Did You Know....?

[Tiziminchac]

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

 

[The Dark Dancer]

Hmmm....


1. It takes about 142.18 licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop Yummy!

2. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses every letter in the alphabet.

3. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
^Guess thats where they get the saying "buns of steel."^

 

[mtblujeans]

Did you know you can make any candle a non-drip candle? Add ½ tablespoon of salt to 2 cups of water in a shallow dish or baking pan. Fully submerge the candles and soak them for 24 hours. The next day, they will burn drip-free.

 

[Tiziminchac]

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

 

[delilah]

Did you know that Folger's is the only coffemaker that does not put formaldehyde in their decaffienated coffee? That's why you don't get that funny taste that you do with all the others..

I guess I must like formaldehyde because I can't stand Folger's coffee--any kind, regular, decaf, you name it.

 

[3gr8kids]

 

[FroggyinArk]

did you know,, leaving leaves and twigs on your roof for an extended period of time can seriously damage the roof?

that a door that has its hinges on the right side is considered left handed?


that the numbers three , four and five will satisdfy pythagoreums theory? ( A sqaured + B squared= C squared)

that carpenters use algebra daily, but most of them do not realize

that you can take a string,, pulled from corner to corner and "square" a foundation?


That human eyelids have not been rebuilt to a working stage in medical knowledge , yet... i'm hoping to be the first

 

[Swimnoid]

Did you know that JM Barrie made up the name Wendy for the Book Peter Pan?

 

[Tiziminchac]

I found this while playing the geography game here on the CB. It is supposed to be the longest place name on Earth...

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch , North Wales

http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/gales.jpg

 

[mtblujeans]

I got this info in an email. Although I don't believe everything I read in emails....this one is

"Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.

DO YOU KNOW...the difference between margarine and butter? Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to ! a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional ! benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added! Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine.... Very high in trans fatty acids. Triple risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol). Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Lowers quality of breast milk. Decreases immune response. Decreases insulin response. And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING! Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC...." Really???

 

[Towncrier]

Did you know that there are three words in the engish language that start with DW?

I just HAD to check this one out:

dwarf
dwell (dwelt, dwelling, dweller)
dweeb
Dwight
dwindle (dwindling, dwindled, etc)

Now you can argue that Dwight isn't a "word" (because it is a proper name), and maybe dweeb is stretching it a bit (as it is slang), but unless you consider dwelling a form of the word dwell, one could argue that there are at least four words that start with "dw".

In any event, I guess I learned something new today.

 

[hugsquared]

Did you know that JM Barrie made up the name Wendy for the Book Peter Pan?

You stole mine... That the first record of the name Wendy was in Peter Pan....Great minds I suppose LOL

 

[hugsquared]

Did you know that Viagra was initially made as a heart drug? Trials went out and as a cardiac med, it failed horribly. But when reps went to collect remaining samples of the drug that had been distributed in the test, many older men REFUSED to return the samples. Upon questioning, they discovered their "failure" in the heart market turned out to be the "gold mine" of the...ummm...."love" market.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

Did you know that your eyes are the only organ in your body that stays the same size from birth?

 

[MinnieM3]

Did you know I'm dying to post here, but can't think of anything interesting...

Oh, did you know in the rough draft, Scarlet O'Hara was named Pansy??

 

[Tiziminchac]

I thought I killed this thread!

Did you know that...

Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan (Grateful Dead)
Jimmy McCulloch (Wings)
Jason Thirsk (Pennywise)
Al Wilson (Canned Heat)
Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)
Robert Johnson (bluesman)

all died at 27 years of age?

 

[vettechick99]

That when they repave roads, they'll put up "Do Not Pass" signs where there used to be changes in the passing line. Like when a line goes from double to single to dotted, you'll see a new sign. On one stretch of road you could see 15.

This way they know just how to restripe it.

 

[mtblujeans]

That reverse osmosis water filters screen too much out of the water you drink at home. They recommend you take a vitamin/mineral supplement if you choose to use reverse osmosis.

 

[mtblujeans]

Detached retinas run in the family!

 

[mtblujeans]

Butter has more saturated fat than lard?