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| bassaholix |
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.
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 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 four words in the English language which end in "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
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 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 life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
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.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand |
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| Fundamental |
| quote: | Originally posted by bassaholix
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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Iodous - Pertaining to or containing iodine.
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| Unknown DJ |
isnt that the queen of england on that note? |
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| Linx_da_cat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Unknown DJ
isnt that the queen of england on that note? |
canada used to be a part of the british commonwealth until it became a fully independent country sometime in the 1900s. |
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| daffodil |
Dolphins are the only animal except for humans that have sex for pleasure.
Platypuses are WEIRD: they are the only mammals to lay eggs and they have no nipples. Milk just drips from holes in the skin.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has the most mini-golf courses per area in the U.S. At last count, there were 47 in a 60 mile radius. |
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| Cobalt |
| quote: | | Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. |
Looked that one up. Not true. New Jersey doesn't even produce two-thirds of California's eggplant crop.
Hmm. How many others are questionable? |
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| elena |
| arent these called facts? |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by bassaholix
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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This has also been disproved. You can try it yourself, if you wear a white shirt every time you feed your goldfish and always put the food in the same part of the aquarium, any time anyone in white approaches the aquarium the fish will swim to the same spot where you normally feed them. |
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| sash |
| i have a pirate copy golf ball with only 335 dimples |
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| MrSquirrel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Linx_da_cat
canada used to be a part of the british commonwealth until it became a fully independent country sometime in the 1900s. |
They are still an independent member of the Commonwealth....at least they were last time I checked.
The Queen of England is on the money because she is the Head of State....in all members of the Commonwealth there is a deFacto H.O.S. who my research tells me currently is:
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
But yes, Canada is an independent country with her own laws and customs.
| quote: | Originally posted by daffodil
Platypuses are WEIRD: they are the only mammals to lay eggs and they have no nipples. Milk just drips from holes in the skin.
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There are 2 Echinoderms (mammals who lay eggs) the other, also in Australia is the Echidna (spiny anteater)
Yes platypi are weird...they are venomous as well.
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| daffodil |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrSquirrel
There are 2 Echinoderms (mammals who lay eggs) the other, also in Australia is the Echidna (spiny anteater)
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i don't know anything about spiny anteaters, but i do know echinoderms are part of invertebrate phylum (echinodermata) that include sand dollars, starfish and the ever charming sea cucumber.
if i remember correctly, they are the phylum of invertebrates most closely related to vertebrates because when the embryonic sphere of cells forms its first infolding, that hole becomes the anus, like vertebrates. in most invertebrates, the first infolding becomes the mouth.
(i'd like to thank dr. smallwood for the wealth of biology trivia he provided me so long ago.) |
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