USAFA Facts Of The Day

[Jim]

Not so Interesting Fact: Che Guevara suffered from asthma.

and on October 9th, 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara suffered from death by Bolivian soldiers, trained, equipped and guided by U.S. Green Beret and CIA operatives.



Just another dead commie......

"Asthma was the least of Che's problems."
-- Felix Rodriguez

[PocketKings]

"Asthma was the least of Che's problems."
-- Felix Rodriguez

I'd say lead poisoning was top of the list.

[Ardent Lady]

"Asthma was the least of Che's problems."
-- Felix Rodriguez

I'd say lead poisoning was top of the list.

He was allergic to bullets.

[rgrokelley]

"Asthma was the least of Che's problems."
-- Felix Rodriguez

I'd say lead poisoning was top of the list.

He was allergic to bullets.

He died of natural causes....

all the blood left his body.

[RangerX]

[Spawn Of Zonk]

Just got back to Camp USAFA after nine days of spring break and questionable activities with Papa and Mama Zonk.

30 MAR 2009

Interesting Fact of the Day: 4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
Fun Fact of the Day: 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
Not so Interesting Fact: Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood.

Interesting Thought of the Day: “Perhaps the world is not made. Perhaps nothing is made. Perhaps it simply is, has been, will always be there… A clock without a craftsman.” –Watchmen (the book)

[KW Driver]

He died of natural causes....

all the blood left his body.

Hypoxia, static hypoxia.

[Spawn Of Zonk]

31 MAR 2009

Interesting Fact of the Day: Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away.
Fun Fact of the Day: 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
Not So Interesting Fact: Antarctica’s area code is 672.

Interesting Video of the Day: Underwear Goes Inside the Pants

[Spawn Of Zonk]

Although they are not as consistently sent out nowadays, we still occasionally get fun facts of the day in our Routine Orders that are sent out every night to inform cadets of their duties for the next day. I'll make sure to post them when/if I receive them for everyone's enjoyment and general boredom....

26 OCT 09

Fun Fact of the Day: A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water

Today in History: 1492 – lead pencils 1st used

Fail of the Day:

[Spawn Of Zonk]

27 OCT 09

Fun Fact of the Day: Coca Cola was originally green

Today in History: “ET” released to home video (14 million presold)

Fail of the Day:

[Spawn Of Zonk]

Huge snow storm for the past couple days, the base is slowly closing down one road at a time.

29 OCT 09

Fun Fact of the Day: The term "whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the "whole 9 yards."

Today in History: 1929 – Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes, triggers Great Depression

Fail of the Day:

[RangerX]

Oh look, a fat widow spider....

[Spawn Of Zonk]

RangerX,

I think the most intimidating asset of the picture is his large collection of Disney movies to the right...