Thursday, June 21, 2007

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?)
>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 'race car,' '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)
>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>>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.)
>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.
>>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, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>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 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 more chickens than people in the world.
>>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Now you know everything! ( : > )

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

where are you sugar?