Remeber These?

[Raz_Kaz]

Here are someof those interestng facts not many people know about


Enjoy


*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.

*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 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 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' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina
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.

*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.

*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 that is typed with only the
left hand.

[clawhammer]

It's good to know. Not sure for what though.

[93rollaracer]

Originally Posted by Raz_Kaz

*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

Don't forget color.

Originally Posted by Raz_Kaz

*A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

They disproved that one (sorta) on Mythbusters.

Originally Posted by Raz_Kaz

*The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Yet more evidence to the fact that I'm not normal.

[dirtydx]

man it takes me an hour plus to fall asleep.. maybe everyone else is never really awake(which would explain a lot of things. ie tonio's jokes)

[eversio11]

*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."

False, its just a coincidence.

*All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on
4:20.

False, only the clocks in the pawn shop are. There are two scenes in which clocks show a regular time.

[sivic02]

*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver, or purple.

Nurple rhymes with purple, havent you ever heard of a purple nurple...jeez...

[93rollaracer]

Originally Posted by sivic02

*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver, or purple.

Nurple rhymes with purple, havent you ever heard of a purple nurple...jeez...

[Raz_Kaz]

Originally Posted by sivic02

*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver, or purple.

Nurple rhymes with purple, havent you ever heard of a purple nurple...jeez...

heard of it. Except nurple isn;t part of the English language as it states

[Oz]

[Suislide]

canadian dollar bill one is false!!! for fuck's sake, will people PLEASE stop posting that?!

we don't even USE the 2-dollar bill anymore. it's been out of circulation since 1996!!

[RickwithaTbird]

porridge rhymes with orange. and turtle rhymes with purple. pilfer rhymes with silver.

dapardous

Please tell me which scenes the clock is not set to 4 20 in Pulp Fiction.

Ive sneezed with my eyes open. I had some friends verify it.

Who compiles this type of useless knowledge? lol. Oh well, I guess its useful to get people talking in forums.

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by RickwithaTbird

porridge rhymes with orange. and turtle rhymes with purple. pilfer rhymes with silver.

[YogsVR4]

Originally Posted by RickwithaTbird

porridge rhymes with orange. and turtle rhymes with purple. pilfer rhymes with silver.

You must be tone deaf or do not know how those words are pronounced because those do NOT rhyme.

[MBTN]

hot dump

[buickgirl]

Hey just so it is clear all of the 50 states are not named on the 5$ bill ... only 26 are