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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:33 pm
A cat's urine glows under a black light. Polar bears are left-handed.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:40 pm
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language.
No president of the United States was an only child.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.
When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:45 pm
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
The longest recorded life span of a tapeworm was 35 years!
Roadrunners are large (about two feet long) crested birds that prefer to run rather than fly. They eat rattlesnakes whole, and they can sprint 15 miles per hour.
A purple finch is really crimson in color.
You're 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bit by a rattlesnake.
A male Angler fish attaches itself to a female and never lets go. Their vascular systems unite and the male becomes entirely dependent on the female's blood for nutrition.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:51 pm
Crazy Phobia To Have: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia-fear of long words
In the course of an average lifetime, you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
Like finger prints, everyone's tongue print is different.
Most lipstick contains fish scales
A typical bolt of lightning heats the atmosphere to 50,000° F
In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere
Avocado contains twice as much protein as eggs or milk, and has more Vitamin A, B, and C
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call
Steven King wrote 5 books under the name Richard Bachman
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
The dodo bird was made extinct by pigs
On a Korean kitchen knife: 'Warning: keep out of children'
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
It took Leonardo de Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
Coca-Cola was originally green There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, or silver.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on TV: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% | The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour: 61,000
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:56 pm
Q1:If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
Q2:What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
Answer1: One thousand Answer2: All were invented by women Q3:What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
Q4:What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
Answer3: He was allergic to carrots. Answer4: Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:58 pm
Jack Nicholson spent time in a mental institution to perfect his Oscar-winning role for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975), and Brad Pitt admitted himself to the psychiatric ward to gain ability and confidence for his psychotic role in Twelve Monkeys
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:01 pm
"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." --d**k Cavett
"In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower?"
The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:49 pm
~xXx~Nikki4187~xXx~ "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." --d**k Cavett "In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower?" The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water. 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 i looked at a dollar bill with a magnifying glass..............there was no owl or spider..............
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:42 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:17 am
insanity_is_me ~xXx~Nikki4187~xXx~ "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." --d**k Cavett "In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower?" The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water. 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 i looked at a dollar bill with a magnifying glass..............there was no owl or spider.............. I'm not sure about the owl but I know there is a spider on there somewhere.
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