Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.
A whale's penis is called a dork.
In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.
Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesars. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.
One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile. So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.
Seattle's Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.
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2007-05-16 15:59:28 · 16 answers · asked by *weirdygirly* 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
...and...right-handed people, on average, live longer than left-handed people.
2007-05-16 16:00:35 · update #1
it you flip a coin it is most likely to land o head because that side weighs more
Despite the fact that 77 percent of Americans go to the grocery store with a list, it's estimated that half of everything bought there is bought on impulse. Supermarkets report very strong sales of almost anything they stock at the check-out line.
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
Slugs have 4 noses.
Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
The average person laughs 10 times a day!
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
2007-05-16 16:06:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are 118 ridges on a Dime.
Crocodiles can't stick out their tongue
A dragon fly has legs but, can't walk
It takes 42 gallons of Maple sap, to produce 1 gallon of Maple syrup
"Rule of Thumb" was taken from a law thats stated that you can NOT use a stick, thicker than your thumb, to beat your wife with.
The first trans-Atlantic flight was NOT completed by Linberg, it was completed by 3 flying sea planes that left from "Rockaway Beach" NY, they had engine problems and all 3 had to taxi at some point of the trip on the water, this was consider NOT a "non-stop" flight, so it did NOT count.
2007-05-16 16:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albert einstien married his cousin,
if you accelerate a grain of sand to 99.9% the spped of light and flick it at your wall it would blow your house up.
Giant Kelp can grow to 65 metres long,
there are more than 300,000 types of algae in the world
the gateway to the west can swing 18" in 150mph winds.
2007-05-16 16:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alaska is so large that it would span the distance from Jacksonville, FL to San Francisco, CA...and from International Falls, MN down to Bentonville, AR
Alaska is a HUGE state.....
2007-05-16 16:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by Charlie Bravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aircraft landing is a controlled crash.
Aviation jet fuel is not as flammable as gasoline. It has a higher flash point.
2007-05-16 16:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by Firespider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm.... Very very interesting. Thabks for the heads up on the alligator thing
2007-05-16 16:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh-huh... and tomatoes are actually a berry and the vine they grow on is part of the nightshade family of poisons.
2007-05-16 16:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by bloodline_down 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I live in Seattle and that bridge is a pain in the fanny , let me tell you...
.thanks for the inflamation!
2007-05-16 16:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by Dr.Cyclops 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'facetious' is the only word that has all the vowels in order
'stewardess' is the longest word to be properly typed with one hand
2007-05-16 16:03:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1961 turned upside down and backwards reads the same. can you name two more dates.
2007-05-16 16:06:19 · answer #10 · answered by Bryce M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