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.
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 $2 bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American
flag.
All
of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 3:20.
No
word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
"Dreamt"
is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
All
50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $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 that is only one syllable.
Los
Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles
de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A"
A
cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
And
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 that 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.
The
giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
You
can see Abe Lincoln sitting in the chair (the Lincoln Memorial) inside the
building on a penny.
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.
The
average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There
are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
"Stewardesses"
is the longest word you can type using only the left hand.
"Typewriter"
is the longest word you can type using only the top shelf of the keyboard.
Abe
Lincoln's dog, Fido, was assassinated, too. (He was stabbed to death!)
In
Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin` good" comes out as "eat
your fingers off."
A
cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
European
women didn't wear underwear until the 1900s.
More
than 50% of the world has never made or received a phone call.
We
shed 40 pounds of skin in a life time.
We
drool more than three pints a day.
Yo-yos
were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
A
Russian woman gave birth to 69 children from 1725 to 1765 (there were 16 pairs
of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets).
Prince
William once flushed his dad`s shoes down the toilet.
Coca-Cola
can be used as car oil.
Mexico
City sinks about 10 inches a year.
Anne
Boleyn, mother of Queen Elizabeth I, had 6 fingers on her left hand.
Australian
talk for going to the bathroom is, "spending a penny."
You
blink your eyes about 20,000 times a day.
Girls
see better than boys in the dark.
An
average person has 696 muscles; a caterpillar has more than 4,000.
The
typical bed houses two million dust mites. Yuck!
Brains
are more active sleeping than watching TV.
Ancient
Romans and Egyptians used crushed tadpoles mixed with oil as hair dye.
Blue
is the favorite color of 80% of Americans.
A
giraffe cleans its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
When
a person shakes their head from side to side, they are saying "yes" in
Sri Lanka.
The
largest chocolate chip cookie ever made contained 2.8 tons of chocolate.
There
are more chickens than people in the world.
It`s
against the law in Iceland to have a dog.
The
thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
Rats
can`t vomit.
Everyday,
0.5% of the world visits a McDonald`s.
Children
grow faster in the spring.
Napoleon
suffered from constipation.
The
only word in the English language with all vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental."
Donald
Duck comics were once banned in Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants.
85%
of people killed by lightning are male.
Your
body is 70% water.
There
are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
The
back of a sock is called a "gore".
Beethoven
poured ice water over his head before he composed.
We've
eaten 400 billion Oreos since they were fist introduced in 1912.
The
Snickers bar is the #1 selling candy sold in vending machines.
The
"sixth sick sheik sheep`s sick" is said to be the hardest tongue
twister in the English language.
Add
up all the numbers on a roulette wheel and the sum is 666.
In
Pakistan, it`s rude to show your feet.
Barbie`s
full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S. than real ones.
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