racer2c
01-15-04, 05:44 PM
Think Again!
> >A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> >A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> >A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
> >A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> >A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
> >A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air
is a skein.
> >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.
> >All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20."
> >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.
> >Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?
> >"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 England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
> >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 a red light.
> >In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
> >It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> >Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
> >Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
> >Angeles de Porciuncula"
> >Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
> >Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
> >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.
> >Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye."
> >Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> >Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
> >"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left and,
"lollipop" with your right.
> >The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
> >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 characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
> >copand Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
> >The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
that it burns.
> >The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
> >The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
> >The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
> >The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
> >"uncopyrightable".
> >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' and '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 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
> >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 is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs
> >five times: "indivisibility."
> >There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables.
> >Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> >Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
> >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 you know everything
Ha! Take that JoeBob!! This shizzle is fo rizzle!:D
> >A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> >A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> >A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
> >A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> >A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
> >A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air
is a skein.
> >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.
> >All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20."
> >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.
> >Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?
> >"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 England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
> >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 a red light.
> >In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
> >It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> >Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
> >Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
> >Angeles de Porciuncula"
> >Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
> >Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
> >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.
> >Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye."
> >Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> >Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
> >"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left and,
"lollipop" with your right.
> >The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
> >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 characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
> >copand Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
> >The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
that it burns.
> >The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
> >The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
> >The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
> >The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
> >"uncopyrightable".
> >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' and '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 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
> >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 is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs
> >five times: "indivisibility."
> >There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables.
> >Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> >Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
> >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 you know everything
Ha! Take that JoeBob!! This shizzle is fo rizzle!:D