Weird but true facts

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:37 am

Interesting Stuff 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 that 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.

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 2:48 pm

Hmm, very interesting....why 10:10??

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Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 2:53 pm

Hmm, very interesting....why 10:10?? :

dunno, that's the one that got me thinking

Vanda · Post by **Vanda** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:25 pm

Purple ...... turtle?!!!!!

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:36 pm

I'm not convinced purple and turtle rhyme

CB · Post by CB » Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:46 am

Message

The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some recent winners:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decaflon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:31 am

very good, CB!

h4zel · Post by **h4zel** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:46 pm

10:10 is used by most advertisers because is symbolises a happy face

zuton · Post by **zuton** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:30 pm

Greenday wrote:All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

never noticed that, must watch again tonite to see

saab_05 · Post by **saab_05** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:36 pm

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula."

this one I know for sure. it is the question that made me win quiz bee..i am proud i know this until know!! lol!

Post by **GrandadMonkey** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:42 pm

You might know it "for sure" but

Contrary to the popular belief that the original name of Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the (River) Porciuncula), scholars have determined from official documents of Governor Felipe de Neve, Commandant General de la Croix and Viceroy Bucareli that the settlement was simply named El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles.

http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi03b.htm

Ron

ShaunB · Post by **ShaunB** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:40 am

funny how we come across these facts after so many years... but, sorry, Urban Myth - the flag flying over the Canadian Parliament is *ahem* Canadian, not American.

http://sivius.emufarmers.com/images/Flag_0002.gif

hilllogin · Post by **hilllogin** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:06 pm

Fritzl is I believe the weirdest but it's a fact of life that rapist and incest do occur. :p

Post by **GrandadMonkey** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:30 pm

Not in normal households.