Things you can learn from a packet of instant oatmeal # 6
Had enough oatmeal trivia? There are actually at least two tidbits of trivia on each packet of oatmeal and if they are printed properly you get four, so with 10 packets I could go on and on but I will spare you and just post some more today and tomorrow and then do something different on Friday.
Let's take a trip to the carnival. Josephine Clofullia (they probably just called her Jo), the most famous bearded lady of all time, and an attraction in P.T. Barnum's side show in the nineteenth century, had a beard six inches long when she was only sixteen.
The tallest man ever seen was an American named Robert Wadlow. He reached a height of 8 feet 11 inches. You might remember this fact from the Guinness Book of World Records. Here's more from Guinness about Mr. Wadlow. His greatest recorded weight was 491 lb. on his 21st birthday. His shoe size was 37AA (18.5 in. long) and his hands measured 12.75 in. from the wrist to the tip ofthe middle finger. His arm span was 9 ft. 5.75 in. and his peak daily foodconsumption was 8,000 calories. At the age of nine, he was able to carry his father, Harold F. Wadlow, who stood 5 ft. 11 in. and weighed 170 lb., up the stairs of the family home.
Can you believe that an American named Arnold Bly was able to inscribe the Lord's Prayer on a grain of rice and to write legibly on a strand of hair.
Did you know the U.S. coastline - Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico - involves 25 of the 48 mainland states.
Let's take a trip to the carnival. Josephine Clofullia (they probably just called her Jo), the most famous bearded lady of all time, and an attraction in P.T. Barnum's side show in the nineteenth century, had a beard six inches long when she was only sixteen.
The tallest man ever seen was an American named Robert Wadlow. He reached a height of 8 feet 11 inches. You might remember this fact from the Guinness Book of World Records. Here's more from Guinness about Mr. Wadlow. His greatest recorded weight was 491 lb. on his 21st birthday. His shoe size was 37AA (18.5 in. long) and his hands measured 12.75 in. from the wrist to the tip ofthe middle finger. His arm span was 9 ft. 5.75 in. and his peak daily foodconsumption was 8,000 calories. At the age of nine, he was able to carry his father, Harold F. Wadlow, who stood 5 ft. 11 in. and weighed 170 lb., up the stairs of the family home.
Can you believe that an American named Arnold Bly was able to inscribe the Lord's Prayer on a grain of rice and to write legibly on a strand of hair.
Did you know the U.S. coastline - Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico - involves 25 of the 48 mainland states.
posted by whaaaat! at
7:44 AM
3 Comments:
I used to love reading the Guinness Book of World Records when I was a kid. Please keep the interesting tidbits of info coming!
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Amstaff Mom, at 9:59 AM
Poor Jo, they didn't have electrolysis back then. I guess she made the most of it - I just wonder how she felt being so masculine.
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Bar L., at 2:51 PM
You can make Old Blarny out of the letters in Arnold Bly.
I don't know why I wanted to point this out, but something about a guy who writes on hair and rice makes me want to say, "Blarny!"
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Danny Sims, at 5:29 PM
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