing for their nation without being called a racist for it.
Reply:very simple- CHAOS !
Reply:YES, but only to people who had been some years here working hard, paying taxes and conributing some way to the economy of the country. no to cash workers who avoid taxes and do not learn english and not are interested in helping to conribute to the economy. health care is paid the same way by illegals with deductions to social services, healthcare insurances and federal and local taxes eaven if that number does not belongs to them. IRS have give them the oportonity to pay taxes and some do eaven pay more and get less refound and no child credit but at least are good with uncle sam and already for some years, what its the difference then? I think they deserve the chance for an opportunity to a way to legalization. the rest can be tracked and deported.
Reply:If the millions of illegal immigrants in this country were just all of a sudden told that they were now legal, what kind of message does this send to the world? If I was trying to become a citizen, to me it would say "hey, if we can get another few million illegals in here, they'll grant amnesty again." It sets us up for the same situation in a few more years.
If you trespass on someone's backyard, you get arrested. These illegals are all trespassing on America's backyard, and they should be punished, not rewarded.
We already give them free care at hospitals. Some states give them drivers licenses. If they commit a crime, we put them in a prison here in the states, and our tax money goes to put food in their stomachs. Many illegals get food stamps, welfare, and social security. Why? They don't contribute. They don't pay taxes. But yet we give them benefits that are supposed to be reserved for people who pay in.
We need to ship them all back to where they came from, put up that wall/fence along the Mexican border, and crack down harder on people who hire illegals.
Reply:Round them up and deport them, whatever the cost. Fine the people that hire them to pay for this.
Reply:The amnesty of 1986 was granted to all, so why would you think that another amnesty would not be open to all. I am not for amnesty for anyone, because all that amnesty brings is more demands for more amnesty. In 1986 we granted amnesty to 3.1 illegals and now 20 years later we have 12-20 million demanding the same, and about 50,000 more coming each year. With the 50,000 more coming each year because our fearless leaders do not want to secure the borders, so wages will never go up because there is a endless supply of cheap labor. As to health care, 12-20 million illegals being granted the right to goverment paid health care other than the emergency care they are entitled to now, you do the math
Reply:One word. No. Everyone has a right to come to this country to try and better their lives. That's what America was founded on. But they should do it the proper way. Illegals are just that, and do not deserve amnesty.
Reply:Probably exactly what happened last time we had an amnesty for illegal aliens -- a HUGE rise in the number of illegal aliens finding their way here and settling here in hopes of forcing another amnesty. Wages drop. Schools become overcrowded. Hospitals close. Infrastructure is overused and endangered...and so on and so on.
Rewarding illegal activity only encourages more of the same. We should have learned that the first time around and stop repeating the same mistake over and over.
Reply:Hell no. Texas would rise up. Do it legally or face the consequences, government mandated or not.
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I'm needing some opinions for a small survey for an Ethics class. Thanks.
Amnesty For Illegals?
You looking for ethics conversation?
OK, why forgive one type of crime and grant amnesty--and not others? Because illegal immigrants "come for a better life?" Puh-leez--they come for money.
Don't bank robbers actually rob banks for money? If a bank robber is from the ghetto...say SOuth Central LA, should we grant him/her amnesty too?
Reply:Thanks for the Best Answer! Report Abuse
Reply:If amnesty is given to the illegal aliens, the cost for retirement for those folks is a given. The cost in numbers? 2.2 Trillion Dollars.
This is an extensive site and a pretty good discussion of the issues. Amnesty, however, is a mind boggling stupied idea.
Reference for those who wish to know:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigra...
Reply:If amnesty was granted to all illegal immigrants it would lead to disaster for america. As it was in the 1980's, it will only promote more people to break the law and enter into america illegally. A lot of people like to talk about how "racist" a lot of americans are for wanting an end to illegal immigration and a violation of human rights to build a wall. But what about the rights of american who want their laws respected? or the rights of americans who want a secure border? these people who entered into our country realized the potential consequences of their actions that they could possibly be seperated from family. Enough is enough, its time for people to start respecting the rights of americans, and the rights of every person that wants to do the right thing for their nation without being called a racist for it.
Reply:very simple- CHAOS !
Reply:YES, but only to people who had been some years here working hard, paying taxes and conributing some way to the economy of the country. no to cash workers who avoid taxes and do not learn english and not are interested in helping to conribute to the economy. health care is paid the same way by illegals with deductions to social services, healthcare insurances and federal and local taxes eaven if that number does not belongs to them. IRS have give them the oportonity to pay taxes and some do eaven pay more and get less refound and no child credit but at least are good with uncle sam and already for some years, what its the difference then? I think they deserve the chance for an opportunity to a way to legalization. the rest can be tracked and deported.
Reply:If the millions of illegal immigrants in this country were just all of a sudden told that they were now legal, what kind of message does this send to the world? If I was trying to become a citizen, to me it would say "hey, if we can get another few million illegals in here, they'll grant amnesty again." It sets us up for the same situation in a few more years.
If you trespass on someone's backyard, you get arrested. These illegals are all trespassing on America's backyard, and they should be punished, not rewarded.
We already give them free care at hospitals. Some states give them drivers licenses. If they commit a crime, we put them in a prison here in the states, and our tax money goes to put food in their stomachs. Many illegals get food stamps, welfare, and social security. Why? They don't contribute. They don't pay taxes. But yet we give them benefits that are supposed to be reserved for people who pay in.
We need to ship them all back to where they came from, put up that wall/fence along the Mexican border, and crack down harder on people who hire illegals.
Reply:Round them up and deport them, whatever the cost. Fine the people that hire them to pay for this.
Reply:The amnesty of 1986 was granted to all, so why would you think that another amnesty would not be open to all. I am not for amnesty for anyone, because all that amnesty brings is more demands for more amnesty. In 1986 we granted amnesty to 3.1 illegals and now 20 years later we have 12-20 million demanding the same, and about 50,000 more coming each year. With the 50,000 more coming each year because our fearless leaders do not want to secure the borders, so wages will never go up because there is a endless supply of cheap labor. As to health care, 12-20 million illegals being granted the right to goverment paid health care other than the emergency care they are entitled to now, you do the math
Reply:One word. No. Everyone has a right to come to this country to try and better their lives. That's what America was founded on. But they should do it the proper way. Illegals are just that, and do not deserve amnesty.
Reply:Probably exactly what happened last time we had an amnesty for illegal aliens -- a HUGE rise in the number of illegal aliens finding their way here and settling here in hopes of forcing another amnesty. Wages drop. Schools become overcrowded. Hospitals close. Infrastructure is overused and endangered...and so on and so on.
Rewarding illegal activity only encourages more of the same. We should have learned that the first time around and stop repeating the same mistake over and over.
Reply:Hell no. Texas would rise up. Do it legally or face the consequences, government mandated or not.
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Are there any real compueter jobs i could do from home on a pc ingraphic/web design or anything else at all!?
I have a tendency to work better alone than with others and i want to explore a new computer oriented career. are there jobs that would allow me to make a decent yearly salary telecommuting or working from home on a pc. i dont mean taking online surveys! i mean working for a legitimate company with a salary and benefits working in my home pc. the reason i ask is because i am a good worker and very talented and intelligent but have a hard time in the workplace and tend to get stressed out unless i am just left alone to work with myself. i would love to work on a computer doing web design graphic design but am not closed off to other ideas. i would further my education to do this (only have 2 year music degree), and i am a pretty fast typist ( forgive spelling here) but this is also cause i want to start building another business on my owm slowly and need solid income.but being sort of gorophobic is this an even a remote possibility. thanks for all the input it is very much appreciated
Are there any real compueter jobs i could do from home on a pc ingraphic/web design or anything else at all!?
www.elance.com
Reply:I recruit for a company called The Verification Center and we have independent contractors that answer phones at home and set appointments. There is no cost to work here. Our website is www.appointmentsetters.org if you would like to find out more. Report Abuse
Reply:You can see the web site
http://www.freefromfee.net/ there you can find many on line opportunities
Reply:Well...you can try a home based business. Many online income opportunities require an investment, but I personally work with this one program which is completely free! It's a lot of fun too the only catch is it takes some time to build a strong income, but it can't hurt to look, right?
read more about it in my blog:
http://wesleybradshaw.squarespace.com
hope this helps!
Are there any real compueter jobs i could do from home on a pc ingraphic/web design or anything else at all!?
www.elance.com
Reply:I recruit for a company called The Verification Center and we have independent contractors that answer phones at home and set appointments. There is no cost to work here. Our website is www.appointmentsetters.org if you would like to find out more. Report Abuse
Reply:You can see the web site
http://www.freefromfee.net/ there you can find many on line opportunities
Reply:Well...you can try a home based business. Many online income opportunities require an investment, but I personally work with this one program which is completely free! It's a lot of fun too the only catch is it takes some time to build a strong income, but it can't hurt to look, right?
read more about it in my blog:
http://wesleybradshaw.squarespace.com
hope this helps!
Psychologist?
i found that studying psychology is rather much exciting..after doing some surveying...so i opt to take this course..how about the starting salary?
Psychologist?
It depends on the field that you enter into, but roughly - between £17,000 - £23,000 ($34,000 - $46,000).
Reply:i believe you can get good information on psych careers and typical pay at
www.apa.org
Reply:reytertyw435w6456
Reply:THe thing is that you have to go all the way through and get a phd to make any amount of money. It helps if you have an md as well, which is even more school. Or if not an md, an rn will raise your salary significantly as well.
Reply:not enough... why not become a psychiatrist? a lot of the same info, but you get an MD instead of a phD and get to hand out fun drugs :)
Q - What's the differnce between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?
A - About $100,000 a year.
Reply:Psychologists are employed by hospitals, schools, universities, government agencies, and correctional facilities. In the private sector, they work as researchers or consultants for large businesses. About one third of psychologists are self-employed (usually in private group practices) and a large number work part-time.
Earning vary widely depending on the employer, education level, experience, and the area of psychology practiced. School psychologists employed by public school boards earn between $50,000 and $80,000 a year, with the higher salaries going to those with PhDs.
Clinical psychologists working on a part-time basis often earn between $30 and $45 an hour. Those working full-time in hospitals can earn $65,000 to 95,000 a year.
To research and teach psychology at a university you need a PhD. Average starting salaries for psychology professors range from $40,000 to $50,000 a year. By mid-career they make between $60,000 and $80,000 a year; after many years in the field, they earn between $80,000 and $100,000 a year.
Exact earnings information for other types of psychologists is not available. However, the average income for all full-time psychologists in Canada is around $56,000 a year. Earnings can range from $30,000 (particularly for those who are self-employed and just starting out) to well over $100,000 a year.
Psychologist?
It depends on the field that you enter into, but roughly - between £17,000 - £23,000 ($34,000 - $46,000).
Reply:i believe you can get good information on psych careers and typical pay at
www.apa.org
Reply:reytertyw435w6456
Reply:THe thing is that you have to go all the way through and get a phd to make any amount of money. It helps if you have an md as well, which is even more school. Or if not an md, an rn will raise your salary significantly as well.
Reply:not enough... why not become a psychiatrist? a lot of the same info, but you get an MD instead of a phD and get to hand out fun drugs :)
Q - What's the differnce between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?
A - About $100,000 a year.
Reply:Psychologists are employed by hospitals, schools, universities, government agencies, and correctional facilities. In the private sector, they work as researchers or consultants for large businesses. About one third of psychologists are self-employed (usually in private group practices) and a large number work part-time.
Earning vary widely depending on the employer, education level, experience, and the area of psychology practiced. School psychologists employed by public school boards earn between $50,000 and $80,000 a year, with the higher salaries going to those with PhDs.
Clinical psychologists working on a part-time basis often earn between $30 and $45 an hour. Those working full-time in hospitals can earn $65,000 to 95,000 a year.
To research and teach psychology at a university you need a PhD. Average starting salaries for psychology professors range from $40,000 to $50,000 a year. By mid-career they make between $60,000 and $80,000 a year; after many years in the field, they earn between $80,000 and $100,000 a year.
Exact earnings information for other types of psychologists is not available. However, the average income for all full-time psychologists in Canada is around $56,000 a year. Earnings can range from $30,000 (particularly for those who are self-employed and just starting out) to well over $100,000 a year.
What do you think about these...?
...facts and myths?
