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Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:07pm

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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 that 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.
 
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Reply #1 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:10pm

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knew all that..tell me something that I don't know...


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Reply #2 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:44pm

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Actually, if you find a big enough dictionary then you will find the words "Hurple and Curple". I forget what they mean but they both rhyme with purple.


As for the rest, I'd heard most of it before.
 

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Reply #3 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:48pm

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Quote:
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.



Who the hell would want to count that?! ???
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:55pm
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[center]Quote:
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
Parliament building is an American flag.

Too bad we use a two dollar coin now, eh?

 
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Reply #5 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 5:05pm

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Quote:
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Too bad we use a two dollar coin now, eh?


Hehehehehehehehehe

I personally find that funnier than the original thread. Grin
 

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!
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Reply #6 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 5:45pm

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Quote:
Hehehehehehehehehe

I personally find that funnier than the original thread. Grin


you too?
 
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Reply #7 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 6:35pm

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The $2 CDN bill has a Canadian Flag over the peace tower...clearly, no mistaking the two. Smiley

It does, however, have a bird of the species "American Robin" on the reverse side.

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/English/BoC/Flag_Rumour.htm
 

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Reply #8 - Mar 8th, 2004 at 2:53am

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Quote:
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes


I've clocked my grandfather falling asleep 15 seconds after talking to him Grin
 
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