So you think you know everything???

[3mtn-kate]

This is a thread for any and all random facts that you can think of
I think we had one of these before but I liked it and it died so I'm bringing it back!!


> >
> >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 CHEWABLES 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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >NOW, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING

 

[CheezDoodle]

Polar bear's fur is not white, it's clear.

 

[marypops!]

This is a thread for any and all random facts that you can think of
I think we had one of these before but I liked it and it died so I'm bringing it back!!


> >
> >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 CHEWABLES 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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >NOW, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING

1. Actually, scientists have done tests on goldfish to find they have rather good memories. But, did you know that if you were to release a goldfish into the wild, it will turn brown over time?

2. On an episode of Mythbusters, they proved you can keep your eyes open when sneezing. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoEqPnx7-Gs

The word "cookie" comes from the Dutch word "koekje" which means "cake". The difference between a cake and a cookie, is when they go stale, a cake will go hard, where a cookie will go soft.

 

[BandGeek911]

1. Actually, scientists have done tests on goldfish to find they have rather good memories. But, did you know that if you were to release a goldfish into the wild, it will turn brown over time?

2. On an episode of Mythbusters, they proved you can keep your eyes open when sneezing. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoEqPnx7-Gs

The word "cookie" comes from the Dutch word "koekje" which means "cake". The difference between a cake and a cookie, is when they go stale, a cake will go hard, where a cookie will go soft.

I was gonna say, the 3 second memory span was busted by the myth busters.

 

[marypops!]

Yeah, I was gonna mention Mythbusters, but I would have sounded weird, mentioning it twice