Myth: illgeal immigrants do not pay taxes
Fact: illegal immigrants pay taxes through sales tax and the employer sending in some of their paycheck money to the IRS before handing it to the employee
M: illegals are taking jobs
F: employers are exploiting illegals and paying them dirt. its the employers that are giving jobs to them, illegals do not take them. the employers feel that they can rip the the illegal immigrants off by paying them near to nothing for what they do. this is why they would rather hire an illegal than an american.
M: bilingual schools do not work
F: the schools that have successful bilingual programs have one or two classrooms with a bilingual teacher assigned. these teachers are paid the average teacher salary and aim to give the children an education while also teaching them english along the way. most children in bilingual schools are statistically citizens.
M: illegals committed a crime and are scum because of that
F: surveys show that most american drivers have received traffic tickets at least once in their lives. by the myth definition, most american drivers are therefore considered scum. We all know this is not true. the same should apply the other way around.
M: illegals alone drain the economy by getting on welfare
F: the majority of people on welfare are proven to be citizens in poor areas or in bad situations. this means that thousands upon thousands of citizens are also taking money from the economy
M: welfare without illegal would fix the problem
T: welfare itself is the problem. too many people abstain from getting a job because they feel that they can live off of welfare. if we established a court system in which you had to prove why you need welfare in front of a judge, the problem would be fixed better than any other measures suggested.
M: a huge wall on the border is ideal
F: a wall of that length, height, and width would cost more money than all the alleged money illegal immigrants would cost us. it is said that a wall as described would cost a good trillion or so upon completion, and even so, illegal immigrants would come in through the streets that go through the wall from mexico to america.
If you have any more, please feel free to e-mail me or instant message me
What do you think about these...?
I agree with all of these statements. But as I have stated in one of your previous questions we as Americans have been drilled to not see the good in anything anymore. We only want to see the things that we think effect us. It's all about the all mighty dollar, and about ME! I do not feel this way but I see it everyday, and have to live with the racism and negativity. I am an American, but I have a bi-racial daughter who's father is Mexican. He came here on a work visa, but he gets criticized and put down for the color of his skin. And people automatically assume the worst about him.
Reply:These are not facts! Report Abuse
Reply:Wow,Alright,Yea you go boy.That Mr. Friends of Dreaming.. IS IN FACT THE FACT YOU DO NOT SEE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE. ONE YOU ARE SO SO SO RIGHT I AM SPEECHLESS. Report Abuse
Reply:Illegal immigrants (makes no difference from where they came)
pay sales taxes when they purchase something, but how do
you know that they pay income taxes, if they have no social
security card, the employer may withhold taxes but because
your illegally here and have no SS number, he does not
send that money off to the IRS, he keeps it in his own
pocket. What can an illegal do, report him?
This is a total crock of crap, if you are here illegally then
pack your bags and go home, when you can come here
legally we will gladly welcome you. Personally I am
tired of supporting all of the illegals.
Reply:1. Illegals pay only about 1/5 of what it costs us. If they are paying any taxes at all its with stolen identity.
2. Illegals are bringing down real wages.
3. Teachers are having to slow down and take more time to teach kids because they do not speak English thus degrading the education our children receive.
4. 25% of prisons along the borders states are filled with illegals. That is space we could use for our own criminals. Illegals also cause more accidents and drive up the cost of insurance.
5. Our welfare system is for Americans not illegals, and I do not pay taxes to support illegals. So whether we have welfare for our poor or not is nobodies business but ours.
6. The fence along with increased border security and following the existing laws we have on the books is much cheaper in the long run. It cost us over 80 billion a year to support illegals.
any other lame truths you want to lie about?
Reply:Illegals paying taxes, sales tax, yes. Paycheck taxes to the IRS though, only if they have taken someone's ID. A valid Social Security number is needed. Most work under the table, so, no taxes to the IRS or to the State.
Jobs. Yes, they are underpaid, but the benefits they are getting off the legal citizens more than makes up for the lower wages.
Schools. Yes, bilingual programs in my area have many more than two classrooms with a bilingual teacher assigned. In my rural area two grade schools and one high school have been built within this past year to ease the overcrowding of the influx of all these illegal children who do not speak our language.
Crimes. Check out the jails and the most wanted lists just about anywhere. The majority of the names on them are hispanic in nature. This shows they do not deserve to be in this country legally.
Welfare, well, when those legal citizens of this country are receiving it when they need it, that is one of the benefits of being a citizen. However, those that are illegal do not deserve this and yes, they are draining those programs.
As for the rest of your 'points'.... just tired of typing on this end, but totally disagree with you.
Reply:1. It's true, most illegal immigrants DON'T pay taxes. They get paid cash for farm hand work, which is otherwise known as "under the table" from the IRS. Besides, one can't register tax forms with the IRS without a social security number.
2. They aren't only ripping the illegals off, they're ripping Americans off at the same time. If the employers were forced to pay at least minimum wages to everyone, regardless, a lot more Americans would have jobs too. You know, the legal citizens who also have insurance, taxes, and other costs of living to worry about.
3. The fact of whether bilingual schools work or not is not what a lot of us are concerned with. It's the fact that English should darn well be our official language and anyone who wishes to be a part of our culture needs to learn it - before they come here. We should never have to pay to teach them, that should be their responsibility.
4. Some things can be misconstrued as stereotypical, but the fact remains that we're seeing a rise in crime - especially among the border. It's practically turning into a war zone down there. Anyone with cable and newspaper access can see this daily.
5. If not welfare, they sure are a drain on the health care system. They use our emergency rooms like clinics, and never pay the bill. That directly affects us, because the hospital system is a business, and just like any other they have to make up that loss. It won't take you two tries to guess where they make that up, does it.
6. I agree with you on this point. It would be unfair to say that illegals alone are destroying our welfare system. Anyone who refuses to take on some personal responsibility for themselves and get an education, a job, or stop having babies is draining it. It was broken before the illegals came. It's wrong to say that we should boot any illegals off of it, when our own people are the ones who taught them how to abuse it.
7. It would be cheaper to finish building the wall than to deport the 1 million more we'll have in this country by the end of the year, hire more border patrol, or even build military posts along it. I say build the darn thing already.
Reply:sales taxes don't count or support schools or health care in most if not all cases. Education in California costs $10,000 per child per year. Poor people can't pay that even if they pay all taxes they owe, and never take deductions. That is why we limit how many poor can come.
In addition, money is not built school facilities or trained teachers, as the huge backlog in the LAUSD construction program will show.
Our services in our country are for our people. They are the ones who are supposed to be on it. Illegal immigrants aren't even supposed to be here, much less taking services our own people need, or will need when older when these services now will be drained.
If my kids take food from our refrigerator it is very different than if someone breaks in and gets it.
As for cost:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare...
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wicked wanda, don't tell me your account was attacked again!
Sales taxes go to different things in different places. Usually transportation, busses, roads, a 'special project'. However, education is paid for by property tax and bonds, typically, which are backed by income tax, and health care is subsidized through costs on those who do pay, and, again, income tax.
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Wicked, I can't say I know where all taxes go in all places, I just know that schools typically are funded from property and income tax. And yes, we pay whether we have kids or not, again for our own people so they will have a good education. When our own people can't get that because of so many here illegally, that is a real problem.
Reply:Here are some for you.
1. Illegal entry into the United States - Misdemeanor - deportable offense.
2. Failure to register as a foreign national - misdemeanor - deportable offense.
3. Fraudulently applying for a state driver's license with counterfeit ID - misdemeanor
4. Applying for work or working in the United States without a work visa - Misdemeanor - Deportable Offense.
5. Fraudulently operating an unregistered business under a false name - misdemeanor - Deportable Offense
6. Fraudulently applying for and accepting welfare using counterfeit ID - Felony - Jail Time- Deportation
7. Fraudulently applying for and accepting food stamps using counterfeit ID - Felony - Jail Time - Deportation
8. Fraudulently applying for and accepting another's assistance using counterfeit ID - Felony - Jail Time - Deportation.
9. Fraudulently applying for work using counterfeit or stolen Social Security Number - Felony (Perjury)- Deportation
10. Fraudulently claiming excessive deductions for Federal Income Taxes to avoid paying any taxes - Felony - Jail Time - Deportation
11. Registering to vote in states with Motor Voter programs and voting without being a US Citizen - Felony (Perjury)- Deportation
12. Buying counterfeit auto license tabs instead of paying the sate - Misdemeanor
13. Buying phony auto insurance from Mexican operatives so automobile with counterfeit tabs can be registered - Misdemeanor
14. Claiming poverty in a household with high income (for you less than informed - illegal households can easily make as much $100,000 a year tax free) so children can apply for free lunches at school - misdemeanor
15. Claiming poverty to get free medical care from free clinics - Felony - Fraud (hundreds in LA alone) and using first class hospital emergency rooms as family doctors for non-emergency medical - ALL ILLEGALS HAVE 100% MEDICAL COVERAGE AT NO COST TO THEM - PERIOD - Misdemeanor - Deportation.
16. Traffic citations and accidents - Illegals have no real name or address - if they are get a citation or are involved in an accident - they just disappear and surface again with a new counterfeit license and address- and good luck with your insurance company - misdemeanor – Deportation
Reply:A:Some are more valid than others. Illegals pay sales taxes on purchases, but not on income. Strike 1
B:Correct, more must be done to prosecute companies cutting corners to employ illegals at cut wages.
C:Wrong, bilingualism is a drain on resources of education. If you wish to succeed in this culture, learn to speak English. It is the language of success in this country. Pride and cultural bias will only lead to long term exclusion. IE. Blacks with poor diction and education. You don't want that!
D:A traffic ticket is not the same as a felony! Get real, if you respected our laws, there wouldn't be an illegal immigration problem, would there?
E: Not just welfare, which they don't contribute to, but a massive burden on the medical system as well as other social services.
F:Not
G:No, a wall is not the solution.
Reply:I believe, that's not picture of your son.
Reply:I think your statements are unfair to Mexicans
Reply:What about all the ones who don't? come to California and see what it has done to the middle classed
Reply:Look, this is America and we can believe any stupid thing we want to believe, and that's your no spin zone.
Call those of us who shake our head in disapproval at illegals racists, but guess what -it's not going to change our mind.
We don't want illegals here and don't give a damn about the benefits they pose.
You're right, however, a lot of the stuff we believe about illegals is a lie. Here's the thing: when the Irish and Germans came to the United States store signs weren't printed in both Gaelic and German. It was all in English. There wasn't any "bilingual schools."
America is hard and cruel. It's a Darwinian experiment that has been working out for us very well until the 1960s when the US was infiltrated by Communists posing as liberals.
The Hispanic heritage subverts the American identity for a Hispanic identity. Look at some of the villages in New Mexico -where some Hispanic families have been living for 400 years. They didn't demand that ballots, phone books, and instructions be printed in two languages. They adapted or became extinct.
Illegal immigrants are a danger to the American identity, not the economy.
"Fourth of July, NOT Cinco de Mayo."
Reply:Where are your sources to back up your "facts?"
Reply:Yes, illegal immigrants pay sales tax. They do not consistently however pay federal income tax, which is the higher tax by far. Many are paid cash by their law breaking employers to avoid all payroll taxes.
Illegal immigrants don't "take" jobs? Are you actually serious with this one? Of course they do. We aren't talking slaves here. They do not have to accept or deny any job that is offered. They have free choice. They can walk away as easily as a USA born individual.
No one said bi lingual schools don't "work". Bi Lingual teachers are indeed paid more (at least they are in Dallas Tx) And yes--I believe that if you wish to live, work and go to school in the USA, you should learn to speak English.
Americans and illegals both drive crazy at times. Illegals are--by definition however--CRIMINALS. Nothing you say or do can change that fact.
Illegals cost Dallas County Tax payers over $70 million dollars alone each year in birthing their babies at ONE HOSPITAL -- Parkland. Just one hospital, and $70 million.....what about the rest in Dallas County? And Texas? And across the US? Duh.
Reply:i think your full of s@it, we do need to make a border who cares if it costs a trillion we spent more on the war, what else is new they will just raise the taxes like they raised taxes when you illegals came in our country, bec you people steal our identities and go on wellfare when it should be reserved for americans, this is united states of america(americans)
Reply:I agree... all workers, unless they are being paid cash (which is not most illegal immigrants) have a taxable income and contribute to the IRS fund without access to claiming any returns. That argument goes out the window. Illegals contribute and take away just as much as anyone else.
