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Facts about Architecture

December 12, 2011 by Bob Borson 57 Comments

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Architecture Personified - the most interesting man in the room

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  1.  Architecture received his 5 year Architectural degree in only 4 years
  2. Architecture doesn’t have a first or middle name
  3. When Architecture throws a party, he shows up 10 minutes later than fashionably late
  4. If a Grizzly Bear and a Polar Bear got into a fight, Architecture could break it up
  5. Architecture averaged 5.4 yards per carry in college but never played football
  6. In the song ‘12 Days of Christmas‘, the role of “my true love” was written for Architecture
  7. Architecture prefers his liquor brown and without any fruit
  8. Architecture has many lovers, usually at the same time
  9. Architecture told Le Corbusier that he should only use the first five points
  10. If Architecture enters a room, the temperature will rise by 2.08° degrees
  11. The Universe is expanding at 74.2km/sec/Mpc … Architecture is expanding slightly more than that
  12. Architecture owns the Dallas Cowboys football team
  13. It is generally thought that a female wolf will have one mate in her life … unless Architecture happens by
  14. Architecture has many secrets, but he will never share them because they would literally blow your mind
  15. Architecture has entered the Iditarod Alaskan trail race 4 times … and won 4 times
  16. Architecture invented water skiing on accident
  17. 74% of all Valentines Day cards are written with Architecture in mind
  18. Architecture taught Sylvester Stallone how to arm wrestle for the movie ‘Over the Top’
  19. No one has ever seen Architecture drink water
  20. Architecture can tell the origin of a piece of brick just by tasting it
  21. Chromium, the 24th element on the Periodic Table of Elements, was discovered by Architecture
  22. Architecture has never lost a staring contest
  23. The ‘Heimlich Maneuver’ was originally called the ‘Architecture Maneuver’ but Architecture thought that was confusing so he changed the name to ‘Heimlich ‘, after the man whose life he saved when he invented the maneuver.
  24. Architecture has never been married but he has been asked many times
  25. Architecture passed all the tests on the Architectural Registration Exam without having to take the test
  26. Architecture once ate 50 boiled eggs on a dare
  27. You can’t follow Architecture on Twitter, but he can follow you
  28. Architecture knows the last number in pi
  29. Architecture can talk about Fight Club
  30. Architecture’s sh*t actually does smell like roses
  31. At Christmas time, Santa Claus sits on Architecture’s lap
  32. Architecture once painted the world’s most beautiful oil painting using watercolors
  33. Lou skips to my Architecture
  34. Architecture went into the woods to get a Christmas tree and it fell over for him
  35. Architecture puts his pants on both legs at a time
  36. When Architecture chops onions, they cry
  37. Architecture considers practice to be a form of cheating
  38. The sun does rise and set on Architecture
  39. Architecture knows the secret behind Stonehenge
  40. If you have a good idea, it’s because Architecture let you have it
  41. When Architecture defuses a bomb, he cuts any wire he wants to
  42. Architecture actually knows what Willis is talking about
  43. If a werewolf bit Architecture, it would be cured
  44. Architecture knows what building Elvis is currently in
  45. It was Architecture that said that the 7th day was for rest, although he didn’t rest
  46. Architecture can speak Klingon … but he won’t
  47. Architecture knows all eleven secret herbs and spices in Kentucky Fired Chicken
  48. Architecture’s To-Do list has won a Pulitzer
  49. Architecture doesn’t need short-cut keys in AutoCAD
  50. It was Architecture that told Paul Revere that the British were coming

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If you know any facts about architecture, leave them in the comment section or tweet them using the hashtag #architecturefacts

Cheers.

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