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Since there is very little activity on this lately, I
thought that maybe there might be some interest in these facts.
ha. Donnie.
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> Absolutely Useless (and maybe incorrect) Facts #1 > ======================================================= > > The name of all the continents end with the same letter that > they start with. > > The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to > remember the word you want. > > TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the > letters on only one row of the keyboard. > > If the population of China walked past you in single file, the > line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. > > The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read > left to right or right to left. > > A snail can sleep for 3 years. > > American Airlines saved $40,000.00 in 1987 by eliminating one > olive from each salad served in first-class. > > China has more English speakers than the United States. > > A dentist invented the electric chair. > > Did you know you share your birthday with at least nine million > other people in the world? > > "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English > language. This is debatable by some lexicographers, see issue: > http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1107.htm > > The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long > and it refers to a distinct part of DNA. > > Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about > ten. > > Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and > ears never stop growing. (You mean I've still got baby eyes?) > > In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. > > If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. > She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice > the length of a normal human's neck. > > February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have > a full moon. > > The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia has twice as many bathrooms > as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of > Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet > facilities for blacks and whites. > > The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for > each gallon of diesel that it burns. > > The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law > which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything > wider than your thumb. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 02-08-02 |