Reply:You REALLY want to try to prove that they are actual FACTS and not propaganda Bush has been spouting?
Babe has the REAL facts...I don't need to repeat her.
Reply:Couldn't agree with you more.
Reply:I agree
Reply:Awesome work my friend.You have stated very acurate facts.Unfortuanetly racist people will never take these facts in because all racists are ignorant.Have you noticed all the people who are against you are white?Im not blind I see whats going on in my country.I have some facts for you dumb bigots. Fact#1: most medal of honors were earned by hispanics percentage wise.I guess that means were kind of brave then.That bravery is shown by parents who risk their lives by crossing the border for a better life for their family.Fact#2 U.S. laws once allowed slavery!Now the U.S. is trying to make criminals out of people who want a better life for their familys.Wake up my fellow Americans!The evil kkk is making a comeback!
Reply:Whites don't care about facts. This is a racial issue, and in racial issues the only thing that matters is what color is your skin, and how many guns you have.
Myth: illgeal immigrants do not pay taxes
Fact: illegal immigrants pay taxes through sales tax and the employer sending in some of their paycheck money to the IRS before handing it to the employee
M: illegals are taking jobs
F: employers are exploiting illegals and paying them dirt. its the employers that are giving jobs to them, illegals do not take them. the employers feel that they can rip the the illegal immigrants off by paying them near to nothing for what they do. this is why they would rather hire an illegal than an american.
M: bilingual schools do not work
F: the schools that have successful bilingual programs have one or two classrooms with a bilingual teacher assigned. these teachers are paid the average teacher salary and aim to give the children an education while also teaching them english along the way. most children in bilingual schools are statistically citizens.
M: illegals committed a crime and are scum because of that
F: surveys show that most american drivers have received traffic tickets at least once in their lives. by the myth definition, most american drivers are therefore considered scum. We all know this is not true. the same should apply the other way around.
M: illegals alone drain the economy by getting on welfare
F: the majority of people on welfare are proven to be citizens in poor areas or in bad situations. this means that thousands upon thousands of citizens are also taking money from the economy
M: welfare without illegal would fix the problem
T: welfare itself is the problem. too many people abstain from getting a job because they feel that they can live off of welfare. if we established a court system in which you had to prove why you need welfare in front of a judge, the problem would be fixed better than any other measures suggested.
M: a huge wall on the border is ideal
F: a wall of that length, height, and width would cost more money than all the alleged money illegal immigrants would cost us. it is said that a wall as described would cost a good trillion or so upon completion, and even so, illegal immigrants would come in through the streets that go through the wall from mexico to america.
If you have any more, please feel free to e-mail me or instant message me
What do you think about these...?
I agree with all of these statements. But as I have stated in one of your previous questions we as Americans have been drilled to not see the good in anything anymore. We only want to see the things that we think effect us. It's all about the all mighty dollar, and about ME! I do not feel this way but I see it everyday, and have to live with the racism and negativity. I am an American, but I have a bi-racial daughter who's father is Mexican. He came here on a work visa, but he gets criticized and put down for the color of his skin. And people automatically assume the worst about him.
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Reply:Wow,Alright,Yea you go boy.That Mr. Friends of Dreaming.. IS IN FACT THE FACT YOU DO NOT SEE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE. ONE YOU ARE SO SO SO RIGHT I AM SPEECHLESS. Report Abuse
Reply:Illegal immigrants (makes no difference from where they came)
pay sales taxes when they purchase something, but how do
you know that they pay income taxes, if they have no social
security card, the employer may withhold taxes but because
your illegally here and have no SS number, he does not
send that money off to the IRS, he keeps it in his own
pocket. What can an illegal do, report him?
This is a total crock of crap, if you are here illegally then
pack your bags and go home, when you can come here
legally we will gladly welcome you. Personally I am
tired of supporting all of the illegals.
Reply:1. Illegals pay only about 1/5 of what it costs us. If they are paying any taxes at all its with stolen identity.
2. Illegals are bringing down real wages.
3. Teachers are having to slow down and take more time to teach kids because they do not speak English thus degrading the education our children receive.
4. 25% of prisons along the borders states are filled with illegals. That is space we could use for our own criminals. Illegals also cause more accidents and drive up the cost of insurance.
5. Our welfare system is for Americans not illegals, and I do not pay taxes to support illegals. So whether we have welfare for our poor or not is nobodies business but ours.
6. The fence along with increased border security and following the existing laws we have on the books is much cheaper in the long run. It cost us over 80 billion a year to support illegals.
any other lame truths you want to lie about?
Reply:Illegals paying taxes, sales tax, yes. Paycheck taxes to the IRS though, only if they have taken someone's ID. A valid Social Security number is needed. Most work under the table, so, no taxes to the IRS or to the State.
Jobs. Yes, they are underpaid, but the benefits they are getting off the legal citizens more than makes up for the lower wages.
Schools. Yes, bilingual programs in my area have many more than two classrooms with a bilingual teacher assigned. In my rural area two grade schools and one high school have been built within this past year to ease the overcrowding of the influx of all these illegal children who do not speak our language.
Crimes. Check out the jails and the most wanted lists just about anywhere. The majority of the names on them are hispanic in nature. This shows they do not deserve to be in this country legally.
Welfare, well, when those legal citizens of this country are receiving it when they need it, that is one of the benefits of being a citizen. However, those that are illegal do not deserve this and yes, they are draining those programs.
As for the rest of your 'points'.... just tired of typing on this end, but totally disagree with you.
Reply:1. It's true, most illegal immigrants DON'T pay taxes. They get paid cash for farm hand work, which is otherwise known as "under the table" from the IRS. Besides, one can't register tax forms with the IRS without a social security number.
2. They aren't only ripping the illegals off, they're ripping Americans off at the same time. If the employers were forced to pay at least minimum wages to everyone, regardless, a lot more Americans would have jobs too. You know, the legal citizens who also have insurance, taxes, and other costs of living to worry about.
3. The fact of whether bilingual schools work or not is not what a lot of us are concerned with. It's the fact that English should darn well be our official language and anyone who wishes to be a part of our culture needs to learn it - before they come here. We should never have to pay to teach them, that should be their responsibility.
4. Some things can be misconstrued as stereotypical, but the fact remains that we're seeing a rise in crime - especially among the border. It's practically turning into a war zone down there. Anyone with cable and newspaper access can see this daily.
5. If not welfare, they sure are a drain on the health care system. They use our emergency rooms like clinics, and never pay the bill. That directly affects us, because the hospital system is a business, and just like any other they have to make up that loss. It won't take you two tries to guess where they make that up, does it.
6. I agree with you on this point. It would be unfair to say that illegals alone are destroying our welfare system. Anyone who refuses to take on some personal responsibility for themselves and get an education, a job, or stop having babies is draining it. It was broken before the illegals came. It's wrong to say that we should boot any illegals off of it, when our own people are the ones who taught them how to abuse it.
7. It would be cheaper to finish building the wall than to deport the 1 million more we'll have in this country by the end of the year, hire more border patrol, or even build military posts along it. I say build the darn thing already.
Reply:sales taxes don't count or support schools or health care in most if not all cases. Education in California costs $10,000 per child per year. Poor people can't pay that even if they pay all taxes they owe, and never take deductions. That is why we limit how many poor can come.
In addition, money is not built school facilities or trained teachers, as the huge backlog in the LAUSD construction program will show.
Our services in our country are for our people. They are the ones who are supposed to be on it. Illegal immigrants aren't even supposed to be here, much less taking services our own people need, or will need when older when these services now will be drained.
If my kids take food from our refrigerator it is very different than if someone breaks in and gets it.
As for cost:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare...
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wicked wanda, don't tell me your account was attacked again!
Sales taxes go to different things in different places. Usually transportation, busses, roads, a 'special project'. However, education is paid for by property tax and bonds, typically, which are backed by income tax, and health care is subsidized through costs on those who do pay, and, again, income tax.
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Wicked, I can't say I know where all taxes go in all places, I just know that schools typically are funded from property and income tax. And yes, we pay whether we have kids or not, again for our own people so they will have a good education. When our own people can't get that because of so many here illegally, that is a real problem.
Reply:Here are some for you.
1. Illegal entry into the United States - Misdemeanor - deportable offense.
2. Failure to register as a foreign national - misdemeanor - deportable offense.
3. Fraudulently applying for a state driver's license with counterfeit ID - misdemeanor
4. Applying for work or working in the United States without a work visa - Misdemeanor - Deportable Offense.
5. Fraudulently operating an unregistered business under a false name - misdemeanor - Deportable Offense
6. Fraudulently applying for and accepting welfare using counterfeit ID - Felony - Jail Time- Deportation
7. Fraudulently applying for and accepting food stamps using counterfeit ID - Felony - Jail Time - Deportation
8. Fraudulently applying for and accepting another's assistance using counterfeit ID - Felony - Jail Time - Deportation.
9. Fraudulently applying for work using counterfeit or stolen Social Security Number - Felony (Perjury)- Deportation
10. Fraudulently claiming excessive deductions for Federal Income Taxes to avoid paying any taxes - Felony - Jail Time - Deportation
11. Registering to vote in states with Motor Voter programs and voting without being a US Citizen - Felony (Perjury)- Deportation
12. Buying counterfeit auto license tabs instead of paying the sate - Misdemeanor
13. Buying phony auto insurance from Mexican operatives so automobile with counterfeit tabs can be registered - Misdemeanor
14. Claiming poverty in a household with high income (for you less than informed - illegal households can easily make as much $100,000 a year tax free) so children can apply for free lunches at school - misdemeanor
15. Claiming poverty to get free medical care from free clinics - Felony - Fraud (hundreds in LA alone) and using first class hospital emergency rooms as family doctors for non-emergency medical - ALL ILLEGALS HAVE 100% MEDICAL COVERAGE AT NO COST TO THEM - PERIOD - Misdemeanor - Deportation.
16. Traffic citations and accidents - Illegals have no real name or address - if they are get a citation or are involved in an accident - they just disappear and surface again with a new counterfeit license and address- and good luck with your insurance company - misdemeanor – Deportation
Reply:A:Some are more valid than others. Illegals pay sales taxes on purchases, but not on income. Strike 1
B:Correct, more must be done to prosecute companies cutting corners to employ illegals at cut wages.
C:Wrong, bilingualism is a drain on resources of education. If you wish to succeed in this culture, learn to speak English. It is the language of success in this country. Pride and cultural bias will only lead to long term exclusion. IE. Blacks with poor diction and education. You don't want that!
D:A traffic ticket is not the same as a felony! Get real, if you respected our laws, there wouldn't be an illegal immigration problem, would there?
E: Not just welfare, which they don't contribute to, but a massive burden on the medical system as well as other social services.
F:Not
G:No, a wall is not the solution.
Reply:I believe, that's not picture of your son.
Reply:I think your statements are unfair to Mexicans
Reply:What about all the ones who don't? come to California and see what it has done to the middle classed
Reply:Look, this is America and we can believe any stupid thing we want to believe, and that's your no spin zone.
Call those of us who shake our head in disapproval at illegals racists, but guess what -it's not going to change our mind.
We don't want illegals here and don't give a damn about the benefits they pose.
You're right, however, a lot of the stuff we believe about illegals is a lie. Here's the thing: when the Irish and Germans came to the United States store signs weren't printed in both Gaelic and German. It was all in English. There wasn't any "bilingual schools."
America is hard and cruel. It's a Darwinian experiment that has been working out for us very well until the 1960s when the US was infiltrated by Communists posing as liberals.
The Hispanic heritage subverts the American identity for a Hispanic identity. Look at some of the villages in New Mexico -where some Hispanic families have been living for 400 years. They didn't demand that ballots, phone books, and instructions be printed in two languages. They adapted or became extinct.
Illegal immigrants are a danger to the American identity, not the economy.
"Fourth of July, NOT Cinco de Mayo."
Reply:Where are your sources to back up your "facts?"
Reply:Yes, illegal immigrants pay sales tax. They do not consistently however pay federal income tax, which is the higher tax by far. Many are paid cash by their law breaking employers to avoid all payroll taxes.
Illegal immigrants don't "take" jobs? Are you actually serious with this one? Of course they do. We aren't talking slaves here. They do not have to accept or deny any job that is offered. They have free choice. They can walk away as easily as a USA born individual.
