Sunday, May 20, 2007

Do you know that...

1. Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
4. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
5. There are more chickens than people in the world.
6. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
7. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
8. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver,or purple.
9. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
10. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
11. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
12. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
13. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
14. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
15. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
16. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
17. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
18. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
19. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
20. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
21. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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