JDM
02-02-2004, 07:19 PM
> > >* SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?*** :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >* 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.
> > >
> > >* 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 Chewable 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 in the
USA.
> > >
> > >* 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.
THERE. Now you know everything.
Don't get too pissed you just wasted 5 minutes reading that. Nothing said you had to...
> > >
> > >
> > >* 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.
> > >
> > >* 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 Chewable 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 in the
USA.
> > >
> > >* 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.
THERE. Now you know everything.
Don't get too pissed you just wasted 5 minutes reading that. Nothing said you had to...