No one said bi lingual schools don't "work". Bi Lingual teachers are indeed paid more (at least they are in Dallas Tx) And yes--I believe that if you wish to live, work and go to school in the USA, you should learn to speak English.
Americans and illegals both drive crazy at times. Illegals are--by definition however--CRIMINALS. Nothing you say or do can change that fact.
Illegals cost Dallas County Tax payers over $70 million dollars alone each year in birthing their babies at ONE HOSPITAL -- Parkland. Just one hospital, and $70 million.....what about the rest in Dallas County? And Texas? And across the US? Duh.
Reply:i think your full of s@it, we do need to make a border who cares if it costs a trillion we spent more on the war, what else is new they will just raise the taxes like they raised taxes when you illegals came in our country, bec you people steal our identities and go on wellfare when it should be reserved for americans, this is united states of america(americans)
Reply:I agree... all workers, unless they are being paid cash (which is not most illegal immigrants) have a taxable income and contribute to the IRS fund without access to claiming any returns. That argument goes out the window. Illegals contribute and take away just as much as anyone else.
Reply:You REALLY want to try to prove that they are actual FACTS and not propaganda Bush has been spouting?
Babe has the REAL facts...I don't need to repeat her.
Reply:Couldn't agree with you more.
Reply:I agree
Reply:Awesome work my friend.You have stated very acurate facts.Unfortuanetly racist people will never take these facts in because all racists are ignorant.Have you noticed all the people who are against you are white?Im not blind I see whats going on in my country.I have some facts for you dumb bigots. Fact#1: most medal of honors were earned by hispanics percentage wise.I guess that means were kind of brave then.That bravery is shown by parents who risk their lives by crossing the border for a better life for their family.Fact#2 U.S. laws once allowed slavery!Now the U.S. is trying to make criminals out of people who want a better life for their familys.Wake up my fellow Americans!The evil kkk is making a comeback!
Reply:Whites don't care about facts. This is a racial issue, and in racial issues the only thing that matters is what color is your skin, and how many guns you have.
Is this how this trickle down economics works? Or is it really flood up?
Millionaires are so last millennium. The new Forbes 400 list of richest Americans is billionaires only.
If you're net worth is a mere $999 million, forget it. A billion means a thousand million, and that's the Forbes 400 minimum -- up from $900 million in 2005.
Donald Trump and two of his kids grace the Forbes 400 cover, but ranked No. 94 with $2.9 billion, Trump's a long way from No. 1 Bill Gates with $53 billion.
The combined wealth of the 400 richest Americans is a record-breaking $1.25 trillion. That's about the same amount of combined wealth held by the 57 million households who make up half the U.S. population.
The economy is booming for billionaires. It's a bust for many other Americans.
A record 400 Americans are billionaires -- and a record 47 million Americans have no health insurance.
America has 400 billionaires -- and 37 million people below the official poverty line.
The official poverty line for one person was just $9,973 in 2005 (latest data). That wouldn't cover the custom-made men's shoes ($4,128) and Hermes purse ($6,250) on the Forbes Cost of Living Extremely Well Index. The official poverty line of $15,577 for a three-person family is lower than the cost of the Patek Philippe men's gold watch ($17,600).
The Forbes 400 minimum is up $100 million since 2005, but the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour -- just $10,712 a year -- since 1997. GOP leaders in Congress have been holding a raise for minimum wage workers hostage to more giant tax cuts for wealthy inheritors.
Wealth isn't trickling down. It's flooding up -- from workers to bosses, small investors to big, poorer to richer.
The heirs to Wal-Mart founders Sam and Bud Walton have a combined $82.5 billion -- while the children of Wal-Mart workers swell the ranks of state health insurance programs for the neediest.
In today's corporate America, workers see gutted paychecks and pensions despite rising worker productivity, while CEOs get golden pay, perks, pensions and parachutes. The pay gap between average workers and CEOs has grown nine times wider since the 1970s.
The number of billionaires is a record high, but the share of national income going to wages and salaries is at a record low.
U.S. corporate profits increased 21 percent in the past year, Market Watch reported in March. "Profits have been so high because almost all of the benefits from productivity improvements are flowing to the owners of capital rather than to the workers," said Market Watch.
The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans (minimum net worth $6 million) owned 62 percent of the nation's business assets, 51 percent of stocks and 70 percent of bonds as of 2004, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances -- which excludes the Forbes 400. That's way up from 1989, when the wealthiest 1 percent owned 54 percent of business assets, 41 percent of stocks and 52 percent of bonds.
Our growing economy is not producing a growing middle class, but a richer aristocracy.
The high point for median household income -- the income of the household in the middle -- was $47,671 in 1999, adjusted for inflation. In 2005, median household income was $1,345 less at $46,326. In the same period, the Forbes 400 gained more than 100 billionaires.
Government policies are fueling rising inequality. Taxpayers with incomes above $1 million will see their after-tax income grow by about 6 percent this year thanks to tax cuts the nation can't afford.
In an economy where money is flowing up to the very top, even college-educated workers are going backward. Inflation-adjusted median household income was lower in 2005 than 1999 even when the householder had a bachelor's degree, master's degree, professional degree or doctorate.
The problem is much bigger than the rich getting richer, while the poor get poorer. The really rich are getting richer at the expense of most everyone else.
Solutions include restoring the link between rising worker productivity and pay, raising the miserly minimum wage, narrowing the obscene pay gap between workers and CEOs, rolling back tax cuts for the wealthy -- and stop taxing income from work more than income from capital gains.
Is this how this trickle down economics works? Or is it really flood up?
Trickle-down economics" and "trickle-down theory," in United States political rhetoric, are characterizations by opponents (principally Democrats) of the policy of lowering taxes on high incomes and business activity. Proponents of these policies claim that they will promote new investment and economic growth, thereby indirectly benefitting people who do not directly pay the taxes. Opponents characterize this as a claim that the people who would otherwise pay the tax will distribute their benefit to less wealthy individuals, so that a fraction will reach the general population and stimulate the economy.[1] Proponents of the policies generally do not use the terms "trickle-down economics" themselves.
Today "trickle-down economics" is most closely identified with the economic policies of the Ronald Reagan administration, known as Reaganomics or supply-side economics. A major feature of these policies was the reduction of tax rates on capital gains, corporate income, and higher individual incomes, along with the reduction or elimination of various excise taxes. David Stockman, who as Reagan's budget director championed these cuts but then became skeptical of them, told journalist William Greider that the term "supply-side economics" was used to promote a trickle-down idea.[2]
The term "trickle-down" comes from an analogy with a phenomenon in marketing, the trickle-down effect.
Reply:Study micro and marco economics it is a science. That will explain how it works any questions of reffering to redistribution of wealth is also explained. At the University level this is 2 classes or 6 hours of credit.
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If you're net worth is a mere $999 million, forget it. A billion means a thousand million, and that's the Forbes 400 minimum -- up from $900 million in 2005.
Donald Trump and two of his kids grace the Forbes 400 cover, but ranked No. 94 with $2.9 billion, Trump's a long way from No. 1 Bill Gates with $53 billion.
The combined wealth of the 400 richest Americans is a record-breaking $1.25 trillion. That's about the same amount of combined wealth held by the 57 million households who make up half the U.S. population.
The economy is booming for billionaires. It's a bust for many other Americans.
A record 400 Americans are billionaires -- and a record 47 million Americans have no health insurance.
America has 400 billionaires -- and 37 million people below the official poverty line.
The official poverty line for one person was just $9,973 in 2005 (latest data). That wouldn't cover the custom-made men's shoes ($4,128) and Hermes purse ($6,250) on the Forbes Cost of Living Extremely Well Index. The official poverty line of $15,577 for a three-person family is lower than the cost of the Patek Philippe men's gold watch ($17,600).
The Forbes 400 minimum is up $100 million since 2005, but the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour -- just $10,712 a year -- since 1997. GOP leaders in Congress have been holding a raise for minimum wage workers hostage to more giant tax cuts for wealthy inheritors.
Wealth isn't trickling down. It's flooding up -- from workers to bosses, small investors to big, poorer to richer.
The heirs to Wal-Mart founders Sam and Bud Walton have a combined $82.5 billion -- while the children of Wal-Mart workers swell the ranks of state health insurance programs for the neediest.
In today's corporate America, workers see gutted paychecks and pensions despite rising worker productivity, while CEOs get golden pay, perks, pensions and parachutes. The pay gap between average workers and CEOs has grown nine times wider since the 1970s.
The number of billionaires is a record high, but the share of national income going to wages and salaries is at a record low.
U.S. corporate profits increased 21 percent in the past year, Market Watch reported in March. "Profits have been so high because almost all of the benefits from productivity improvements are flowing to the owners of capital rather than to the workers," said Market Watch.
The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans (minimum net worth $6 million) owned 62 percent of the nation's business assets, 51 percent of stocks and 70 percent of bonds as of 2004, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances -- which excludes the Forbes 400. That's way up from 1989, when the wealthiest 1 percent owned 54 percent of business assets, 41 percent of stocks and 52 percent of bonds.
Our growing economy is not producing a growing middle class, but a richer aristocracy.
The high point for median household income -- the income of the household in the middle -- was $47,671 in 1999, adjusted for inflation. In 2005, median household income was $1,345 less at $46,326. In the same period, the Forbes 400 gained more than 100 billionaires.
Government policies are fueling rising inequality. Taxpayers with incomes above $1 million will see their after-tax income grow by about 6 percent this year thanks to tax cuts the nation can't afford.
In an economy where money is flowing up to the very top, even college-educated workers are going backward. Inflation-adjusted median household income was lower in 2005 than 1999 even when the householder had a bachelor's degree, master's degree, professional degree or doctorate.
The problem is much bigger than the rich getting richer, while the poor get poorer. The really rich are getting richer at the expense of most everyone else.
Solutions include restoring the link between rising worker productivity and pay, raising the miserly minimum wage, narrowing the obscene pay gap between workers and CEOs, rolling back tax cuts for the wealthy -- and stop taxing income from work more than income from capital gains.
Is this how this trickle down economics works? Or is it really flood up?
Trickle-down economics" and "trickle-down theory," in United States political rhetoric, are characterizations by opponents (principally Democrats) of the policy of lowering taxes on high incomes and business activity. Proponents of these policies claim that they will promote new investment and economic growth, thereby indirectly benefitting people who do not directly pay the taxes. Opponents characterize this as a claim that the people who would otherwise pay the tax will distribute their benefit to less wealthy individuals, so that a fraction will reach the general population and stimulate the economy.[1] Proponents of the policies generally do not use the terms "trickle-down economics" themselves.
Today "trickle-down economics" is most closely identified with the economic policies of the Ronald Reagan administration, known as Reaganomics or supply-side economics. A major feature of these policies was the reduction of tax rates on capital gains, corporate income, and higher individual incomes, along with the reduction or elimination of various excise taxes. David Stockman, who as Reagan's budget director championed these cuts but then became skeptical of them, told journalist William Greider that the term "supply-side economics" was used to promote a trickle-down idea.[2]
The term "trickle-down" comes from an analogy with a phenomenon in marketing, the trickle-down effect.
Reply:Study micro and marco economics it is a science. That will explain how it works any questions of reffering to redistribution of wealth is also explained. At the University level this is 2 classes or 6 hours of credit.
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What is the answers to political IQ test i did bad but if you do good ill piick u as best answer?
10: When can the Vice-President vote?
When the President cannot vote
Only when the vote concerns national interest
Only when there is a tie vote in the Senate
When the President is being impeached
11: Senators must be:
Born in the USA
American citizens for at least 9 years
American citizens for at least half of their life
None of the above
12: When can the President declare war?
Only when the Vice-President and the Secretary of State agree
Whenever he wishes
Only Congress can declare war
When Congress in undecided
13: Where must tax bills originate?
From the President
In the House of Representatives
In the Senate
From the Supreme Court
14: A person cannot be punished for an act unless
They are at least 18 years old
There is a law against it
They confess to committing it
They wish to submit to punishment
15: What is the practice of presenting the interests, goals, or ideals of particular groups to congressional representatives is called?
Activism
Lobbying
Advocating
Plea-bargaining
16: How often does each major party hold their national convention?
Once a year
Every two years
Every four years
Whenever the party leaders see fit
17: How is a states’ number of presidential electors determined?
