Weird, Amazing,Facts

Vickie G.
on 11/28/08 11:29 am - AL
  • 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
  • The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
  • Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
  • Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
  • If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
  • Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  • Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
  • The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
  • The average human swollows 8 spiders in their lifetime at night while they sleep.
  • A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
  • It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 
  • In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
  • 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.
  • The youngest pope was 11 years old.
  • The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
  • A snail can sleep for 3 years.
  • American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
  • China has more people who speak English than the United States.
  • The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
  • A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

  • Nothing tastes as good as being thinner feels.

    I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.


    "Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal." 






          

                                                                                                              

                                                                  

     

                                                                   
                   
                                               
                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   









                                                     





















      























    happy girl
    on 11/28/08 11:46 am - Pensacola, FL
    I think I am part snail!  

                 

    Vickie G.
    on 11/28/08 11:51 am - AL
    I have eaten 8 spiders and didn't know it It's Good I don't remember


    Nothing tastes as good as being thinner feels.

    I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.


    "Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal." 






          

                                                                                                              

                                                                  

     

                                                                   
                   
                                               
                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   









                                                     





















      























    CrookedToupee
    on 11/28/08 11:56 am
  • 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".
  • ok I think this was a mistake...... I picked up a worm and it SLIVERED right through my fangers
  • I went to the top of ole MT. Everest
  • ....................
  • Vickie G.
    on 11/28/08 12:01 pm - AL
    Crook MT is an abbrevation for Mount  and its slithered


    Nothing tastes as good as being thinner feels.

    I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.


    "Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal." 






          

                                                                                                              

                                                                  

     

                                                                   
                   
                                               
                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   









                                                     





















      























    Michele Luv
    on 11/28/08 12:06 pm - Birmingham, AL

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    CrookedToupee
    on 11/28/08 12:04 pm, edited 11/28/08 12:08 pm
    Geeez thanks now I feel as tho I been GLIVERED and my mind is burMT..




    you can spell mount your way i spell it MT.....
    Vickie G.
    on 11/28/08 12:10 pm - AL
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    Nothing tastes as good as being thinner feels.

    I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.


    "Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal." 






          

                                                                                                              

                                                                  

     

                                                                   
                   
                                               
                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   









                                                     





















      























    CrookedToupee
    on 11/28/08 12:24 pm
    OK   you were tested and you PASSED... there is no rhymes for those words or ending with mt
    Vickie G.
    on 11/28/08 12:27 pm - AL
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    Nothing tastes as good as being thinner feels.

    I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.


    "Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal." 






          

                                                                                                              

                                                                  

     

                                                                   
                   
                                               
                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   









                                                     





















      























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