More Strange Facts
By: Jskills	Published: 12/10/1998
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 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 members 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's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz." The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. 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. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles. Why not join the rest of us on the inside and get all of Goofball.com?
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$5bill (0 replies) started by qsilver14070 (06.05.2001 10:29:16 AM EST) The new five only lists 26 states.. not all 50.. Have to check an old one, but I think it's the same pic Be good or be good at it

Wrong about TESTIFY (0 replies) started by bassmanmax (04.27.2001 3:49:49 PM EST) Test, as in testament or testify in Latin means "give proof". the suffix -icle is a diminutive noun ending, turning the root into something little. Testicles are your little proof of living, ie your children. They did not swear on their testicles, they had plenty of gods to swear to.

Some bullshit in here (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (03.23.2001 8:57:05 AM EST) 1. Winston Churchill was born in a spare bedroom (intended for use by a woman) being used to store coats for the evening. Not a ladies room in the US sense. Just because you were thunked out in the trailer park toliet blocks by your whore mother, don't think that this is a common thing. 2. The speaker of the house of commons is not a allowed to 'speak' politically. Their purpose is to maintain order. They are apolitical, not mutes. You really are showing a typical american stunted reading ability. You've figured out the words, but you need to place them in CONTEXT man. 3. I don't know, but if I a goldfish only had a 3 second memory, would it not forget how to swim, eat, etc. That would be a trait evolution would sort out soon enough. Sorry, I forgot, the world is actually 4000 years old and evolution never happened. Gantlord the pedant. http://www.billhicks.com You ignorant american fucks have probably never heard of one of your greatest sons. Nations unite and we shall free the american yoke from the world. Your country is indirectly responsible for almost every fucking war, famine and... wait is that the stock market crashing? We'll be sure to enjoy the recession you're causing us you bastards.

Canadian 2 Dollar Bill (0 replies) started by Moonraker (03.19.2001 1:21:14 AM EST) That isn't the US Flag, it's the old Canadian flag (1867-1965) Looks like the US flag at first glance.

dollar bill fact (0 replies) started by blinkie19 (01.19.2001 11:55:56 PM EST) the owl and spider are not true, if you look at the rest of the dollar you can see a spider web which is a set pattern. the shield and another part of the dollar covers part of the pattern causing the "owl" and "spider"

canuck 2 buck (0 replies) started by gregorb (10.30.2000 12:09:21 PM EST) the flag flying over the canadian 2 dollar bill is the canadian flag, i have checked this, so SUCK IT! We've had our words: a common spat. So I kissed him upside the cranium with an aluminum baseball bat. (my name is mud)

YOU ARE WRONG (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (09.17.2000 6:43:58 PM EST) that about the national anthem of greece is not quite correct.our anthem is just a fraction(the first lines actually) of the poem you are refering to.and that bullshit about noone memorising it can you memorise the declaration of independence? HU? can ya?

suicide???? (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (08.17.2000 2:40:30 PM EST) an 83 year old lady wanted to kill herself by shooting herself in the heart. she could not remember where her heart was, so she called a doctor. he told her that it was under her left breast. an hour later the 911 operator got a call that an old lady shot herself in the knee.

Cool facts (0 replies)   started by daveminster (08.16.2000 4:04:09 PM EST) Besides the fact that I'm first (how cares) the facts are cool

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