By adding the number of Senators and Representatives that the state has in Congress
By the number of citizens who voted in the Presidential election
By a special survey that occurs before each Presidential election
By the state’s size in land area
18: What happens if no candidate for President receives a majority of Electoral votes?
Another national election is held
The President is elected by the Supreme Court
The President is chosen by the House of Representatives
The President is chosen by the Senate
19: Electors are nominated by
The Senate
The political parties
The House of Representatives
The President
20: What was instituted in 1883 to curb the spoils system?
The Garfield Act
The Civil Service System
The Federal Appointment System
The Patriot Act
21: The Executive branch is organized into how many different departments (cabinets)?
Three
Eleven
Fifteen
Sixty-four
22: The United Nations was organized after which war?
The Civil War
World War I
World War II
The Vietnam War
23: How many members does a petit jury consist of?
6
9
12
23
24: Which one of the following protections is NOT provided by the Constitution?
Right of Appeal
Salaries of Federal Judges
Right to Remain Silent
No Treason Trial for Politics
25: For how long are Federal judges appointed?
Two years
Six years
Ten years
For life
26: The right to change the Constitution is retained by
The President
The States
The Supreme Court
The Vice-President
27: Freedom of religion, press, and speech were guaranteed by which amendment?
The First Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The Eight Amendment
28: The Bill of Rights consists of how many amendments?
Eight
Ten
Twelve
Fourteen
29: As of 2003, how many amendments exist?
Ten
Twenty- Five
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Nine
30: New states are admitted to the Union by which body?
The Senate
The Supreme Court
The President’s Cabinet
Congress
What is the answers to political IQ test i did bad but if you do good ill piick u as best answer?
Only when there is a tie vote in the Senate
None of the above
Only Congress can declare war
From the President
There is a law against it
Lobbying
Every two years
By adding the number of Senators and Representatives that the state has in Congress
Another national election is held
The House of Representatives
The Garfield Act
Eleven
World War II
12
Right to Remain Silent
For life
The Supreme Court
The First Amendment
Twelve
Twenty-Nine
Congress
damn, im ashamed at how many i had to guess at.
Reply:C
B
C
C
B
B
C
A
D
B
B
C
C
A
B
D
B
A
B
C
D
Reply:all of the above.. Stop asking!!!
Reply:Geez man...
at least put the words "US Political IQ test"
not everyone knows what you're talking about
I'm in Australia
Reply:I know all of theese answers, but i'm not gonna give them 2 u- u might as well study and find out 4 yourself-first year polysci student.Betcha theese questions r gonna b on the final!!!
When the President cannot vote
Only when the vote concerns national interest
Only when there is a tie vote in the Senate
When the President is being impeached
11: Senators must be:
Born in the USA
American citizens for at least 9 years
American citizens for at least half of their life
None of the above
12: When can the President declare war?
Only when the Vice-President and the Secretary of State agree
Whenever he wishes
Only Congress can declare war
When Congress in undecided
13: Where must tax bills originate?
From the President
In the House of Representatives
In the Senate
From the Supreme Court
14: A person cannot be punished for an act unless
They are at least 18 years old
There is a law against it
They confess to committing it
They wish to submit to punishment
15: What is the practice of presenting the interests, goals, or ideals of particular groups to congressional representatives is called?
Activism
Lobbying
Advocating
Plea-bargaining
16: How often does each major party hold their national convention?
Once a year
Every two years
Every four years
Whenever the party leaders see fit
17: How is a states’ number of presidential electors determined?
By adding the number of Senators and Representatives that the state has in Congress
By the number of citizens who voted in the Presidential election
By a special survey that occurs before each Presidential election
By the state’s size in land area
18: What happens if no candidate for President receives a majority of Electoral votes?
Another national election is held
The President is elected by the Supreme Court
The President is chosen by the House of Representatives
The President is chosen by the Senate
19: Electors are nominated by
The Senate
The political parties
The House of Representatives
The President
20: What was instituted in 1883 to curb the spoils system?
The Garfield Act
The Civil Service System
The Federal Appointment System
The Patriot Act
21: The Executive branch is organized into how many different departments (cabinets)?
Three
Eleven
Fifteen
Sixty-four
22: The United Nations was organized after which war?
The Civil War
World War I
World War II
The Vietnam War
23: How many members does a petit jury consist of?
6
9
12
23
24: Which one of the following protections is NOT provided by the Constitution?
Right of Appeal
Salaries of Federal Judges
Right to Remain Silent
No Treason Trial for Politics
25: For how long are Federal judges appointed?
Two years
Six years
Ten years
For life
26: The right to change the Constitution is retained by
The President
The States
The Supreme Court
The Vice-President
27: Freedom of religion, press, and speech were guaranteed by which amendment?
The First Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The Eight Amendment
28: The Bill of Rights consists of how many amendments?
Eight
Ten
Twelve
Fourteen
29: As of 2003, how many amendments exist?
Ten
Twenty- Five
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Nine
30: New states are admitted to the Union by which body?
The Senate
The Supreme Court
The President’s Cabinet
Congress
What is the answers to political IQ test i did bad but if you do good ill piick u as best answer?
Only when there is a tie vote in the Senate
None of the above
Only Congress can declare war
From the President
There is a law against it
Lobbying
Every two years
By adding the number of Senators and Representatives that the state has in Congress
Another national election is held
The House of Representatives
The Garfield Act
Eleven
World War II
12
Right to Remain Silent
For life
The Supreme Court
The First Amendment
Twelve
Twenty-Nine
Congress
damn, im ashamed at how many i had to guess at.
Reply:C
B
C
C
B
B
C
A
D
B
B
C
C
A
B
D
B
A
B
C
D
Reply:all of the above.. Stop asking!!!
Reply:Geez man...
at least put the words "US Political IQ test"
not everyone knows what you're talking about
I'm in Australia
Reply:I know all of theese answers, but i'm not gonna give them 2 u- u might as well study and find out 4 yourself-first year polysci student.Betcha theese questions r gonna b on the final!!!
Please help me with the punctuation, line breaks(new paras) & capital letters where required. Many thanks. :)?
memo from the managing director to all staff office date 08.02.2006 as a result of the productivity survey carried out in the factory more rapid and efficient ways of operating are now being applied in the factory productivity has been increased by over 50 per cent the management intends to apply these same methods to office staff in order to reduce costs our company must adapt in a competitive world we aim to find ways of avoiding unnecessary actions by all staff we therefore propose to pay a months extra salary to any person who in the managements opinion has put forward the most practical suggestion to improve a particular office routine all suggestions should be sent to the mds office before the end of next month
Please help me with the punctuation, line breaks(new paras) %26amp; capital letters where required. Many thanks. :)?
Memo
From: The Managing Director
To: All Staff
Office Date: 08/02/2006
As a result of the productivity survey carried out in the factory, more rapid and efficient ways of operating are now being applied in the factory. Productivity has been increased by over 50 percent! The management intends to apply these same methods to office staff in order to reduce costs. Our company must adapt in a competitive world. We aim to find ways of avoiding unnecessary actions by all staff. We therefore propose to pay a month’s extra salary to any person who in the management’s opinion has put forward the most practical suggestion to improve a particular office routine. All suggestions should be sent to the MD’s office before the end of next month.
Reply:Memo to: All Office Staff
Date: February 8, 2006
Dear Sir:
In our efforts to create more efficient ways to reduce costs, we are adapting the necessary measures to improve our productions by ____%.
Hence, we are suggesting that the employee with the most practical suggestion be given a month's pay as an incentive.
Thank you very much for your kind consideration regarding this matter...
Reply:Memo : From the Managing Director to all the staff.
Date:08.02.2008.
As a result of the productivity survey carried out in the factory, more rapid and efficient ways are now being applied in the factory.
Productivity has been increased by over 50%.The management intends to apply these same methods to office staff in order to reduce costs.
Our company must adapt to the competitive world,where we should aim to find ways of avoiding unnecessary actions by all staff.
We, therefore,propose to pay a month's extra salary to any person,who in the management'sopinion has put forward the most practical suggestion to improve a particular office routine.
All suggestions should be sent to the MD's office,before the end of next month.
Please help me with the punctuation, line breaks(new paras) %26amp; capital letters where required. Many thanks. :)?
Memo
From: The Managing Director
To: All Staff
Office Date: 08/02/2006
As a result of the productivity survey carried out in the factory, more rapid and efficient ways of operating are now being applied in the factory. Productivity has been increased by over 50 percent! The management intends to apply these same methods to office staff in order to reduce costs. Our company must adapt in a competitive world. We aim to find ways of avoiding unnecessary actions by all staff. We therefore propose to pay a month’s extra salary to any person who in the management’s opinion has put forward the most practical suggestion to improve a particular office routine. All suggestions should be sent to the MD’s office before the end of next month.
Reply:Memo to: All Office Staff
Date: February 8, 2006
Dear Sir:
In our efforts to create more efficient ways to reduce costs, we are adapting the necessary measures to improve our productions by ____%.
Hence, we are suggesting that the employee with the most practical suggestion be given a month's pay as an incentive.
Thank you very much for your kind consideration regarding this matter...
Reply:Memo : From the Managing Director to all the staff.
Date:08.02.2008.
As a result of the productivity survey carried out in the factory, more rapid and efficient ways are now being applied in the factory.
Productivity has been increased by over 50%.The management intends to apply these same methods to office staff in order to reduce costs.
Our company must adapt to the competitive world,where we should aim to find ways of avoiding unnecessary actions by all staff.
We, therefore,propose to pay a month's extra salary to any person,who in the management'sopinion has put forward the most practical suggestion to improve a particular office routine.
All suggestions should be sent to the MD's office,before the end of next month.
Help with probability and statistics!?
can you explain these questions to me plz
statistics is challenging for me and im kind of struggling
List the population and the sample:
1.A study of 33,000 infants in italy was conducted to find a link between a heart rhythm abnormality and sudden infant death syndrome
2. A survey of 500 women found that more than 56% are the primary investor in their household
determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or a statistic:
3.the average annual salary for 35 of a company's 1200 accountants is $57,000.
thank you and bless you
Help with probability and statistics!?
In general, the population is the entire group about which you want to make a statement. The sample is the particular set of individuals you look at to decide what that statement is.
So in your first item, you are looking at 33,000 infants. Presumably you want to make a statement about all infants.
In (2), you are looking at 500 women and you want generalize what you find about them to make a statement about all women.
This distinction between parameter and statistic is similar. The parameter is a feature of the population; it is almost always impossible to measure every member of the population, so the value of the parameter must be estimated. We estimate the parameter by starting with a statistic-- a measured value from some subset of the population (in particular, a sample).
So in your third question, you have a sample of 35 accountants from a population of some 1200 accountants. Among that sample, you have information from all the people, giving you a statistic (average salary, in this case).
Good luck.
statistics is challenging for me and im kind of struggling
List the population and the sample:
1.A study of 33,000 infants in italy was conducted to find a link between a heart rhythm abnormality and sudden infant death syndrome
2. A survey of 500 women found that more than 56% are the primary investor in their household
determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or a statistic:
3.the average annual salary for 35 of a company's 1200 accountants is $57,000.
thank you and bless you
Help with probability and statistics!?
In general, the population is the entire group about which you want to make a statement. The sample is the particular set of individuals you look at to decide what that statement is.
So in your first item, you are looking at 33,000 infants. Presumably you want to make a statement about all infants.
In (2), you are looking at 500 women and you want generalize what you find about them to make a statement about all women.
This distinction between parameter and statistic is similar. The parameter is a feature of the population; it is almost always impossible to measure every member of the population, so the value of the parameter must be estimated. We estimate the parameter by starting with a statistic-- a measured value from some subset of the population (in particular, a sample).
So in your third question, you have a sample of 35 accountants from a population of some 1200 accountants. Among that sample, you have information from all the people, giving you a statistic (average salary, in this case).
Good luck.
Can u solve this managerial accounting problem?
Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships and a Dog Track
The Key West Kennel Club is a dog-racing track. Its revenue is derived mainly from attendance and a fixed percentage of the pari-mutuel betting. Its expenses for a 90-day season are as follows:
Wages of cashiers and ticket takers 150,000
Commissioner’s salary 20,000
Maintenance (repairs, etc.) 20,000
Utilities 40,000
Other expenses (depreciation, insurance,
Advertising, etc.) 100,000
Purses: total prizes paid to winning racers 810,000
The track made a contract with PK, Inc., to park patrons’ cars. PK charged the track $4.80 per car. A survey revealed that on the average three persons arrived in each car and that half the attendees arrived by private automobiles. The others arrived by taxi or public bus.
