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.
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; lollipop" with your right.
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 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.
...........................now you know everything! Posted by CaminoLS6 (Member # 2041) on :
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Actually this is not true,peaches,cherries,plums almonds etc. are all members of the rose family(rosaceae)
Posted by SS 891 (Member # 1968) on :
wow.. points to ponder.. lol
Posted by DanPazich (Member # 1352) on :
Interesting facts....over the years, I've probably heard a lot of these before. Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
Wow! Posted by Rhode Island Red (Member # 220) on :
Then I know more than everthing..
"A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. " yes and no.... not ALL species lie 24 hours... some live to 36 or 48 hours, sometimes loger
did you know ... 60% of a dragonfly mass is solely driven for Flying !!!
and did you know Charls Goodyear in 1832 discoverd vulcanized rubber when he accidentally dropped sulpher into a vat of rubber !!!
also did you know that Jello is actually made from ground up cow hooves !!!
See I do know more than everything Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
....but if they were walking single file, how could they.....um.....nevermind..... Posted by MRJBQ (Member # 2068) on :
quote:Originally posted by blkragss02: The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
"Sit on a potato pan, Otis", or backwards "Sit on a potato pan, Otis", Posted by SS 891 (Member # 1968) on :
quote:Originally posted by cytruffle: If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
....but if they were walking single file, how could they.....um.....nevermind.....
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight... Posted by CamaroSCG (Member # 1591) on :
quote:Originally posted by cytruffle: ....but if they were walking single file, how could they.....um.....nevermind.....
I like the way you think! Posted by Y2KSS1363 (Member # 1564) on :
quote:Originally posted by blkragss02: [QB All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
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Actually, the states that were in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death are listed on the memorial and, therefore the $5 bill.
Think about it.
Posted by Steve da Wrench (Member # 1301) on :
I think some people have entirely too much time on their hands!! Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :
I'm gonna check the $2.00 bill one.
Posted by SS_CarGuy (Member # 2065) on :
A lot of very interesting facts that I will soon forget.
Posted by DanPazich (Member # 1352) on :
quote:Originally posted by SS_CarGuy: A lot of very interesting facts that I will soon forget.
AKA useless
Unless you get on "who wants to be a millionaire" or Weakest Link, lololol. Posted by DaddySS (Member # 848) on :
Those are great.....now I do know everything! T hanks!
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