Dead Buff Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Some stuff worth knowing...most however maybe not...you pick 'em 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 (Sorry rhino...no rhymes for you). 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 and "lollipop" with your right. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. That is about how close the race for first place at the Nationals will be this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I'm surprised your list didn't include anything about pig orgasms lasting for 30 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Oh yeh... I remember that one. That topic added quite a few posts to quite a members' post counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 After reading this I am truely ready for a game of trivial pursuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 You need to delete the one with goldfish having a memory of 3 seconds. Mythbusters proved that one wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Buff Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 You need to delete the one with goldfish having a memory of 3 seconds. Mythbusters proved that one wrong. Not saying true or not, but now you really made me think! (A new experiance for me ). How the H#&l did they prove that?????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I did know it all... I just forgot most of it. I guess that happens once you're no longer a teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 You need to delete the one with goldfish having a memory of 3 seconds. Mythbusters proved that one wrong. Not saying true or not, but now you really made me think! (A new experiance for me ). How the H#&l did they prove that?????????????????? The Myth Busters show did a segment on that theory. I'd relay the results...but I forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detlef Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 and there's no peanuts in dynamite, either... --D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 and there's no peanuts in dynamite, either...--D. There is fertilizer, however... which explains why it tastes like shjt (I tasted it 'cause I thought it'd taste like peanut butter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Buff Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 and there's no peanuts in dynamite, either...--D. There is fertilizer, however... which explains why it tastes like shjt (I tasted it 'cause I thought it'd taste like peanut butter). The last time I had explosives in my mouth me and Mr Toilet became real close Simtex (sp??) wiped off on your bread by one of the others tends to do that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 humm. i have to agree. i mean every time i walk by the gold fish tank they seem to know FOOD! .... then again maybe they jus tlike seeing me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 bet a goldfish's memory lasts longer than three sec if they survive their first encounter with a cat trying to dip them out of the bowl...next time they see a cat, you should watch them swimmmm...look like they remember to me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Ok so who shaved the Tiger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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