The track’s sources of revenue are:
Rights for concession and vending 60,000
Admission charge (deliberately low) $ 1 per person
Percentage of bets placed 10%
Assume that each person bets $25 a night.
1. a. how many persons have to be admitted for the track to break even for the season?
b. if the desired operating profit for the year is $270,000, how many people would have to attend?
2. If a policy of free admission brought a 20% increase in attendance, what would be the new level of operating profit? Assume that the previous level of attendance was 600,000 people.
3. If the purses were doubled in an attempt to attract better dogs and thus increase attendance, what would be the new break-even point? Refer to the original data and assume that each person bets $25 a night.
Can u solve this managerial accounting problem?
Yes I can solve it.
But I'm not doing your homework for you. You will never learn the concepts by copying others work.
Reply:Question can't be answered unless you include the number of racing days in the season.
my bird
The Key West Kennel Club is a dog-racing track. Its revenue is derived mainly from attendance and a fixed percentage of the pari-mutuel betting. Its expenses for a 90-day season are as follows:
Wages of cashiers and ticket takers 150,000
Commissioner’s salary 20,000
Maintenance (repairs, etc.) 20,000
Utilities 40,000
Other expenses (depreciation, insurance,
Advertising, etc.) 100,000
Purses: total prizes paid to winning racers 810,000
The track made a contract with PK, Inc., to park patrons’ cars. PK charged the track $4.80 per car. A survey revealed that on the average three persons arrived in each car and that half the attendees arrived by private automobiles. The others arrived by taxi or public bus.
The track’s sources of revenue are:
Rights for concession and vending 60,000
Admission charge (deliberately low) $ 1 per person
Percentage of bets placed 10%
Assume that each person bets $25 a night.
1. a. how many persons have to be admitted for the track to break even for the season?
b. if the desired operating profit for the year is $270,000, how many people would have to attend?
2. If a policy of free admission brought a 20% increase in attendance, what would be the new level of operating profit? Assume that the previous level of attendance was 600,000 people.
3. If the purses were doubled in an attempt to attract better dogs and thus increase attendance, what would be the new break-even point? Refer to the original data and assume that each person bets $25 a night.
Can u solve this managerial accounting problem?
Yes I can solve it.
But I'm not doing your homework for you. You will never learn the concepts by copying others work.
Reply:Question can't be answered unless you include the number of racing days in the season.
my bird
How can I Earn Extra Money?
I don't earn an amazing salary but I do Love what I do, but recently with everything with the econamy I am struggling as I want to move out in the next few years and need to start saving some money ! I was wondering if there was anyone in the same boat or if anyone knows how i can earn extra money even though I have a full time job and a boyfriend so I don't really have time to do anything like avon etc.... I have looked into these paid survey websites but I cannot find one that looks legit and actually pays real money not *shopping credits etc*
Thankyou :)
How can I Earn Extra Money?
You can obviously consider a second job, and saving more, but probably one of the easiest things you can do is see if you can earn more money from your current job - after all you say you love it, which means you'd probably have more motivation to work harder at doing that, than starting from scratch somewhere else.
Depending on the work you're in, see if you can take on more shifts or responsibilities, or get a promotion. The key thing to do is have a chat with your boss and see if they have any suggestions on areas you can improve in - it's really important that you make sure you're meeting all your boss' expectations for your current role. But on top of that, you should also see what you can do to make your boss' life easier, build up the company (especially if you help the business earn more money, or save money), and be the best worker in your role/at your level - depending on what you do and your relationship with your boss, this may or may not involve a discussion with them about this.
Once you know what you have to do, then do whatever it takes to not only meet your boss' expectations, but also demonstrate how eager you are to excel and build up the company. Even if it involves working longer hours, it's a great investment of your time and energy towards making more money, and will give more convincing arguments when you request your raise.
Reply:Don't look to survey sites or any other "get rich quick" online site. If it were really possible to earn good money that way, everyone would already know about it.
Instead, look into a weekend job if possible -- tell your boyfriend he'll just have to cope. You should definitely cut your spending to the bone -- skip going to the movies or out for dinner more than once a month, buy only the bare necessities when it comes to replacing clothes or shoes, and eliminate as many impulse buys as possible. Whenever you start to buy something, ask yourself one question: "Will this make me happier than being able to move out next year?"
Reply:I suggest giving this website a try:
http://www.e-mailpaysu.com/members/index...
I have been using it for a couple of years. It is not a get rich quick scheme, but it does bring in steady extra cash just for reading e-mails and visiting websites.
They even pay you $10 just for signing up.
Another favorite which pays really well is:
http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=redessarr
Again, you get paid $5 for signing up, then you get paid for reading e-mails, taking surveys, playing games etc. You even get cashback for any online shopping you do.
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.
Reply:For us saving money was incredibly important.
"A penny saved is a penny earned".
We were too in a crunch from the economy. I found this site http://www.daddymorebucks.com . IT helped us out a lot. This guy has a bunch of kids and has come up with some REAL creative ways to save money. Electric bills, gasoline, etc. Great info on that site. We even signed up with his bigcrumbs suggestion and a couple of the credit card suggestions... Real neat stuff.
It saved us now about $550 a month. No kidding. Hope the site helps you as much as us.
Reply:You can apply for freelance writing, bookkeeping, software, transcription, online tuition or customer service work at home jobs. These companies do not require any fee and pay well . List of companies(with websites) offering genuine work at home jobs is available at http://www.pcworkathome.net . Many of these companies have been in business for several years
Reply:If you and your boyfriend work together you can earn good money organising my fashion shows and it pays profit not commission.
Reply:If you are interested, i might have something for you. E-mail me!
Reply:Have you8 considered Mary Kay the thing I love the most is it fit into my schedule i don't take more then 6 hours a week by choice I go to the weekly training and I hold a show once a week because I want to get out of the house so that's my time ( I am a SAHM) anyway before that I worked full time for a large financial Institution with a 2 year old and a 42 mile commute one way so i understand busy I was still able to do my Mary Kay business on the side without taking time away from my family it is a consumable product so you get reorder business so the little bit of time you put into it keeps giving back. The train you how I did something called fish bowl I put it in locate store placed I frequent hairdress doctors office dry cleaners etc and people give you their names and numbers it is amazing. The nice thing is you can decide how much time you want to put in to it and how much money you want to make.
Reply:well I do surveys. I review some survey sites to make money that have worked for me at http://cashtutor.blogspot.com What you have to do is complete surveys and offers for companies that want the public's opinion. By doing this, you are able to earn money very easily for simply giving your opinion or trying out sample products. This is a great service that allows one to work from home, on their spare time, at their leisure, and still bring in a nice sum of money every month. People have made up to $1000 easily on this site by just working on it in their spare time. It is not going to replace a real job's salary, but it is a very nice bonus. There are also many features on these web site, such as contests and special surveys, from which you can redeem extra prizes that would be sent to you with your monthly cheque, such as iPods, Xbox 360s, PSPs, digital cameras, gift certificates, and much more.
Cheques are sent monthly, and usually arrive about a week or a week and a half into the next month. No payment from you is ever required, not to sign up, not EVER. Unlike other sites that try to scam people out of their money, these sites never requires you to pay them.
"If the site doesn't get paid from me, then why would they have this service going?" - The sites don't get paid directly from you, but when you complete an offer or survey, they also get paid a small portion of what you earned yourself. For example, if you complete a survey about computers let's say, you would earn maybe $2 and the web site itself would recieve $0.50 from the company also for getting you to complete the survey. These surveys take little time at all, most taking up less than even 1 or 2 minutes of your time.
Fraud is also a big deal on the Internet these days, and this site recognizes that. That is why they ask for ONLY three bits of information: Your name, email address and your home address. Yup, that is all. No credit card information, no banking information, nothing like that. All they require is your name and address so that your cheque can be sent to your home every month. Your email address is only required to confirm that you have done the offers and surveys. Fortunately, no spam mail or junk mail is ever sent out by this site and your information is never shared with any other company.
Personally I have been a member of these websites, along with thousands of other satisfied users, for approximately 1.5 years now and have earned well over $8600 by working in my spare time. This web site has been great to me, also the members and administrator are very friendly, and are always there to help you with a question or problem you may be having. So far, I've listed only positives about this site, because I can't think of a single negative thing about it. Earn money in your spare time, at no cost to you...Easy as that! I give you my word that they pay.
email me at lancesurveys@hotmail.com if you have any questions
Thankyou :)
How can I Earn Extra Money?
You can obviously consider a second job, and saving more, but probably one of the easiest things you can do is see if you can earn more money from your current job - after all you say you love it, which means you'd probably have more motivation to work harder at doing that, than starting from scratch somewhere else.
Depending on the work you're in, see if you can take on more shifts or responsibilities, or get a promotion. The key thing to do is have a chat with your boss and see if they have any suggestions on areas you can improve in - it's really important that you make sure you're meeting all your boss' expectations for your current role. But on top of that, you should also see what you can do to make your boss' life easier, build up the company (especially if you help the business earn more money, or save money), and be the best worker in your role/at your level - depending on what you do and your relationship with your boss, this may or may not involve a discussion with them about this.
Once you know what you have to do, then do whatever it takes to not only meet your boss' expectations, but also demonstrate how eager you are to excel and build up the company. Even if it involves working longer hours, it's a great investment of your time and energy towards making more money, and will give more convincing arguments when you request your raise.
Reply:Don't look to survey sites or any other "get rich quick" online site. If it were really possible to earn good money that way, everyone would already know about it.
Instead, look into a weekend job if possible -- tell your boyfriend he'll just have to cope. You should definitely cut your spending to the bone -- skip going to the movies or out for dinner more than once a month, buy only the bare necessities when it comes to replacing clothes or shoes, and eliminate as many impulse buys as possible. Whenever you start to buy something, ask yourself one question: "Will this make me happier than being able to move out next year?"
Reply:I suggest giving this website a try:
http://www.e-mailpaysu.com/members/index...
I have been using it for a couple of years. It is not a get rich quick scheme, but it does bring in steady extra cash just for reading e-mails and visiting websites.
They even pay you $10 just for signing up.
Another favorite which pays really well is:
http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=redessarr
Again, you get paid $5 for signing up, then you get paid for reading e-mails, taking surveys, playing games etc. You even get cashback for any online shopping you do.
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.
Reply:For us saving money was incredibly important.
"A penny saved is a penny earned".
We were too in a crunch from the economy. I found this site http://www.daddymorebucks.com . IT helped us out a lot. This guy has a bunch of kids and has come up with some REAL creative ways to save money. Electric bills, gasoline, etc. Great info on that site. We even signed up with his bigcrumbs suggestion and a couple of the credit card suggestions... Real neat stuff.
It saved us now about $550 a month. No kidding. Hope the site helps you as much as us.
Reply:You can apply for freelance writing, bookkeeping, software, transcription, online tuition or customer service work at home jobs. These companies do not require any fee and pay well . List of companies(with websites) offering genuine work at home jobs is available at http://www.pcworkathome.net . Many of these companies have been in business for several years
Reply:If you and your boyfriend work together you can earn good money organising my fashion shows and it pays profit not commission.
Reply:If you are interested, i might have something for you. E-mail me!
Reply:Have you8 considered Mary Kay the thing I love the most is it fit into my schedule i don't take more then 6 hours a week by choice I go to the weekly training and I hold a show once a week because I want to get out of the house so that's my time ( I am a SAHM) anyway before that I worked full time for a large financial Institution with a 2 year old and a 42 mile commute one way so i understand busy I was still able to do my Mary Kay business on the side without taking time away from my family it is a consumable product so you get reorder business so the little bit of time you put into it keeps giving back. The train you how I did something called fish bowl I put it in locate store placed I frequent hairdress doctors office dry cleaners etc and people give you their names and numbers it is amazing. The nice thing is you can decide how much time you want to put in to it and how much money you want to make.
