Post an obscure and pointless fact

[Runwildboys]

Thomas Edison once electrocuted an elephant.

That's not nice. Mrs. Edison had thyroid issues.

 

[kskboys]

Walt Garrison wittled the wooden chain they showed on "The Best Little Hoehouse in Texas". One of the characters was shown wittling on it, don't remember which one.

 

[cowboyec]

on this date...Oct 27,1976...Elvis performed at The Southern Illinois University Arena in Carbondale,Illinois.
the tour earned Elvis and his group $1,005,000 in profits.
not bad....nice work if you can get it.

 

[Runwildboys]

on this date...Oct 27,1976...Elvis performed at The Southern Illinois University Arena in Carbondale,Illinois.
the tour earned Elvis and his group $1,005,000 in profits.
not bad....nice work if you can get it.

My bad.

 

[cowboyec]

My bad.

jealous.

 

[kskboys]

Prior to 1920, if an MLB player hit a game winning homer w/ a runner on 3rd, he was credited w/ a single.

 

[Paradox]

Theodore Roosevelt was boxing in the white house and he got punched so hard it left him blind in one eye.

 

[Chrispierce]

Me ...and I exist.

 

[trickblue]

Armadillos always have exactly four offspring every time and they are always the same gender...

 

[Runwildboys]

Armadillos always have exactly four offspring every time and they are always the same gender...

Wow, that obscure, pointless, and very interesting!

 

[Ranched]

Benjamin Franklin once electrocuted a turkey.

Thomas Edison once electrocuted an elephant.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

Panama Hats are actually made in Ecuador.

 

[Londonboy]

The first ticker tape parade was on 28th October 1886, when office workers in New York, spontaneously threw ticker tape from windows, during the dedication parade for The Statue of Liberty. (I meant to post this yesterday and forgot).

 

[Runwildboys]

The first ticker tape parade was on 28th October 1886, when office workers in New York, spontaneously threw ticker tape from windows, during the dedication parade for The Statue of Liberty. (I meant to post this yesterday and forgot).

Why, do you have an "Obscure and Pointless Fact of the Day" calendar?

 

[Londonboy]

Why, do you have an "Obscure and Pointless Fact of the Day" calendar?

Sadly, yes.

 

[trickblue]

Every woman I have ever slept with has been satisfied... just sayin'...

 

[Runwildboys]

Every woman I have ever slept with has been satisfied... just sayin'...

So you always pay up front?

 

[Ranched]

Every woman I have ever slept with has been satisfied... just sayin'...

 

[trickblue]

So you always pay up front?

I'm on a payment plan...

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

The more obscure and pointless to know the better, useful information will be frowned upon.
Urban myths and made-up stuff allowable, if posted in parenthesis, one fact per post please.

To kick off.

U.S General George S Patton represented the U.S.A at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, finishing 5th in the Modern Pentathlon.

Nixon was a Quaker