So you think u know Everything ?

dave nz · #1 03-19-2006, 05:17 AM

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
>>
>> "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
>> "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't
>> you?)
>>
>> It's impossible 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.)
>>
>> 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". (Are you
>> doubting this?)
>>
>> 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. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for
>> accuracy, right?)
>>
>> The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
>> read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were
>> going to "do" this one.)
>>
>> There are only four words 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." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say
...... a e i o u)
>>
>> TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only
>> on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
>>
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 goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about
>> what my memory span is)
>>
>> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
>>
>> A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
>> reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
>>
>> If the population of China walked past you, in single file, 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.
>>
>> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
>> building is an American flag.
>>
>> 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 cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
>> that it burns.
>>
>> The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
>> a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that)
>>
>> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
>>
>> There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>>
>> 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!

cheezer · #2 03-19-2006, 06:23 AM

>> "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". (Are you
>> doubting this?)
My 6th grade teacher said to the classroom that sugar is the only word that starts with su but is pronounced like an sh. I asked him if he was sure of that. LOL.

JeromeFromSoutheast · #3 03-19-2006, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave nz

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill

Just looked at the back of a $5 bill.... I only see 26 states listed.

dave nz · #4 03-19-2006, 07:05 AM

Stinkin email.

Big Pimpin · #5 03-19-2006, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeromeFromSoutheast

Just looked at the back of a $5 bill.... I only see 26 states listed.

invisible ink

mrwho · #6 03-19-2006, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheezer

>> "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". (Are you
>> doubting this?)
My 6th grade teacher said to the classroom that sugar is the only word that starts with su but is pronounced like an sh. I asked him if he was sure of that. LOL.

SUre = pronounced shure.

MR CASH MONEY · #7 03-20-2006, 11:14 AM

orange--- damage

TigerCat_Tania · #8 03-20-2006, 11:25 AM

Quote:

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.

An American flag is flying over the Parliament buildings on Canadian paper money. This is not the case. The Birds series bills depict a Union Jack flying over Parliament on the $100; a Canadian Red Ensign (a former Canadian flag) on the $5, $10, and $50; and the modern maple-leaf flag was on the $2 and $1000 bills. (The $20 depicts the Library of Parliament, with no flag visible.) Those "taken" by the rumour were likely fooled by the bills with the Red Ensign, as the flags are very small and not shown in full colour, and the Ensign with its contrasting canton somewhat resembles the American flag.

TigerCat_Tania · #9 03-20-2006, 11:36 AM

Quote:

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

Not true I had one in a jar for like a week when I was a kid...

For even the shortest lived species, the complete life cycle from egg through nymph to adult takes around 6 months, and the adult stage lasts at least for several days. Some of the longer lived dragon flies have life cycles of 6 to 7 years, and up to four months as adults.

TigerCat_Tania · #10 03-20-2006, 11:40 AM

Quote:

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

This is all I can find about this...
The falls have never frozen solid in recorded history, though water has been blocked briefly upstream of the falls.

TigerCat_Tania · #11 03-20-2006, 11:42 AM

purple nurple... LOL

TigerCat_Tania · #12 03-20-2006, 11:43 AM

Quote:

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

They were added in 1995

BigNuttsSpartanFan · #13 03-20-2006, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave nz

>>
>> There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.!

I had heard this. It is because the waist on betty was so small that the vitamins kept breaking during production.

MrWho - I think Cheezer was implying this when he said:

"My 6th grade teacher said to the classroom that sugar is the only word that starts with su but is pronounced like an sh. I asked him if he was sure of that. LOL."

BigNuttsSpartanFan · #14 03-20-2006, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave nz

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

You obviously are forgetting about the popular Purple Nurple!

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