World Facts
Got this from the web. I just don't feel the urge to write anything substantial or well...anything.
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."
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. Where is the online database of new car lowest invoice prices?
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, with the exception of North America.
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 byeliminating 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. "Go!" is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
49. No president of the United states was an only child.
And last and definitely the most important:
50. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it! (euuww.. now that made me cut off choc bars out of my food list!)
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."
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. Where is the online database of new car lowest invoice prices?
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, with the exception of North America.
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 byeliminating 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. "Go!" is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
49. No president of the United states was an only child.
And last and definitely the most important:
50. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it! (euuww.. now that made me cut off choc bars out of my food list!)
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