Think you know everything?

[Studlover (imported)]

Things that might surprise you

Think you know everything??

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

5. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

6. There are more chickens than people in the world.

7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

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

10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

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

12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

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

14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

16. Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":

tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

24. 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."

25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

NOW you know everything....You could be a TEENAGER!!!!!!!

[Paolo]

33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

I wish...

[BossTamsin (imported)]

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

Excuse me? I think not.

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

Attached is a copy of the actual flag shown on Canadian $5 & $10 bills (old-style bills). The $2 bill though, did show a modern Canadian flag.

The flag shown below is called the "Red Ensign." A brief history follows:

The Red Ensign, a red flag with the Union Jack in the upper corner, was created in 1707 as the flag of the British Merchant Marine. From approximately 1870 to 1904, it was used on land and sea as Canada's flag, with the addition of a shield in the fly bearing the quartered arms of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Although its use on land had never been sanctioned except by public usage, in 1892 the British admiralty approved the use of the Red Ensign for Canadian use at sea. This gave rise to the name the Canadian Red Ensign.

As new provinces entered Confederation, or when they received some mark of identification (sometimes taken from their seal), that mark was incorporated into the shield on the Canadian Red Ensign. By the turn of the century, the shield was made up of the coats of arms of the seven provinces then in Confederation.

In 1924, this unofficial version of the Canadian Red Ensign was changed by an Order in Council and the composite shield was replaced with the shield from the royal arms of Canada, more commonly known as the Canadian Coat of Arms. At the same time, this new version was approved for use on Canadian government buildings abroad. A similar order in 1945 authorized its use on federal buildings within Canada until a new national flag was adopted.

There has NEVER been a $2 Canadian bill, or any other denomination, that has shown a US flag.

[Paolo]

It used to have an Arkansas flag, right?

J/K!!!

[stan (imported)]

quote:

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

what about turtle?

(is there a smilie for dork??)

Stan

[Zoroaster (imported)]

"Turtle" doesn't rhyme with "purple." "Turple" would, but then, that isn't a real word.

Jeebus, I can't believe I actually responded to this...

[A-1 (imported)]

...but I bet that I can get awful close...

The pump that we found in the sump

it only ran for a month...

The Flordia fruit called the Orange

should never be put in the porridge...

His body digested the Silver

and it ate a big hole in his Liver...

His banded organ was purple

and he screamed like the character named urkle (erkle)

OH HELL< you know, the geeky black kid on the T.V. sit. com...



A-1