Sunday, March 28, 2010

Did you know...



...according to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg?

...both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle?

...nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously?

...in Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license?

...that Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing?

...the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses every letter in the alphabet?

...a duck's quack doesn't echo (no one knows why)?

...the SLINKY is Pennsylvania's state toy?

...there are coffee flavored PEZ?

...when opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror?

...the Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building?

...if you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19.You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar?

...there is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun?

...when Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year?

...the Bible has been translated into Klingon?

...on average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year?

...elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can? (BTW, I ♥ elephants!)

...according to one study, 24% of lawns have some sort of lawn ornament in their yard?

...a hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside?

...a 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second?

...every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie?

...if you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion?

...most lipstick contains fish scales?

...over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows?

...over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people?

...the electric chair was invented by a dentist?

...the placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times?

...windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland?

...101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie?

...a barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size?

...a pregnant goldfish is called a twit?

...a ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallon?

...a whale's penis is called a dork?

...Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button?

...an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain?

...ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats?

...Barbie's full name is Barbra Millicent Roberts? And, if her measurements were life size: 39-23-33?

...boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names & Girls don't seem to have this problem?





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