Interesting Facts

[ShainaT]

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

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.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":

tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinad e los Angeles de Porciuncula."

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister and was a sniper in Vietnam.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

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[texas_sweetie]

cool thanks

[tlspiegel -Closed]

WAY cool! yup... thanks!

[buckeyemomma]

Thanks ShainaT!

I know I'm not average now!...The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. It takes me forever to get to sleep!

[telos2000]

Interesting

[scooter22]

If you know how to unlock your Rem Sleep ability, you can be fully rested on a 15 minute nap daily...

[klitzig]

plinth rhymes with month.

all hail words.

[jen6889]

Originally posted by ShainaT
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

Actually, that one's not true. You can thank my sister for this one. She gave me the book, Sesame Street Unpaved, for Christmas. Lord knows why she gave it to me, but she did. I was reading it and it says in there that most people believe Bert & Ernie were named after the characters in It's a Wonderful Life, but it was really just a coincidence.

BUT........

Thanks Shaina! I found that very Interesting! There was some contest on one of our local radio stations yesterday about the only word that ends in "mt". I was wondering what it was.