These are facts you probably have never realized.
The word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left.
"a man a plan a canal panama"
spelled backwards is still
"a man a plan a canal panama"
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the
line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, but
dogs only have about ten.
No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
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.
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
All polar bears are left handed.
The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a
poisonous spider.
Things You Didn't Know
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Well, here's another one in the same vein as kayak and racecar:
Toyota - if you spell it in all caps from top to bottom, it will appear the same when you look at it in the mirror:
T
O
Y
O
T
A
Nor purple, silver or orange
Toyota - if you spell it in all caps from top to bottom, it will appear the same when you look at it in the mirror:
T
O
Y
O
T
A
No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
Nor purple, silver or orange
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
Re: Things You Didn't Know
lmaoOriginally posted by tr87526
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
Come to think of it, that makes absolute sense
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
Re: Things You Didn't Know
And that's a bad thing?Originally posted by tr87526
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
that's normal. And don't think we don't know it. <smiles>Originally posted by Immortal
me having sex with a real life barbie.. I'd just be staring at her breasts..
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. (still thinking about it)
"She want to play in the lover's chase, it is the little girl in her." says Pepe le Pew.
Leathal Injections on Death row
Lethal Injection Consists Of:
Sodium Thiopental (lethal dose - sedates person)
Pancuronium Bromide (muscle relaxant-collapses diaphragm and lungs)
Potassium Chloride (stops heart beat)
The offender is usually pronounced dead approximately 7 minutes after the lethal injection begins.
Cost per execution for drugs used : $86.08
Sodium Thiopental (lethal dose - sedates person)
Pancuronium Bromide (muscle relaxant-collapses diaphragm and lungs)
Potassium Chloride (stops heart beat)
The offender is usually pronounced dead approximately 7 minutes after the lethal injection begins.
Cost per execution for drugs used : $86.08
Re: Leathal Injections on Death row
YUKKIE..Originally posted by crazyman
Lethal Injection Consists Of:
Sodium Thiopental (lethal dose - sedates person)
Pancuronium Bromide (muscle relaxant-collapses diaphragm and lungs)
Potassium Chloride (stops heart beat)
The offender is usually pronounced dead approximately 7 minutes after the lethal injection begins.
Cost per execution for drugs used : $86.08
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