So you think you know everything??

LubeDude

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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. <br /><br />A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. <br /><br />A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. <br /><br />A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. <br /><br />A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. <br /><br />A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. <br /><br />A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. <br /><br />A snail can sleep for three years. <br /><br />Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture d! ealer. <br /><br />All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. <br /><br />Almonds are a member of the peach family. <br /><br />An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. <br /><br />Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 year! s of age . <br /><br />Butterflies taste with their feet. <br /><br />Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. <br /><br />"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". <br /><br />February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. <br /><br />In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. <br /><br />If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the <br />line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. <br /><br />If you are an average American you will spend six months<br />of your life waiting for red lights.<br /><br />It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. <br /><br />Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. <br /><br />Maine is ! the only state whose name is just one syllable. <br /><br />No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. <br /><br />On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. <br /><br />Our ! eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. <br /><br />Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. <br /><br />Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. <br /><br />"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. <br /><br />The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. <br /><br />The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each <br />gallon of diesel that it burns. <br /><br />The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. <br /><br />The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over <br />the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. <br /><br />The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. <br /><br />The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. (palindromes). <br /><br />There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. <br /><br />There are more chickens than people <br />in the world. <br /><br />There are only four words in the English language <br />which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous <br /><br />There are two words in the English language that have <br />all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." <br /><br />There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins. <br /><br />Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. <br /><br />TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. <br /><br />Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. <br /><br />Women blink nearly twice as much as men. <br /><br />Your stomach has to produce a new layer <br />of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
 

outboardguy

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Re: So you think you know everything??

Dude!! YOU HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS!!!!! I have a headache after reading all of that. I think you should go for a drive in your boat I think the withdrawals are getting to you. :)
 

Xcusme

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Re: So you think you know everything??

You forgot one....<br /><br />Embargo spelled backwards is O Grab Me.... :D
 

Toad2001

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Re: So you think you know everything??

An entertaining list Lube Dude,<br /><br />One thing though, the Canadian $2. bill thing is an urban legend. Its actually the Union Jack, which based on the size/contrast closely resembles the American Flag. The reason for using the Union Jack was that it was the flag Canada was using at the time of the Prime Minister that was depicted on the bill during the term he served.<br /><br />The $2. bill has long since been replaced by a coin anyhow...Along with our $1. coin.<br /><br />Just for the record.<br />:)
 

Link

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Re: So you think you know everything??

Toad dont forget the<br />Loony (sp) which can be froze (sp) then poped apart! :)
 

crab bait

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Re: So you think you know everything??

the first product to use the 'bar code' was wrigleys gum
 

Carphunter

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Re: So you think you know everything??

So, I guess "Slurple" is not a word. :p
 

crab bait

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Re: So you think you know everything??

Originally posted by One More Cast:<br />[QB]
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. <br /><br />that's not true !!! at all !!!<br /><br />try the 'male spieces'... just ask MR LADYFISH....<br /> ;)
 

Toad2001

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Re: So you think you know everything??

Hi Link,<br /><br />Thats a "semi-urban-legend"...:)<br />It was the Two dollar coins, that had the problems...They are licknamed "toonies".<br />"Myth"-You can pop the centre out of a toonie. This is (or was) in fact true. Many toonies in the first shipment of the coins were defective, and could separate if struck hard. This problem was quickly corrected by the mint. <br /><br />:)
 

Toad2001

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Re: So you think you know everything??

Or Nurple as in "Man that Purple Nurple hurt"????
 
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