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Question

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ?
( OK, Let's test you then..Smartie Pants ! )
[ It's back to grade school, That's "A,B,C,D,E,F,G" playing in the Background ]

"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, there's gotta be another one... HUH .)

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 spelled the same
whether they are read left to right
or right to left.
They are called " Palindromes".
( Yep, I knew it, ....You did too ...But forgot. )

There are only four words in the English language
which end in "dous":
tremendous,
horrendous,
stupendous,
and hazardous.
( You're not doubting this one, 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 typewriter 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.
( That explains it....Some days. I feel like a Goldfish. )

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time
for 1/100th of a second.
( I really didn't know this. But you knew it.. Yeah ! Right ! )

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 it's brain.
( Yep ! and on those days when I don't feel like a goldfish, I feel like an Ostrich. )

Babies are born without kneecaps.
None, until a 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 China birthrate.

If you are an average American, in your whole life,
you will spend an average of 6 months
in your car waiting at red lights.
( I knew there was a reason why no one stops at those stupid signs !)

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 !
( Warning ! It's not a good idea to sneeze while eating them ! )

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.
( Lucky, It coulda melted something more vital. )

The winter of 1932 was so cold
that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

There are more chickens than people in the world.
( AH ! So !... Numerically.. Bird Flu is a VERY SERIOUS MATTER . )

Winston Churchill was born
in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

There ........
Now you know Everything !

Answer 1

The longest palindrome I know: Madam I'm Adam

My great great Uncle Willie invented the window envelope.

The only word in the english language that has 3 sets of double letters: bookkeeper

10 body parts that are 3 letters long:
Eye, Ear, Lip, Gum, Jaw, Arm, Rib, Hip, Leg, Toe

Peanuts are a member of the bean family and a tomato is actually a fruit

It takes 35 muscles to create a frown and only 7 to create a smile.

Now you know everything too!

Peace!

Answer 2

Our eyes grow slightly as we age. In fact, the Yahoo Answers newsletter answered that one last week.

When rhyming words with equal numbers of syllables, only the last syllable has to be the same. For instance, sliver, liver, and silver all rhyme.

Some other words that end in dous.

There are several words with a, e, i, o, and u, in that order. (Perhaps more than words ending with dous.)

Goldfish are very similar to humans, with long term and short term memories. They do have memory longer than 3 seconds. Don't believe me. Believe Wikipedia: "A common misconception that goldfish only have a three second memory is completely false."

A jiffy (or jiffie) can be 1/50 of a second, 1/60 of a second (also called a tick), the duration of one tick of the system clock, the time taken for light to travel one foot, the time taken for light to travel one fermi, or the time taken for light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum.

Scissors were invented over 3000 years before Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Winston Churchill was born on a carriage ride. "A common myth is that he was born in the ladies room during a ball; this is untrue."


Facts are better than urban myths.

Answer 3

long but interesting, if its all true

they tested the 3 second memory of goldfish on mythbusters and they said that's not true

did you know that on the Lincoln memorial they're are 2 mistakes 1. there are 2 two many steps they wanted one for each year he was alive and 2. they misspelled the word future on the wall inside the monument, it was spelled like this - Euture

Answer 4

Am I the only 1 who has seen this on an email before?

Answer 5

about "Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable" I did check and what about Colorado, New Mexico, Arkansas, Utah, Nebraska, California and West Virginia?

Answer 6

The Canadian dollar bill has been out of circulation for years!

Answer 7

i need to refute your claim about the Canadian two-dollar bill. what you see is the Red Ensign, which predated the Maple Leaf. More details at the following site: http://www.indefual.net/canada/myths/index.html

Answer 8

I've heard all those before..but still theyre fun to think about

Answer 9

very interesting but i think u have a little too much time on your hands

Answer 10

wow dude now I know everything I can rest in peace