Hello all,
I've not been a very good blogger lately. So much going on for me right now that I simply don't know which way to turn. Computer has been on the fritz. Trucks in a muck. Murphy has been following me around enforcing his law at every turn. Band broke up again. My apologies to everyone for not being around. Molly my dear I just received your email. Sorry, I sure would have enjoyed getting away from my routine for awhile. Well enough about me. I hope all are well and having a wonderful day. Peace, love and light to one and all.
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
"lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out with your fingers,
didn't you?)
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, you 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, in single file, 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.
..................Now you know everything!
