50 things you don't really need to know but are interesting
11 October 2002, 11:03 PM
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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. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
8. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
9. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
10. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
11. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
12. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
13. There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
14. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
15. An ostrich''s eye is bigger than its brain.
16. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
17. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
18. Al Capone''s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
19. The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra''s "It''s a Wonderful Life."
20. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
21. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
22. It''s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
24. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
25. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
26. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
27. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
28. The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
29. A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
30. A polar bear''s skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
31. Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis'' middle name was spelled Aron: in honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.
32. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn''t wear pants.
33. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
35. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
36. Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
37. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
38. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
39. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do.
40. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
41. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
42. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
43. The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
44. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
46. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
47. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
48. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
49. No president of the United states was an only child.
50. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects'' legs in it.
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. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
8. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
9. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
10. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
11. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
12. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
13. There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
14. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
15. An ostrich''s eye is bigger than its brain.
16. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
17. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
18. Al Capone''s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
19. The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra''s "It''s a Wonderful Life."
20. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
21. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
22. It''s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
24. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
25. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
26. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
27. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
28. The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
29. A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
30. A polar bear''s skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
31. Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis'' middle name was spelled Aron: in honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.
32. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn''t wear pants.
33. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
35. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
36. Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
37. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
38. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
39. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do.
40. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
41. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
42. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
43. The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
44. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
46. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
47. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
48. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
49. No president of the United states was an only child.
50. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects'' legs in it.
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"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
"I do" is the start of the longest sentence
"I do" is the start of the longest sentence
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Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
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21. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
That doctor doing the baby show which will follow the lives of loads of babies born in 2000 proved that wrong.
He put a picture of his face in the goldfish tank and they ignored it. then the picture chased them all round the tank. later on (minutes not seconds), he put the picture in the water and they all scarpered.
That doctor doing the baby show which will follow the lives of loads of babies born in 2000 proved that wrong.
He put a picture of his face in the goldfish tank and they ignored it. then the picture chased them all round the tank. later on (minutes not seconds), he put the picture in the water and they all scarpered.
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Lookin' good -- Body temperature, which is normally 98.6 F, is maintained through a thick layer of fur, a tough hide, and an insulating layer of blubber. Polar bears are completely furred except for the nose and footpads, which are black. A polar bear's skin is black. Its coat is about 1.2 inches thick. A dense, woolly, insulating layer of underhair is covered by a relatively thin layer of stiff, shiny, clear guard hairs. The fur is oily and water repellent and can be white, creamy yellow or brown. They completely molt (shed and replace their fur -- can you imagine the vacuuming required?) annually, in May or June. The molt can last several weeks.
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10 December 2002, 11:52 AM
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41. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
[Edited by Miles - 10/12/2002 11:52:51 AM]
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Also, dragonflies live considerably longer than 24hours, and there are other words on English that have no rhymes...
...try CHIMNEY
I am also not convinced that SCREECHED is only on syllable.
And the speaker of the house in 'England' is allowed to speak!
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[Edited by Trout - 10/12/2002 12:55:07 PM]
...try CHIMNEY
I am also not convinced that SCREECHED is only on syllable.
And the speaker of the house in 'England' is allowed to speak!
Trout (pedantic mode off)
[Edited by Trout - 10/12/2002 12:55:07 PM]
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