Reply:well I do surveys. I review some survey sites to make money that have worked for me at http://cashtutor.blogspot.com What you have to do is complete surveys and offers for companies that want the public's opinion. By doing this, you are able to earn money very easily for simply giving your opinion or trying out sample products. This is a great service that allows one to work from home, on their spare time, at their leisure, and still bring in a nice sum of money every month. People have made up to $1000 easily on this site by just working on it in their spare time. It is not going to replace a real job's salary, but it is a very nice bonus. There are also many features on these web site, such as contests and special surveys, from which you can redeem extra prizes that would be sent to you with your monthly cheque, such as iPods, Xbox 360s, PSPs, digital cameras, gift certificates, and much more.
Cheques are sent monthly, and usually arrive about a week or a week and a half into the next month. No payment from you is ever required, not to sign up, not EVER. Unlike other sites that try to scam people out of their money, these sites never requires you to pay them.
"If the site doesn't get paid from me, then why would they have this service going?" - The sites don't get paid directly from you, but when you complete an offer or survey, they also get paid a small portion of what you earned yourself. For example, if you complete a survey about computers let's say, you would earn maybe $2 and the web site itself would recieve $0.50 from the company also for getting you to complete the survey. These surveys take little time at all, most taking up less than even 1 or 2 minutes of your time.
Fraud is also a big deal on the Internet these days, and this site recognizes that. That is why they ask for ONLY three bits of information: Your name, email address and your home address. Yup, that is all. No credit card information, no banking information, nothing like that. All they require is your name and address so that your cheque can be sent to your home every month. Your email address is only required to confirm that you have done the offers and surveys. Fortunately, no spam mail or junk mail is ever sent out by this site and your information is never shared with any other company.
Personally I have been a member of these websites, along with thousands of other satisfied users, for approximately 1.5 years now and have earned well over $8600 by working in my spare time. This web site has been great to me, also the members and administrator are very friendly, and are always there to help you with a question or problem you may be having. So far, I've listed only positives about this site, because I can't think of a single negative thing about it. Earn money in your spare time, at no cost to you...Easy as that! I give you my word that they pay.
email me at lancesurveys@hotmail.com if you have any questions
Seven sins that your mama said lol.?
7 SINS SURVEY
--Wrath--
[ ]Sworn at your parents? N
[ ]Hated them? Y
[ ]Been furious with a a friend? Y
[ ]Angry at someone for no reason? N
[ ]Hated a friend? Y
[ ]Held a grudge? Y
[ ]Sought revenge? Y
[ ]Yelled at a friend?
[ ]Hit a wall in rage? N
--Greed--
[ ]Had desire for excess money? N
[ ]Wanted more of something when you had enough? Y
[ ]Kept to yourself instead of sharing? N
[ ]Wanted more than you have? Y
--Pride--
[ ]Bragged to someone? N
[ ]Had an ego trip? Y
[ ]Felt better than those around you? N
[ ]Felt "too good" to do something? N
[ ]Felt like you didn't need offered help? Y
[ ]Talked about yourself too much? N
[ ]Basked in your accomplishments? Y
[ ]Felt like nobody was as good as you? N
--Envy--
[ ]Wanted something a friend owned? Y
[ ]Felt jealous of a friends talents? N
[ ]Felt envious of someones accomplishments? N
[ ]Or of their grades? N
[ ]Or their salary and or amount of cash? N
[ ]What about someone else's clothes? Y
Seven sins that your mama said lol.?
7 SINS SURVEY
--Wrath--
[ ]Sworn at your parents? N
[ ]Hated them? Y
[ ]Been furious with a a friend? Y
[ ]Angry at someone for no reason? Y
[ ]Hated a friend? Y
[ ]Held a grudge? N
[ ]Sought revenge? Y
[ ]Yelled at a friend? N
[ ]Hit a wall in rage? N
--Greed--
[ ]Had desire for excess money? N
[ ]Wanted more of something when you had enough? N
[ ]Kept to yourself instead of sharing? N
[ ]Wanted more than you have? N
--Pride--
[ ]Bragged to someone? N
[ ]Had an ego trip? Y
[ ]Felt better than those around you? Y
[ ]Felt "too good" to do something? N
[ ]Felt like you didn't need offered help? Y
[ ]Talked about yourself too much? N
[ ]Basked in your accomplishments? N
[ ]Felt like nobody was as good as you? N
--Envy--
[ ]Wanted something a friend owned? Y
[ ]Felt jealous of a friends talents? Y
[ ]Felt envious of someones accomplishments? Y
[ ]Or of their grades? Y
[ ]Or their salary and or amount of cash? N
[ ]What about someone else's clothes? Y
Reply:I only count four. The seven deadly sins are Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth), Ira (wrath or anger), Invidia (envy), and Superbia (pride). You forgot lust, gluttony, and sloth. Anyways...
7 SINS SURVEY
--Wrath--
[ ]Sworn at your parents? N
[ ]Hated them? Y (but a long time ago when I was a kid)
[ ]Been furious with a friend? N
[ ]Angry at someone for no reason? N
[ ]Hated a friend? N
[ ]Held a grudge? Y
[ ]Sought revenge? Y
[ ]Yelled at a friend? N
[ ]Hit a wall in rage? Y
--Greed--
[ ]Had desire for excess money? Y
[ ]Wanted more of something when you had enough? Y
[ ]Kept to yourself instead of sharing? Y
[ ]Wanted more than you have? Y
--Pride--
[ ]Bragged to someone? Y
[ ]Had an ego trip? N
[ ]Felt better than those around you? N
[ ]Felt "too good" to do something? N
[ ]Felt like you didn't need offered help? Y
[ ]Talked about yourself too much? Y
[ ]Basked in your accomplishments? N
[ ]Felt like nobody was as good as you? N
--Envy--
[ ]Wanted something a friend owned? N
[ ]Felt jealous of a friends talents? N
[ ]Felt envious of someones accomplishments? N
[ ]Or of their grades? N
[ ]Or their salary and or amount of cash? N
[ ]What about someone else's clothes? Y
--Lust: Y
--Gluttony: N
--Sloth: N
--Wrath--
[ ]Sworn at your parents? N
[ ]Hated them? Y
[ ]Been furious with a a friend? Y
[ ]Angry at someone for no reason? N
[ ]Hated a friend? Y
[ ]Held a grudge? Y
[ ]Sought revenge? Y
[ ]Yelled at a friend?
[ ]Hit a wall in rage? N
--Greed--
[ ]Had desire for excess money? N
[ ]Wanted more of something when you had enough? Y
[ ]Kept to yourself instead of sharing? N
[ ]Wanted more than you have? Y
--Pride--
[ ]Bragged to someone? N
[ ]Had an ego trip? Y
[ ]Felt better than those around you? N
[ ]Felt "too good" to do something? N
[ ]Felt like you didn't need offered help? Y
[ ]Talked about yourself too much? N
[ ]Basked in your accomplishments? Y
[ ]Felt like nobody was as good as you? N
--Envy--
[ ]Wanted something a friend owned? Y
[ ]Felt jealous of a friends talents? N
[ ]Felt envious of someones accomplishments? N
[ ]Or of their grades? N
[ ]Or their salary and or amount of cash? N
[ ]What about someone else's clothes? Y
Seven sins that your mama said lol.?
7 SINS SURVEY
--Wrath--
[ ]Sworn at your parents? N
[ ]Hated them? Y
[ ]Been furious with a a friend? Y
[ ]Angry at someone for no reason? Y
[ ]Hated a friend? Y
[ ]Held a grudge? N
[ ]Sought revenge? Y
[ ]Yelled at a friend? N
[ ]Hit a wall in rage? N
--Greed--
[ ]Had desire for excess money? N
[ ]Wanted more of something when you had enough? N
[ ]Kept to yourself instead of sharing? N
[ ]Wanted more than you have? N
--Pride--
[ ]Bragged to someone? N
[ ]Had an ego trip? Y
[ ]Felt better than those around you? Y
[ ]Felt "too good" to do something? N
[ ]Felt like you didn't need offered help? Y
[ ]Talked about yourself too much? N
[ ]Basked in your accomplishments? N
[ ]Felt like nobody was as good as you? N
--Envy--
[ ]Wanted something a friend owned? Y
[ ]Felt jealous of a friends talents? Y
[ ]Felt envious of someones accomplishments? Y
[ ]Or of their grades? Y
[ ]Or their salary and or amount of cash? N
[ ]What about someone else's clothes? Y
Reply:I only count four. The seven deadly sins are Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth), Ira (wrath or anger), Invidia (envy), and Superbia (pride). You forgot lust, gluttony, and sloth. Anyways...
7 SINS SURVEY
--Wrath--
[ ]Sworn at your parents? N
[ ]Hated them? Y (but a long time ago when I was a kid)
[ ]Been furious with a friend? N
[ ]Angry at someone for no reason? N
[ ]Hated a friend? N
[ ]Held a grudge? Y
[ ]Sought revenge? Y
[ ]Yelled at a friend? N
[ ]Hit a wall in rage? Y
--Greed--
[ ]Had desire for excess money? Y
[ ]Wanted more of something when you had enough? Y
[ ]Kept to yourself instead of sharing? Y
[ ]Wanted more than you have? Y
--Pride--
[ ]Bragged to someone? Y
[ ]Had an ego trip? N
[ ]Felt better than those around you? N
[ ]Felt "too good" to do something? N
[ ]Felt like you didn't need offered help? Y
[ ]Talked about yourself too much? Y
[ ]Basked in your accomplishments? N
[ ]Felt like nobody was as good as you? N
--Envy--
[ ]Wanted something a friend owned? N
[ ]Felt jealous of a friends talents? N
[ ]Felt envious of someones accomplishments? N
[ ]Or of their grades? N
[ ]Or their salary and or amount of cash? N
[ ]What about someone else's clothes? Y
--Lust: Y
--Gluttony: N
--Sloth: N
Survery for someone working in the finance department of a company?
Answering this survey is NOT mandatory
but if you do choose to, I would truly appreciate it.
name of individual-
name of business -
type of ownership (sole proprietorship, franchise, etc)
type of business- (retail, manufacturing, wholesale, service)
other locations in toronto or canada?
business address and phone
position within business
no. of years with business
accounting designation (cga,ca)
description of how and when this accounting designation was obtained
college/ university education (name degree, course)
highschool education (courses)
description of duties/responsibilites within business
advantages/disadvantages of this career
salary range
advice to offer someone interested in this career
Survery for someone working in the finance department of a company?
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but if you do choose to, I would truly appreciate it.
name of individual-
name of business -
type of ownership (sole proprietorship, franchise, etc)
type of business- (retail, manufacturing, wholesale, service)
other locations in toronto or canada?
business address and phone
position within business
no. of years with business
accounting designation (cga,ca)
description of how and when this accounting designation was obtained
college/ university education (name degree, course)
highschool education (courses)
description of duties/responsibilites within business
advantages/disadvantages of this career
salary range
advice to offer someone interested in this career
Survery for someone working in the finance department of a company?
apollo 33 just landed here in phlily!!!!raptors win raptors win
I need help!?
i have a very irresponsible dad. he keeps all his salary for himself and never supports the family. all our expenses(utility bills, pocket money for three kids, groceries etc.) are paid by my mum who only earns SGD$250 per week. everytime see my mum scrimping for us, i feel so sad and helpless.
all i request is a job dat i can do at home and help out my mum a lil. i tried those survey sites. those are so not helping at all. pls, anyone out dere who needs someone to help u do admin stuff lyk typing mails or whatever dat is within my ability, i will do my best. pls help!
i dun request a pay too high just any reasonable sum is enough. pls leave a way for me to contact u.ty
I need help!?
Hi browny y,
I feel your pain, and understand what your mother is going through.
I do have a great way you can earn money by building a community of trust and love. Its simple and easy to do and you will be able to earn a income fast. To learn more you can send a payment of 2 cents to pay-pal account campbusinessconsulting@yahoo.com and email at campbiz@comcast.net or send me a S.A.S.E. with two pennies to Kathi Camp, Philadelphia, PA 19145
You will earn an income every day with this method and it won't cost anything but 2 cents.
Reply:I'd suggest that your Mom considers divorce and getting child support but that's just how *I* look at it. I am not emotionally attached. As for the money situation there are jobs that you and the other kids can do to bring in more money... either provide products or services that fill or create a need. Without knowing ages or skills I cannot recommend what you can do. Your local library can help with books on what young people can do for money... babysitting, recycling, clipping coupons, taking in laundry, painting, teaching computer skills, etc. Ask your Librarian for "Fast Cash for Kids" by Bonnie %26amp; Noel Drew. Google keywords like teen entrepreneurs. Focus on ways to help your Mom but remember unless things change they will stay the same.
