DRAFTSTUD
Well-known member
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
>
>"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
>"lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't
>you?)
>
>Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet
>you're going to check this out.)
>
>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". (Are
>you doubting this?)
>
>Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
>stop growing.
>
>The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
>letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for
>accuracy, right?)
>
>The words 'race car,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
>read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were
>going to "do" this one.)
>
>There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting
>this, are you?)
>
>There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
>order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say
>...... a e i o u)
>
>TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
>one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
>
>All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
>back of the $5 bill.
>
>A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>
>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>
>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>
>(Some days that's about what my memory span is)
>
>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. (I know some people that could do this
>too.)
>
>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>
>Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>
>An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
>Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reach
>es 2 to 6 years of age.
>
>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, 8 abreast,
>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.
>
>Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>
>On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
>building is an American flag.
>
>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 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. (Good thing he did that)
>
>The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
>
>There are more chickens than people in the world.
>
>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>
>Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>..................Now you know everything!
>
>"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
>"lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't
>you?)
>
>Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet
>you're going to check this out.)
>
>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". (Are
>you doubting this?)
>
>Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
>stop growing.
>
>The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
>letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for
>accuracy, right?)
>
>The words 'race car,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
>read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were
>going to "do" this one.)
>
>There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting
>this, are you?)
>
>There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
>order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say
>...... a e i o u)
>
>TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
>one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
>
>All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
>back of the $5 bill.
>
>A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>
>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>
>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>
>(Some days that's about what my memory span is)
>
>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. (I know some people that could do this
>too.)
>
>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>
>Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>
>An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
>Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reach
>es 2 to 6 years of age.
>
>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, 8 abreast,
>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.
>
>Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>
>On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
>building is an American flag.
>
>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 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. (Good thing he did that)
>
>The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
>
>There are more chickens than people in the world.
>
>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>
>Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>..................Now you know everything!
