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>> > > Subject: Things You Don't Really Need To Know But Are Interesting...
>> > >
>> > > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>> > >
>> > > Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
>> > >
>> > > 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.
>> > >
>> > > 2/3 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 $5.00 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 4 words in the English language which end in "dous":
>> > > tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
>> > >
>> > > 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, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
>> > >
>> > > Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>> > >
>> > > The characters Bert & 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 life span of 24 hours.
>> > >
>> > > A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
>> > >
>> > > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>> > >
>> > > It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at
>> > > work!)
>> > >
>> > > The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
>> > >
>> > > In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
>> > >
>> > > 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. (Presbyterian)
>> > >
>> > > The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
>> > >
>> > > There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
>> > >
>> > > The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
>> > >
>> > > A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves
>> > > to death.
>> > >
>> > > A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually
>> > > clear.
>> > >
>> > > Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear
>> > > pants.
>> > >
>> > > More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane
>> > > crashes.
>> > >
>> > > Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
>> > >
>> > > Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
>> > >
>> > > Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
>> > >
>> > > If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn
>white.
>> > >
>> > > Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>> > >
>> > > Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
>left-handed
>> > > people do.
>> > >
>> > > The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
>> > > every letter in the English language.
>> > >
>> > > The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which
>> > > they start.
>> > >
>> > > TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
>> > > on only one row of the keyboard.
>> > >
>> > > The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left
>> > > to right or right to left.
>> > >
>> > > A snail can sleep for 3 years.
>> > >
>> > > American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
>> > > from each salad served in first-class.
>> > >
>> > > The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (Does that one really
>> > > surprise any of us?)
>> > >
>> > > Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population
>> > > of 1000 & a size of 108.7 acres.
>> > >
>> > > "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
>> > >
>> > > No president of the United states was an only child.
>> > >
>> > > And last and definitely most important:
>> > >

>> > > The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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