>Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Nothing in Particular
>
> * Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>
> * Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
>
> * The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has
>memorized all 158 verses.
>
> * 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 worlds eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
>
> * The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
>
> * 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 which end in "-dous":
>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.
>
> * 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, including newspapers, the time displayed on a
>watch is 0:10.
>
> * The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
>
> * When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the
>stadium becomes the states third largest city.
>
> * The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after the cop
>and Ernie the taxidriver 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.
>
> * On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand
>corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the
>front upper right hand corner.
>
> * The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
>
> * In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
>
> * The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator,
>Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence"Oz".
>
> * 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.
>
> * John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
>
> * 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.
>
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