Richard, Now I can die a happy woman! --Joc On Jan 19, 2006, at 8:03 PM, Richard Adkins wrote: > MANY PEOPLE THINK WRITERS KNOW EVERYTHING > > Do you know these things? > > "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?) > > It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. > > Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet > you're going to check this out.) > > 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, yo u 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) > > 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 crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. (but who really cares?) > > A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. > > 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.) > > 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 its brain. > > Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child > reaches 2 to 6 years of age. > > Butterflies taste with their feet. > > Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. > > 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. > > If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend > an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. > > 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! > > 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 293 ways to make change for a dollar. > > There are more chickens than people in the world. > > There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins. > > Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. > > Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. > > Women blink nearly twice as much as men. > > Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; > otherwise it will digest itself. > > THERE!.................. > > Now you DO know everything! > > -- > Write on!! > Richard Adkins > http://adkins.8k.com > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask]