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......
> 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......