:) Did You Know....

[JoGee]

~ most lipsticks contain fish scales.

~ an ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.

~ the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.

~ you need saliva to be able to taste foods.

~ bears have 42 teeth.

~. Six 8-stud (2x4) LEGO bricks can be connected in 915,103,765 different ways.

~. 11% of people are left handed.

~ August has the highest percentage of births.

~ lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.

~ no two corn flakes look the same.

(More coming)

[JoGee]

~ 8% of people have an extra rib

~ 85% of plant life is found in the ocean

~ Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

~ rabbits like licorice

~ the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

~ 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse In Italy

~ a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue

~ armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex

~ reindeer like bananas

~ the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds

~ birds need gravity to swallow

[JoGee]

~ the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E

~ the least used letter in the alphabet is Q

~ the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English

~ dreamt is the only word that ends in mt

~ the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter

~ the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON

~ if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same

~ a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

~ Perth is Australia's windiest city

~ Elvis's middle name was Aron

~ the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color

~ goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light

~ the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear

~ cats spend 66% of their life asleep

~ Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year

[JoGee]

~ money is the number one thing that couples argue about

~ macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs

~ when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)

~ spiders are arachnids and not insects

~ ~ ~ each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

~ Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US

~ stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

~ there is no such thing as a naturally blue food

~ honey is the only natural food which never goes off

~ M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

~ that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)

~ the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia

~ the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)

~ about 90% of the worlds population kisses

~ Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

~ in every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman

[JoGee]

~ Sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in the air

~ Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense

~ the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco.

~ toilets use 35% of indoor water use

~ Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day

~ the average speed of a skydiver is 200 mph

~ all insects have 6 legs

~ the first Burger King was opened in Miami FL in 1954

[JoGee]

~ the croissant was invented in Austria

~ In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas

~ African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words

~ a giraffe can clean it's ears with its 21 inch tongue

~ Australia was originally called New Holland

~ 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia~ the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs

~ the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

[JoGee]

~ it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down

~ frogs can't swallow with their eyes open

~ elephants are the only mammal that can't jump

~ a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet

~ your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body

~ a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second

~ on your birthday you share it with 9 million others

~ 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros

~ a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories

~ you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV

~ frogs don't drink (they absorb water through their skin)

~ at birth dalmations are always white


~ hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

~ a duck can't walk without bobbing its head

~ a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute

~ dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk

~ a crocodile can't move its tongue

~ a strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside

~ that the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles

~ in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names

[JoGee]

~ pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians

~ an average person will spend 25 years asleep~ hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal

~ an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature

~ the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world

~ bats always turn left when exiting a cave

~ the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression

~ the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'

~ crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure

~ reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube

~ your skin is the largest organ making up the human body

~ cows don't have upper front teeth

~ everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world

~ the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity

~ french fries are originally from Belgium

~ enamel is the hardest substance in your body

~ there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year

~ there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo

~ in a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache

~ black on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest impact

[Mayebarnes]

very interest Jo...thanks...

I liked to find out I am one of 11 Percent of folks....
and I figured E was the most used letter ....bet the letter T runs a close second...I do a lot of cryptograms... if you can find the word The.. that is a great start..

curious about the one about Bats turning left coming out of a cave... I wonder why?

[JoGee]

I look for "that", which for me determines "the", and if possible I look for the word "people". Barring that, I also look for the single letter word, and try to discern if it's "a" or "I". (I do my cryptograms in ink, not giving myself much room for error.)

As for bats, I wondered about that too, but not everyone agrees on this. Like other animals, it's more likely that they head directly to where they plan to forage, and avoid any predators as well.
If the observer watches just one or two caves, he's likely to make the statement "they always". Apparently, other people deem otherwise.

[JoGee]

Okay, I need some input here.
While I've been posting these gems, I also pull out quite a few that I find questionable. Then E says I'm probably still missing some, because, remember, the Web has become The Misinformation Highway.

Do you want to continue as we have, and point out any questionable items......I will look them up and we can comment on it.
OR, should I just quit?

Please let me know your preferance.
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