Posted on 09/03/2005 7:42:08 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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35 Facts you were perfectly happy not knowing
1. Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched."
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck
on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters
"mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only US state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous" - tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la
Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life."
25. Some dragonflies have a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
MY DAY IS COMPLETE!!!
HE HE HE
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
LOL Hiya Alfa! So glad to add to your pleasure.
ROFLOL
Wow. Some great facts there miss feather.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
In that case I wish I was average. :-)
Oh my gosh, I am not normal! It takes me hours to go to sleep. LOL
Ha!
I think you're idea is very timely. I'm not real sure what I think about it yet. I think there are times, especially like this past week where the military could have been used as a police force. I need to study the three posts I have and see what the current deal is. I'll post my thoughts after that.
Hmmm... how does that work? I'm sitting on the couch watching TV, next thing I know I'm waking up. Somebody must know when that 7 minutes starts counting I guess. :-)
LOL
How are you today??
I'm fine as wine and twice as sweet, thank you! LOL
And you? Is the world treating your as well as you deserve today? :-)
Doing well, thanks. Just lazy today, can't watch much more of the horrible scenes from NO.
Finally those folks are getting out of there.
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on September 03:
1596 Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
1803 Prudence Crandall founded school for "young ladies of colour"
1811 John Humphrey Noyes Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)
1825 Armistead Lindsay Long Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1825 William Wallace Burns Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1831 S.R. Gist Brig General(Confederate Army), died in 1864
1835 William Gaston Lewis Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1856 Louis Henri Sullivan Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture
1860 Edward Albert Filene merchant, established US credit union movement
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer, was born. He designed the Volkswagen in 1934 and the Porsche sports car in 1950. (not to mention various German panzers...but we won't mention that...unfortunate little fact.
1905 Carl David Anderson NYC, physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics)
1907 Andrew Brewin Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party
1907 Dr Loren Eiseley professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets)
1910 Dorothy Maynor Norfolk Va, soprano (founded Harlem School of Arts)
1913 Alan Ladd actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers, Boy on a Dolphin)
1914 Dixie Lee Ray, Gov. Wash / author "Environmental Overkill, whatever happened to commonsense?" / Marine Biologist / UN Peace Prize winner
1923 Mort Walker cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
1926 Anne Jackson Penn, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine)
1926 Irene Papas actress (Anne of Thousand Days)
1931 Mitzi Gaynor Chicago Ill, actress (South Pacific)
1935 Eileen Brennan LA Calif, actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin)
1942 Al Jardine rocker (Beachboys-In My Room)
1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring Hartford Ct, Col USA/astronaut (STS 61B)
1944 Valerie Perrine Galveston Tx, actress/worldclass babe (Steam Bath, Superman, Slaughterhouse 5)
1948 Donald Brewer, musician-drums, songwriter-Silver Bullet Band, Flint, Grand Funk Railroad, born. (We're an American Band, Walk like a Man, Shinin' On, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time)
1965 Charlie Sheen actor (Carlos Estevez), NYC, actor (Wall St, Platoon)
Sure, that's easy for you to say.
I like this one.
Fot. IRWIN THOMPSON AP
Long may she wave.
Like this one for instance...
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
I SAID we wouldn't mention this! :-)
Finally those folks are getting out of there.
I know what you mean bentfeather. I'm living with an aunt and uncle in central Texas now. We are all 3 HAM operators and it's been a busy time here relaying emergency traffic. I suspect PE is busy doing the same 'bout now.
Sure gotta give it to the survivors, they have been literally through hell and high water.
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