Volume 26 • No 04 • 2003
ISSN 0742-468X • Since 1978
On-line Since 2000

Think You Know Everything?

27 things you might not know …

1. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
2. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
3. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
4. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
5. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
6. A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
7. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
8. A snail can sleep for three years.
9. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
10. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
11. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
12. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
13. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
14. Butterflies taste with their feet.
15. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
16. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.”
17. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
18. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
19. If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
20. If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
21. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
23. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
24. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
25. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
26. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
27. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

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