amazing facts you probably dont know

[kando]

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?)




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 'racecar,' '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)




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.)




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 reaches

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.



Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.



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.

[ExcruciationX]

I knew some of those, but I didn't know some.

[Zion]

*MikeDX - the word that explains the term "gay" :p

[splodger15]

*MikeDX - the word that explains the term "gay" :p

lol

[MikeDX]

*MikeDX - the word that explains the term "gay" :p

Not true

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n274/M13KDX/twink_www-txt2pic-com.jpg

[Accordion]

shame some are wrong....

and language is art not science...

[Zion]

nooo he got that picture of fernando lol

MikeDX - The gay who loves to accuse :p

[ExcruciationX]

*MikeDX - the word that explains the term "gay" :p
Ouch, that was kind of mean. :( Hopefully, it was just Irish humor right?

[bullhead]

Ouch, that was kind of mean. :( Hopefully, it was just Irish humor right?

It sure smells like it...

Nice set of facts there dude... I want more! :)

[The Hombrew Hunter]

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?)




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 'racecar,' '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)




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.)




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 reaches

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.



Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.



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.

The bolded one is wrong. Mythbusters did a segment over 6 weeks. The fish remembered their way through the maze.

[Shadowblind]

The stuff I didnt know. The stuff I didnt want to know. The stuff I didnt care to know.

But there is one thing that is so powerful, it can make worlds colide.

Corn. Naturally.

[quzar]

Other things that are wrong:

a jiffy is not 1/100th of a second. it is not an officially recognized unit of time and can sometimes be used to mean 1/60th or 1/50th of a second (the time a single frame takes on a television).

the population of china one is nonsensical because it does not give a speed, therefore cannot be calculated.

[AtariFreek]

Oooh, quazar the wise man. Lol, any way, where did u get these facts?

[Jeremysr]

Here's a PHP program I made a while ago: http://www.bio-gaming.com/jeremy/handwords.php

The biggest words are actually abracadabras/watercresses (left hand) and hillbilly/polyphony (right hand)

[kando]

did you know the longest word in the english (american) dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? ill bet u didnt... :P

[abeisgreat]

What does pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis mean?

[ExcruciationX]

I don't know if you knew any of these...

The longest movie is 87 hours long and is called "The cure for Insomia".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure_for_Insomnia
The longest song is currently being played at a church and won't be done for 638 years (I'm serious). BTW, the same guy that wrote this 638 year long song, "wrote" a piece that has no notes in it at all.

There is a song generated by computer that will play for 1000 years (I'm serious here too), and it's called Longplayer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longplayer

[bullhead]

I am listening to the longplayer at the moment, its so beautiful.

[abeisgreat]

you know wikipedia isnt always true

[the_eternal_dark]

you know wikipedia isnt always true

True.

A spider has no pigments in its blood, it's actually clear.

A drop of alcohol on the back of a scorpion will cause it to sting itself to death.

The Giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair.

The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.

Small cockroaches are more likely to die on their backs than large cockroaches.

The Ritz cracker was introduced to markets in 1934, but gourmets had to wait until 1953 for the invention of cheese in a can. (some of the best inventions are simple)

A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin.

An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.

Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness.

Pigturducken is a pig, stuffed with a turkey, which is stuffed with a chicken, deep fried in oil, which is usually put into something similar to a horse trough over propane burners. ($50 to the first person to eat a whole one, I'm not trying)

In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food (I agree).

Seat belts for pilots were installed only after the consequence of their absence was observed to be fatal - several pilots fell to their deaths while flying upside down.

The number one cause of blindness in the United States is diabetes (which is caused by daily eating at McDonalds, inactivity, stress, too much sugar in the diet, not enough sugar in the diet, over eating of "bad foods" over a long period of time, and on and on).

Between 25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.

The Eisenhower interstate system (US) requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie (that had to hurt a little, but James Earl Jones had the "voice").

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously (thats one bored junkie).

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined (ouch).

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.


The internet is a gold mine for more useless information. Good finds Kando.

[Smurph]

9/11 Was actually a government conspiracy. While I was vacationing in new york, a very saucy broad fell over in front of me. I caught a glimpse of her panties, which caused my massive man missile to begin its rapid expansion. It kept on going, and eventually crashed into the world trade center, and the city was flooded with my man gravy. Because bush hates muslims, they painted a 747 on the side of my mammoth member, which caused me to climax again, and the skies over new york rained spooge for 30 minutes. They blamed it all on the arabs.

[Stump]

nice ones dude ;P thanks, :)

[chrono75]

Here are a few more good ones...
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The male hog has (on average,) a 45 minute orgasm... (lucky *******)

It takes over 1200 cows to supply the NFL with as much skin as it takes to make their footballs.

Every year 12 infants are misteaken at the hospital as someone elses infants and are switched around.

OJ Simpson did it. :P

Marajuana does not give you cancer.

When women who use viberators it does not take away from their ability to enjoy a man.

In Europe, there is an alcoholic vapor known as AWOL (Alcohol without liquid,) that you can inhale to get drunk in 1/10 the time.

In the cereal industry there can be 1mg of rat droppings for every 100lbs of cereal made.

McDonalds is soon to serve breakfast 24 hours a day. :D

Only 4 species of bird can talk.

Monkeys seem like nice pets, but they are actually very damn mean and very expensive. (My mom owns a petshop)

If the population of China started walking into the ocean in a single file line, the line would never end due to their birthrate... That's why I wouldn't be happy if we ever went to war with China.

[Stump]

that was also good ones :)

especially the first one :D

[ninja9393]

Not true

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n274/M13KDX/twink_www-txt2pic-com.jpg

OMG LMFAO!!!!!

[quzar]

The famed florida electric chair "old sparky" was built from wood made out of the gallows that it replaced.

Although this may be inaccurate I can't find other info to top it: LEGO is the worlds #1 tire manufacturer, producing 306 million tiny rubber tires every year.

[chrono75]

LEGOs are the best damn toy ever because they have infinate possibilities! Loved them very much!

[Smurph]

LEGOs are the best damn toy ever because they have infinate possibilities! Loved them very much!

They've always been too damn expensive.

I still love my 2nd-gen space lego monorail set.

[splodger15]

Marajuana does not give you cancer.

Thats a good one

[JKKDARK]

I'm not lesbian