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Mandelon
10-16-2003, 02:22 PM
Subject: intersting info
> A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>
> A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>
> A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
>
> A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
>
> A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>
> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a
> second.
>
> A shark is the only fish that can blink with both
> eyes.
>
> A snail can sleep for three years.
>
> Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
> dealer.
>
> All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
> Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
>
> Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>
> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
> Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear
> until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
>
> Butterflies taste with their feet.
>
>
> Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds.
> Dogs only have about 10.
>
> "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the
> letters "mt".
>
>
> February 1865 is the only month in recorded history
> not to have a full moon
>
> In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
> domesticated.
>
> If the population of China walked past you, in single
> file, the line would never end because of the rate of
> reproduction.
>
> If you are an average American, in your whole life,
> you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red
> lights.
>
> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
>
> Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>
> Maine is the only state whose name is just one
> syllable.
>
> No word in the English language rhymes with month,
> orange, silver, or purple.
>
> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over
> the Parliament building is an American flag.
>
> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our
> nose and ears never stop growing.
>
> Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
>
>
> Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>
> "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the
> left hand; lollipop" with your right.
>
> The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>
>
> The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it
> only says there were three gifts.
>
> The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each
> gallon of diesel that it burns.
>
> The microwave was invented after a researcher walked
> by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his
> pocket.
>
> The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
> dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
>
> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls
> froze completely solid.
>
> The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same
> whether they are read left to right or right to left
> (palindromes).
>
> There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>
> There are more chickens than people in the world.
>
> There are only four words in the English language
> which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous,
> stupendous, and hazardous.
>
> There are two words in the English language that have
> all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and
> "facetious."
>
> There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables
> Vitamins.
>
>
> Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
>
> TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using
> the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
>
> Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
> dance.
>
>
> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>
> Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every
> two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
>
>
> NOW YA KNOW EVERYTHING......

Ziggy
10-16-2003, 02:41 PM
Mandelon:
Subject: intersting info
> A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
NOW YA KNOW EVERYTHING...... Then why do mine seem to know when its time to eat? Only when its feeding time do they stare at us no matter which side of tank we're on...otherwise they don't pay any attention to us. :confused: :confused:

Mandelon
10-16-2003, 03:36 PM
Even if they are dumb they still get hungry. Just like me!! :D

ROZ
10-16-2003, 03:40 PM
I guess nothing really ever gets done in a "jiffy" then.... :D

beyondhelpin
10-16-2003, 05:25 PM
Mandelon:
> In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
> domesticated I guess the author never met my wife. :D :D :D

RiverToysJas
10-16-2003, 06:05 PM
Mandelon:
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
This one gives me the willys!!! jawdrop
RTJas :D

MANIC MECHANIC
10-16-2003, 06:58 PM
palindrome:(Whole sentance is spelled the same forwards and backwards)".... Here's another one: a dog a panic in a pagoda :rolleyes: Tim.
[ October 16, 2003, 08:03 PM: Message edited by: MANIC MECHANIC ]

RiverToysJas
10-16-2003, 09:36 PM
Mandelon:
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
This one is not even true! If one is wrong, they are suspect now!!! eek!
Grab a new $5 and see for yourself, two rows of states, 26 listed (Unless you count "Carolina" as two).
RTJas :D