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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,)

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&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.

 
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9 Comments on more icebreakers...

Wow, I am glad I know how many first four move combinations there are in chess... Now I believe my day is complete!

04/30/2008 03:21 PM by Jeremy Blanton- Myrtle Beach Real Estate ,Coldwell Banker Chicora (Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate)


Hi Travis,  Thanks for the laughs.  Need them today !   Good selling to you.

04/30/2008 03:26 PM by Bill Gillhespy Fort Myers Beach Realtor (Century 21 Tripower Realty)


HI!

Bookmarking this!  These are great.  Now, what do you say after you tell them a camel has 3 eyelids?!!

Yvette Smith

Williamsburg's Preferred Realtor!

04/30/2008 03:26 PM by YVETTE REALTOR IN WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA (LIZ MOORE & ASSOCIATES)


Travis, Most lipstick contains fish scales?  That is just too funny!

12 newborns are given to the wrong parents each day?  That is NOT too funny. 

I almost hit a cow in the road yesterday, If I lived in India, and hit it, I would have really been in trouble!

04/30/2008 03:32 PM by Owensboro KY Real Estate Specialist Vickie McCartney Broker,ASP,ABR (Home Realty GMAC Real Estate Owensboro Kentucky)


These are great I knew that Warren Beatty and Shirley McClain are brother and sister, but the other than that it was all new!

04/30/2008 03:35 PM by Tony & Darcy Cannon - The C Team (ERA Realty Center)


I did use the ketchup one once on a parent whose kid was screaming for fries...

 

Thanks for the comments all..

04/30/2008 03:45 PM by Travis Adams (RE/MAX Advantage)


Wow.  How in the world does anyone come up with..or remember all those things?   Kinda funny.

04/30/2008 03:57 PM by Utah Dave and Utah Homes for Sale (Robison & Company Real Estate)


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