Curious Facts
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of
dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158
verses..
No one in Greece has memorized all 158
verses.
There are 293 ways to make change for
a dollar.
The average secretary'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.
Two-thirds 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 bill.
Almonds are members 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 four words in the English
language which end in "-dous". tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo
de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can
be abbreviated to 3.6% of its size, "L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped
fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers,
the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was
a used furniture salesman.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
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".
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three
seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in
the world.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad
About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
In England, the Speaker of the House is
not allowed to speak.
The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz"
was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet
drawers and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz".
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.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named
Thelma Pickles.
The average person falls asleep in seven
minutes.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that
is typed with only the left hand.
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