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Some
Facts (A.K.A. John's version of Now You Know)
* Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
* Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
* The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. (No one in Greece has
memorized all 158 verses.)
* There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
* The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
* A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
* There are more chickens than 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 $5.00 bill
* Almonds are members of the peach family.
* Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. * Maine
is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
* There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
* Los Angeles's 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.
* An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
* Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
* In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on
a watch is 10:10.
* Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
* The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
* When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the
stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
* 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 lifespan of 24 hours.
* A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
* A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
* On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper
left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield"
and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
* It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
* The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
* In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
* The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when
the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and
O-Z,hence "Oz."
* 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.
* John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
* The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
* 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left
hand.
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