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/pixel-comes-from-the-words-picture-and/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/pixel-comes-from-the-words-picture-and/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:49:02 +0000 Administrator ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/pixel-comes-from-the-words-picture-and/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-jiffy-is-an-actual-unit-of-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-jiffy-is-an-actual-unit-of-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-jiffy-is-an-actual-unit-of-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-yelled-for-over-8-and-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-yelled-for-over-8-and-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator If you yelled for over 8 and a half years, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-yelled-for-over-8-and-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/top-six-reasons-for-being-late-for-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/top-six-reasons-for-being-late-for-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Top Six reasons for being late for work: 1) traffic. 2) oversleeping. 3) procrastination. 4) Chores. 5) Car Trouble. 6) Having Sex. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/top-six-reasons-for-being-late-for-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-pet-a-cat-70-million-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-pet-a-cat-70-million-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator If you pet a cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-pet-a-cat-70-million-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/car-accidents-rise-10-during-the-first-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/car-accidents-rise-10-during-the-first-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/car-accidents-rise-10-during-the-first-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/85000000-tons-of-paper-are-used-each-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/85000000-tons-of-paper-are-used-each-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S! ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/85000000-tons-of-paper-are-used-each-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/an-attosecond-is-one-billionth-of-a-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/an-attosecond-is-one-billionth-of-a-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator An attosecond is one billionth of a billionth of a second. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/an-attosecond-is-one-billionth-of-a-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/national-pi-day-is-march-14-at-159-314-159/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/national-pi-day-is-march-14-at-159-314-159/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59) ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/national-pi-day-is-march-14-at-159-314-159/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-billionth-digit-of-pi-is-9/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-billionth-digit-of-pi-is-9/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The billionth digit of pi is 9. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-billionth-digit-of-pi-is-9/feed/ 0