Reply:I've done surveys for a long time and I created a whole blog about FREE surveys. I posted tutorial videos, proof of payment (checks), legit survey sites, and contact info if you want more guidance or have questions.
;)
http://lefty-freesurveys.blogspot.com/
Reply:there is a website that you can order supplies off of and make cross necklaces and you can make up to $500 a week.....you will need about $100 to start though...but i am doing it and it is alot of fun....it is kinda hard to do at first, but you get the hang of it...you can message me on my page if you want.
Reply:There are thousands of people making a pretty significant income from the Internet every day. Some people want to make just a little extra money online, while others want to turn it into a full-time career.Now obviously, the catch to it is that your earnings will depend%26lt;!--entirely on your own efforts. But that's a pretty good trade-off in my opinion, especially for the beginner who is looking to just earn some extra money online. You may have some idea on how to make money online here,
http://freepaidsurveys.awardspace.com/
http://surveyadventure.awardspace.com/
Here is a bonus for you, I make almost $1000 every week from survey adventure and its a best paying SURVEY site I have ever seen. Happiest part is that Registration is FREEE and you dont need to pay anything--%26gt;So you got nothing to lost. Sign up with survey adventure and start earning 1000's of dollars every week. To Work from Home, You do not have to drive to work. Your office can be anywhere you put your computer. Remember not to pay for any site you join in internet and run as far as you can from them :)
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all i request is a job dat i can do at home and help out my mum a lil. i tried those survey sites. those are so not helping at all. pls, anyone out dere who needs someone to help u do admin stuff lyk typing mails or whatever dat is within my ability, i will do my best. pls help!
i dun request a pay too high just any reasonable sum is enough. pls leave a way for me to contact u.ty
I need help!?
Hi browny y,
I feel your pain, and understand what your mother is going through.
I do have a great way you can earn money by building a community of trust and love. Its simple and easy to do and you will be able to earn a income fast. To learn more you can send a payment of 2 cents to pay-pal account campbusinessconsulting@yahoo.com and email at campbiz@comcast.net or send me a S.A.S.E. with two pennies to Kathi Camp, Philadelphia, PA 19145
You will earn an income every day with this method and it won't cost anything but 2 cents.
Reply:I'd suggest that your Mom considers divorce and getting child support but that's just how *I* look at it. I am not emotionally attached. As for the money situation there are jobs that you and the other kids can do to bring in more money... either provide products or services that fill or create a need. Without knowing ages or skills I cannot recommend what you can do. Your local library can help with books on what young people can do for money... babysitting, recycling, clipping coupons, taking in laundry, painting, teaching computer skills, etc. Ask your Librarian for "Fast Cash for Kids" by Bonnie %26amp; Noel Drew. Google keywords like teen entrepreneurs. Focus on ways to help your Mom but remember unless things change they will stay the same.
Reply:I've done surveys for a long time and I created a whole blog about FREE surveys. I posted tutorial videos, proof of payment (checks), legit survey sites, and contact info if you want more guidance or have questions.
;)
http://lefty-freesurveys.blogspot.com/
Reply:there is a website that you can order supplies off of and make cross necklaces and you can make up to $500 a week.....you will need about $100 to start though...but i am doing it and it is alot of fun....it is kinda hard to do at first, but you get the hang of it...you can message me on my page if you want.
Reply:There are thousands of people making a pretty significant income from the Internet every day. Some people want to make just a little extra money online, while others want to turn it into a full-time career.Now obviously, the catch to it is that your earnings will depend%26lt;!--entirely on your own efforts. But that's a pretty good trade-off in my opinion, especially for the beginner who is looking to just earn some extra money online. You may have some idea on how to make money online here,
http://freepaidsurveys.awardspace.com/
http://surveyadventure.awardspace.com/
Here is a bonus for you, I make almost $1000 every week from survey adventure and its a best paying SURVEY site I have ever seen. Happiest part is that Registration is FREEE and you dont need to pay anything--%26gt;So you got nothing to lost. Sign up with survey adventure and start earning 1000's of dollars every week. To Work from Home, You do not have to drive to work. Your office can be anywhere you put your computer. Remember not to pay for any site you join in internet and run as far as you can from them :)
choosing rain roots
What are your thoughts on these 320 useless facts?
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel's have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M%26amp;Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
64. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. 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.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's.
73. 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, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.
116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.
120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
131. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the 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 of battle wounds; if all four of the horse's legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
134. An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.
135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
138. Almonds are members of the peach family.
139. Rats and horses can't vomit.
140. The penguin is the only bird that can't fly but can swim.
141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.
148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
154. All polar bears are left-handed.
155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
157. Butterflies taste with their feet.
158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
159. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
160. Starfish have no brains.
161. 11% of the world is left-handed.
162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
170. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it.
181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
183. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You've got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
195. Cats' urine glows under a black light.
196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
200. 25% of a human's bones are in its feet.
201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
210. A jellyfish is 95% water.
211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
216. In golf, a 'Bo Derek' is a score of 10.
217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
220. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city.
224. 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".
225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
239. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
242. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies.
245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
252. Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient's arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".
256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
257. A shrimp's heart is in its head.
258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
260. Pearls melt in vinegar.
261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
265. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
267. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.
268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).
280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
282. Only female mosquitoes bite.
283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail.
284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon).
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul's armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.
290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."
294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.
295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years' War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).
299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.
300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".
302. Don Mac Lean's song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.
303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.
304. Hummingbirds can't walk.
305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969).
306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).
307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence (7/1/1967).
308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.
309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.
310. While the US government's supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.
311. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.
312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.
314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who's bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex.
315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.
316. Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".
317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.
318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).
319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother's Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.
320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".
What are your thoughts on these 320 useless facts?
Thank you, very interesting and I have learned some things, today.
Reply:Wow I read all of thjem very interesting... Report Abuse
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Reply:i think there are too many to read, so i'll just take the 2 points
Reply:Got my attention, did not hold it.
Reply:*brings out popcorn*
Reply:Very interesting. I didn't know all polar bears are left-handed. (#154.)
Reply:Wow. I just read all of those.
Some were pretty interesting.
Reply:97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
Umm.. are we forgetting Oceania?
Reply:Interesting stuff in there. I didn't know dolphins had sex for pleasure.
Reply:wow, I'm trying to figure out how we get to work with more than 1000 characters in our question details.
Reply:Wow, thank you for enlightening me. I love knowing this kind of random stuff!
Reply:As I said, interesting, just to put it together looks challenging.
Reply:Wow, that is a long list. I'm not gonna lie, I didn't read the entire list, but some stuff I have heard before, like dogs not being able to eat chocolate.
Reply:i read most of them!
Reply:321. The longest Yahoo! Answers question was asked by LatinoHeat
Reply:Umm - interesting.
I'm not gonna lie - i didn't read all of it .
Reply:They're all very interesting... but not entirely useless... I mean, everyone needs to know that Hummingbirds can't walk. (304)
Reply:wow i dont really feel like reading all that!
Reply:nice collection i didn't read them all though.
Reply:to tell you the truth i did not read all off these, but i read a few and they are quite interesting. where did you find that many useless facts...
Reply:Hmm. Well some of them are "useless" and a few of them are interesting...but weird.
Reply:wow... i didnt read alot... actually i probably only read like... 20 that caught my eye... but these useless facts are really good :)
Reply:322. Boogers have no calories. John Crichton got #321
I sort of got sidetracked, but what is your question?
Reply:hm
Reply:*deep sigh of relief*
That took a while.
Reply:WOW!....You really must have a lot of free time...
Reply:i think im going to bounce off the wall
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FxOykvTwmc4
Reply:I only read the first like 180.
Reply:I'm a loser. I read all of them.
BTW, they proved 43 wrong on Mythbusters, and for number 302, his name is Don McLean, not Don Mac Lean.
Reply:wow i just read every single one! it's so interesting. But i'm gonna have to read it again because i have to remember all of them!
Reply:WOAH!! thats so amazing. of course i didnt read all of them i read like 6 of them. but theyre so cool!
howd u fit all of that on one question thing arent u only suppose to hve like up to 1000letters? how many letters was it? man im asking lotsa ?'s lol.
but still thats awsome
Reply:Not enough information about Tom Cruise in there.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel's have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M%26amp;Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
64. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. 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.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's.
73. 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, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.
116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.
120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
131. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the 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 of battle wounds; if all four of the horse's legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
134. An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.
135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
138. Almonds are members of the peach family.
139. Rats and horses can't vomit.
140. The penguin is the only bird that can't fly but can swim.
141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.
148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
154. All polar bears are left-handed.
155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
157. Butterflies taste with their feet.
158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
159. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
160. Starfish have no brains.
161. 11% of the world is left-handed.
162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
170. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it.
181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
183. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You've got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
195. Cats' urine glows under a black light.
196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
200. 25% of a human's bones are in its feet.
201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
210. A jellyfish is 95% water.
211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
216. In golf, a 'Bo Derek' is a score of 10.
217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
220. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city.
224. 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".
225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
239. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
242. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies.
245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
252. Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient's arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".
256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
257. A shrimp's heart is in its head.
258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
260. Pearls melt in vinegar.
261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
265. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
267. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.
268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).
280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
282. Only female mosquitoes bite.
283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail.
284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon).
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul's armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.
290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."
294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.
295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years' War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).
299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.
300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".
302. Don Mac Lean's song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.
303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.
304. Hummingbirds can't walk.
305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969).
306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).
307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence (7/1/1967).
308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.
309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.
310. While the US government's supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.
311. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.
312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.
314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who's bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex.
315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.
316. Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".
317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.
318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).
319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother's Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.
320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".
What are your thoughts on these 320 useless facts?
Thank you, very interesting and I have learned some things, today.
Reply:Wow I read all of thjem very interesting... Report Abuse
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Reply:i think there are too many to read, so i'll just take the 2 points
Reply:Got my attention, did not hold it.
Reply:*brings out popcorn*
Reply:Very interesting. I didn't know all polar bears are left-handed. (#154.)
Reply:Wow. I just read all of those.
Some were pretty interesting.
Reply:97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
Umm.. are we forgetting Oceania?
Reply:Interesting stuff in there. I didn't know dolphins had sex for pleasure.
Reply:wow, I'm trying to figure out how we get to work with more than 1000 characters in our question details.
Reply:Wow, thank you for enlightening me. I love knowing this kind of random stuff!
Reply:As I said, interesting, just to put it together looks challenging.
Reply:Wow, that is a long list. I'm not gonna lie, I didn't read the entire list, but some stuff I have heard before, like dogs not being able to eat chocolate.
Reply:i read most of them!
Reply:321. The longest Yahoo! Answers question was asked by LatinoHeat
Reply:Umm - interesting.
I'm not gonna lie - i didn't read all of it .
Reply:They're all very interesting... but not entirely useless... I mean, everyone needs to know that Hummingbirds can't walk. (304)
Reply:wow i dont really feel like reading all that!
Reply:nice collection i didn't read them all though.
Reply:to tell you the truth i did not read all off these, but i read a few and they are quite interesting. where did you find that many useless facts...
Reply:Hmm. Well some of them are "useless" and a few of them are interesting...but weird.
Reply:wow... i didnt read alot... actually i probably only read like... 20 that caught my eye... but these useless facts are really good :)
Reply:322. Boogers have no calories. John Crichton got #321
I sort of got sidetracked, but what is your question?
Reply:hm
Reply:*deep sigh of relief*
That took a while.
Reply:WOW!....You really must have a lot of free time...
Reply:i think im going to bounce off the wall
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FxOykvTwmc4
Reply:I only read the first like 180.
Reply:I'm a loser. I read all of them.
BTW, they proved 43 wrong on Mythbusters, and for number 302, his name is Don McLean, not Don Mac Lean.
Reply:wow i just read every single one! it's so interesting. But i'm gonna have to read it again because i have to remember all of them!
Reply:WOAH!! thats so amazing. of course i didnt read all of them i read like 6 of them. but theyre so cool!
howd u fit all of that on one question thing arent u only suppose to hve like up to 1000letters? how many letters was it? man im asking lotsa ?'s lol.
but still thats awsome
Reply:Not enough information about Tom Cruise in there.
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