http://www.dumbfacts.com Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-pentium-ii-chip-can-make-more-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-pentium-ii-chip-can-make-more-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The Pentium II chip can make more than half-a-billion calculations per second. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-pentium-ii-chip-can-make-more-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/nanotechnology-has-produced-a-guitar-no-bigger-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/nanotechnology-has-produced-a-guitar-no-bigger-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Nanotechnology has produced a guitar no bigger than a blood cell. The guitar, 10 micrometers long, has six strummable strings. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/nanotechnology-has-produced-a-guitar-no-bigger-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/rubber-bands-last-longer-when-refrigerated/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/rubber-bands-last-longer-when-refrigerated/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/rubber-bands-last-longer-when-refrigerated/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-first-company-to-use-the-modernday-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-first-company-to-use-the-modernday-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The first company to use the modern-day aluminum can was Coors brewery, in 1959. The can the used however, was only 7 ounces! ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-first-company-to-use-the-modernday-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-first-product-to-have-a-bar-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-first-product-to-have-a-bar-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum! ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-first-product-to-have-a-bar-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/there-is-enough-graphite-in-the-average-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/there-is-enough-graphite-in-the-average-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator There is enough graphite in the average pencil to draw a line 35 miles long, that’s 45,000 words. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/there-is-enough-graphite-in-the-average-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/it-would-take-half-the-people-in-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/it-would-take-half-the-people-in-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator It would take half the people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 45 to run the nation’s telephone system if it were not computerized. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/it-would-take-half-the-people-in-/feed/ 0