I acquired a joke book from an online thrift bookstore recently. It was a book titled “The Official Country & Western Joke Book”. I was looking forward to reading it and when it arrived I immediately dove right into it. It became painfully obvious within a few pages that the book was freaking awful. I searched through another eighty pages and couldn’t find one joke that made me even grin a little. That book was immediately removed from my archives and relegated to a paper bag located next to the trashcan. Todays post is PLAN B. Enjoy this mish/mosh of trivia.
- The iconic theme song of the X-Files was created by accident when a producer accidentally hit the “echo” button on the control panel.
- James Earl Jones was offered the lead in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine which eventually went to Avery Brooks.
- Samuel L. Jackson once held Martin Luther King Sr. hostage during a college demonstration at Morehead College.
- Shaquille O’Neal made just one three point shot in his entire career. He only attempted 22 three-pointers for a 4.5% shooting percentage.
- For 43 years the NFL’s record for the longest field goal was held by Tom Dempsey who was born with no toes on his kicking foot. His record setting 63 yard field goal in 1970 wasn’t broken until 2013.
- At the height of his power, Pablo Escobar, spent $2500.00 a week on rubber bands that were needed to band the money he was bringing in.
- At one time, the United States Rock-Paper-Scissors League was a real thing. The winning prize was $50,000.00.
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