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Date Posted: Mon, Jun 12 2000, 13:13:40
Author: steve
Subject: And you thought you knew everything...

And you thought you knew everything...


1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the
typing.

5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both
eyes.

6. There are more chickens than people in the world.

7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New
Jersey.

8. The longest one-syllable word in the English
language is "screeched."

9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over
the Parliament building is an American flag.

10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are
stuck on 4:20.

11. No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver, or purple.

12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the
letters "mt".

13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the
Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during
a dance.

16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one
syllable.

17. There are only four words in the English language
which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous.

18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra
Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a
watch is 10:10.

23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used
furniture dealer.

24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were
named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in
Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

 29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed
to speak.

31. The microwave was invented after a researcher
walked by a radar tube and

a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed
with only the left hand.

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