|
- 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.
- There are more chickens than there are 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 ladies' room during a dance.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora laReina de 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. (look at that castle over there...look at that castle over there...look at that castle..........)
- 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.
- 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 that is typed with only the left hand.
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
- It's a small world. So you gotta use your elbows a lot.
- We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.
- No one is listening until you make a mistake.
- Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
- Never test the depth of the water with both feet
- It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
- It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
- If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
- If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
- If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again; it was probably worth it.
- If you haven't much education you must use your brain.
- You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
- When someone says, "Do you want my opinion?" - it's always a negative one.
- The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.
- The trouble with work is - it's so daily.
- The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
- Scientists say 1 out of every 4 people are crazy. Check3 friends, if they are OK, you're it.
- Pain and suffering are inevitable but misery is optional.
- Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like clearing the drive before it has stopped snowing.
|
|