A few funny and strange things
Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
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 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'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 its 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. (DON'T try
this at home!)
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You"
theme? Paul Reiser himself.
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.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
A fellow bought a new Mercedes and was out on the interstate for a nice
evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through what was
left of his hair and he decided to open her up. As the needle jumped up
to 80 mph he suddenly saw a flashing red and blue light behind him.
"There's no way they can catch a Mercedes," he thought to himself and
opened her up further. His needle hit 90, 100, 110. Then the reality of the
situation hit him. "What am I doing?" he thought and pulled over. The cop
came up to him, took his license without a word, and examined it and the car.
Finally he came to the window looking steadily at the driver and said, "I've
had a tough shift and this is my last pull over. I don't feel like more
paperwork so if you can give me an excuse for your driving that I haven't heard
before, you can go!" The driver blinked only once while his brain scrambled for
a reply. "Last week my wife was taken into custody by a cop," he said, "and I
was afraid you were trying to give her back!"
"Off you go," said the officer.