Big Ed
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Did you know...
> > Subject: Now you'll know everything!
> >
> >
> > Think You Know Everything? .Think Again!
> >
> > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> >
> > A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> >
> > A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
> >
> > A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> >
> > A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
> >
> > A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air
> is
> a
> > skein.
> >
> > 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 and on
> the
> > back of the $5 bill.
> >
> > All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20."
> >
> > The almond is 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.
> >
> > Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?
> >
> > "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 England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 .
> >
> > It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> >
> > Leonardo DaVinci invented the scissors.
> >
> > Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
> > Angeles de Porciuncula"
> >
> > Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
> >
> > Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye."
> >
> > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> >
> > Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump.'
> >
> > "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand;
> lollipop"
> > with your right.
> >
> > The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
> >
> > 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 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."
> >
> > The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
> that
> > it burns.
> >
> > The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
> >
> > The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched.
> >
> > The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube
> and a
> > chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
> >
> > The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
> is
> > "uncopyrightable".
> >
> > 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 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
> >
> > 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 is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which
> occurs
> > five times: "indivisibility."
> >
> > There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
> >
> > Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> >
> > Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > .. ... ...now you know everything! .?
> >
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08-08-2008 09:55 AM |
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covingtontiger
Heisman
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RE: Did you know...
........that I wasted another 5 minutes not working on Friday by reading your post?
Thanks, I needed that.
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08-08-2008 10:26 AM |
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KRB
Tigers Templar
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RE: Did you know...
Don't tell the chickens they outnumber us! Arkansas could take over the world soon.
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08-08-2008 02:18 PM |
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Big Ed
Gone Golfing
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RE: Did you know...
Big Ed Wrote:Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
I liked this one - being a Tiger fan.
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08-08-2008 03:13 PM |
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HoopDreams
Better Than Diamond Rings
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RE: Did you know...
Big Ed Wrote:> > Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
they do associate blinking with lying...
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08-08-2008 03:20 PM |
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