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MagicMtnDan
10-29-2003, 11:26 PM
well here's more of it...
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".
Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts.
It's impossible to lick your elbow.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language..........try it!
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere, and no one knows why.
In the course of an average lifetime, you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.

voodooCanoe
10-30-2003, 07:29 AM
ANOTHER FACT, MOST PEOPLE WHO READ THAT LIST WILL TRY AND LICK THEIR ELBOW!

RiverForUs
10-31-2003, 12:05 PM
The longest word you can spell on the top row of a typewriter (or keyboard) is:
"typewriter"

mirvin
10-31-2003, 12:14 PM
Here's one for ya:
A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA
spell it backwards and it's still the same!

Her454
10-31-2003, 12:16 PM
Originally posted by MagicMtnDan
In the course of an average lifetime, you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
I could have lived a lifetime without reading that.:rolleyes:

Mrs. Bordsmnj
10-31-2003, 12:52 PM
Originally posted by voodooCanoe
ANOTHER FACT, MOST PEOPLE WHO READ THAT LIST WILL TRY AND LICK THEIR ELBOW!
LMAO! :D
I will admit I tried to lick my elbow. Unsuccessfully!

summerlove
10-31-2003, 01:26 PM
You Just Thought You Knew Everything:
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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 on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Babies are born without kneecaps.
They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years
of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
"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 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.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one
syllable.
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.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
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 cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches
for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked
by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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 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's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables
Vitamins.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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

mirvin
10-31-2003, 01:48 PM
[QUOTE]I wonder where ya heard that... LOL
I have no idea. Have you seen it before?

mirvin
10-31-2003, 01:59 PM
Originally posted by RiverDave
I've posted it a couple of times over the years, and just recently in another thread on here with basically the same stuff in it.. Trivia stuff. ;)
RD
Yaeh, but where's it from? Or is it just an old "saying". I guess I'm wondering if it's from a song or story or something.
:cool:

mirvin
10-31-2003, 04:14 PM
Originally posted by RiverDave
Do you have a guiness book of world records handy?
RD
No Guinness book, but I do have an Ass Almanac!! Or how you say, Almanac de Ass!

fourspeednup
10-31-2003, 04:49 PM
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
Or 100% while looking at porn:D :D

bear down
10-31-2003, 04:53 PM
Here's a one for everyone.
"Bears win superbowl!"....I bet you can't say that with a straight face or without studdering !:D :D