In case ya didn't know....

[Mr T.]

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

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.

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

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

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.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

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

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, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of
reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red
lights. (Not living in Lone Pine!)

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

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

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

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; lollipop" with your right.

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

The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

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

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left
(palindromes).

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and
"facetious."

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

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

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

[Dr Stevil]

I'm guessing this is American in origin

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

Actually, adult dragonflys (Order Odonata) can live from 2 weeks to two months depending on the species, the 24 hour lifespan is found in the Mayfly, hence its Order is known as  Ephemeroptera from the same root as "ephemeral"

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds

Another one of those things that "eveyone knows is true"  (such as fish don't feel pain) when in fact it's completely wrong: Goldfish have been shown to have sufficient memory to be trained to discriminate between a variety of different shapes such circles and squares

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]A snail can sleep for three years

Not sure what is meant by "sleep", but other invertebrates can do much better, some circadas remain dormant for 17 years before emerging from their pupa

Strange but true 1:  one species of Tick can hold 200 eggs inside the female, these hatch internally, one is male the other 199 are female, the males fertilises all his "sisters" then dies without ever being born.

Strange but true 2: The Bdelloid rotifer, commonly found in freshwater ponds,  is the only truly asexual animal.  
No males have ever been observed among them. They are all females and produce eggs requiring no fertilization. The female offspring in turn produce eggs requiring no fertilization and so on -- a process known as parthenogenesis or "virgin birth", this is also seen in some aphid generations but aphids do have sexual phases

[Dominic]

And before anyone tries it: A duck's quack DOES echo, alright!?

[Seadart Mark]

Sorry, slow day at the office....  

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
What a waste of ridges.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
What a waste of muscles.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
Like I’m gonna check that one out.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
No point in them applying for a 24 hour loan then?

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A what has a what?

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Next time someone says “be there in a jiffy” they lie.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
Sharks, great creatures, and all you can come up with is that they blink?

A snail can sleep for three years.
So someone watched a sleeping snail for three years did they? I don’t think so. I bet the snail got up half way through for a drink of water.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Bloody printers always making typo’s.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
If I told you Texas was missing would you check? No? Well that was worth pointing out then.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Do Mr and Mrs Peach know about this?

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
So is it’s leg, your point being?

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
No point in threatening a baby with a ‘knee-capping’ for misbehaving then?

Butterflies taste with their feet.
That’s why they never land on a Big Mac then.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
But why do cats only use their vocal sounds at 3am in the fu@*ing morning outside my bedroom window?

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Not true, you can add “mt” to the end of any English word you like. It won’t mean anything but it will end in “mt”.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
February 1865 was cloudy all month so who says there was no full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
What about Women?

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of
reproduction.
What if they ran passed?

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red
lights. (Not living in Lone Pine!)
If you are an average American you have way more to worry about than that. Number 1 – Being average and number 2 – being American for starters.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Is that true? Or did you just give up after 10 goes ‘cause it was too hard and called it impossible?

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
He must be worth a bloody fortune by now.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Nope, Drunk is a state too. I’ve been in it enough.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Of course no one word in the English language is gonna rhyme with all those at the same time… Durrrr.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
That’s nothing, you should see all the American stuff flying over the Iraqi Parliament building – Fighter jets, attack helicopters, missiles, bullets, etc.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Now there’s a good reason for not being immortal.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Yeah, but what are the rest, how do you mix them, etc. Now that would be useful info.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Top tip. Because rubber bands are sooooo expensive.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; lollipop" with your right.
Not the way I type matey.

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

The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.
That’s because wise men would have got them on sale or return.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
I used to have a car like that.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his
pocket.
What a chocolate bar melted and turned into a microwave, now that is amazing.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
So does “The lazy dog jumps over the quick brown fox”.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
Completely solid? Sure it wasn’t just a bit runny in the middle? Come on be honest now…..

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left
(palindromes).
The words “who”, “gives”, “a”, “sh*t”, also have some meaning here.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Yeah but lap-dancers don’t appreciate you stuffing change down their g-strings, so don’t bother.

There are more chickens than people in the world.
Yeah, but we only have to worry when they learn to shoot a gun. So stop trying to cause panic.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous,
stupendous, and hazardous.
You really have got a thing about the English language haven’t you?

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and
"facetious."
See, you just can’t leave it alone. For gods sake move on with your life.

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
Now that is just an outrage. Do Parliament know?

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Tigers have fu*@ing big teeth too, so don’t go checking.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
I can see you’re really trying to get away from this English language fetish, but you’re not just there yet.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
What the hell were they doing having a dance in the ladies room?

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
That’s because they just can’t believe all the great stuff we do.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
Well done, looks like you’ve kicked the English language thing for good.


Don't worry, I know where the coats are......

Mark

[daz]

Now that's funny....

You missed your true vocation in life...

Daz

[CotoChris]

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Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Bren Tierney @ Dec. 02 2003,22:51)]All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.



The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.

Just checked out a $5 bill and there are no states listed above Lincoln memorial. Then this is the old bill so I don't know if the new bill does.


Also, why wasn't Jesus born in Italy? They couldn't find three wise men or a virgin.

I've grabbed my coat and jumped out of the window...