So you think you know everything (got this in an email)

[crystals]

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.


A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.


A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.


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.



Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.


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.


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.




"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".


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.


It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.


Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.


Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.



No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.


On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.


Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.


Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.



Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.


"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.



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.



The sentence:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.



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



The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).



There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.


There are more chickens than people in the world.


There are only four words in the English language which end in
"dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous


There are two words in the English language that have all five
vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."



There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.



Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.


TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.



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

[Max Whittaker]

You forgot one:

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.


But then, who doesn't know that?

[rusyd]

That is interesting.

[Jenya]

Originally posted by crystals

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.

That was an old (and often confusing rumour).

The flag on top of the Parliment building on the $2 dollar (and others claiming it was on the $5 dollar bill) is the older pre-1965 Red Ensign' Canadian flag. Some folks had it mixed it up with the U.S. flag.

Older Red Ensign Canadian Flag

[Max Whittaker]

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the....")

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

[Hollow]

Originally posted by crystals
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A snail can sleep for three years.
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.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
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.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

DUUUUUUUUH.

. . . . Now you know everything

whateverrrrr. i don't know calculus.

sincerely,
miss smartass

[TJL]

Great. I'm a goldfish.

[MaryElizabeth]

Originally posted by TJL
Great. I'm a goldfish.

Hey...you think that's bad? I just found out I was an ostrich.

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by crystals

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Absolutely not true. They have kneecaps, but they are not ossified yet, meaning they are not bony. They are of cartilage material until about age 3-5.

[Hollow]

Originally posted by Cashodeen
Absolutely not true. They have kneecaps, but they are not ossified yet, meaning they are not bony. They are of cartilage material until about age 3-5.

*laughs at the idiot who wrote that*

and by the way, i've sneezed with my eyes open.

[Dutabi84]

Originally posted by Cashodeen
Absolutely not true. They have kneecaps, but they are not ossified yet, meaning they are not bony. They are of cartilage material until about age 3-5.

Pwn3d!

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by safety pin
*laughs at the idiot who wrote that*

and by the way, i've sneezed with my eyes open.

I swear I have too. I sneeze mildly as it is, and sometimes it's been so little, I haven't had to shut my eyes. But it feels like real sneezes to me.

Originally posted by Dutabi84
Pwn3d!

You know it.

[Hollow]

I just did a lot of research and found out some interesting facts. Think you know everything? think again.

Although the land of america has existed for millions of years, no one discovered it until 1492.
The ghosts in the disneyland haunted house aren't real - they were set up by the owners.
Most movies and TV shows are not based on real occurrences.
Meat and dairy products actually are from real animals - cows, chickens, etc.
Objects don't actually change or gain another dimension while looking at them with 3D glasses.
The actor portraying Luke skywalker did not really lose his hand in "star wars: the empire strikes back". The makers just made it look he did.
Pouring liquid from a small container to a larger one does not change the amount of it.
It is impossible to communicate without speaking.
Existence goes beyond our planet. Earth is located in a big black nothingness called "space," where many other planets and features exist.

[Max Whittaker]

Originally posted by safety pin

It is impossible to communicate without speaking.

Now that, my friend, is not true. It is absolutely possible to communicate without speaking. Sign language and Telepathy.

[Liza]

Originally posted by safety pin
Although the land of america has existed for millions of years, no one discovered it until 1492.

Tell that to the vikings