BTEXDAD
10-25-2006, 08:05 AM
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
"lollipop" is the longest with just your right.
> > It's impos sible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet
you're going to check this out.)
> > "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
> > Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
> > The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
> > There are only four wor ds in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five
vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
> > TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
> > All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial
on the back of the $5 bill
> > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> > A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> > A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. (but who really cares?)
> > A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> > A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
> > A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.)
> > Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
> > Almonds are a member of the peach family.
> > An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
> > Butterflies taste with their feet.
> > Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
> > February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
> > If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, 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.
> > Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
> > Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
> > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> > The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
> > The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
> > There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>> Bellville will beat La Grange in football October 27, 2006
> > There are more chickens than people in the world.
> > There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
> > Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> > 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
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
"lollipop" is the longest with just your right.
> > It's impos sible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet
you're going to check this out.)
> > "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
> > Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
> > The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
> > There are only four wor ds in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five
vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
> > TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
> > All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial
on the back of the $5 bill
> > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> > A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> > A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. (but who really cares?)
> > A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> > A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
> > A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.)
> > Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
> > Almonds are a member of the peach family.
> > An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
> > Butterflies taste with their feet.
> > Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
> > February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
> > If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, 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.
> > Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
> > Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
> > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> > The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
> > The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
> > There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>> Bellville will beat La Grange in football October 27, 2006
> > There are more chickens than people in the world.
> > There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
> > Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> > 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