Some email I got:
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
“screeched.”
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
Parliament building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
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.
Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la
Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch
is 10:10.
Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were
named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank
Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by
a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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.
