1. A rat can
last longer
without water
than a camel.
2. Your
stomach has to
produce a new
layer of mucus
every two
weeks
or it will
digest itself.
3. The dot
over the
letter "i" is
called a
tittle.
4. A raisin
dropped in a
glass of fresh
champagne will
bounce
up
and down
continuously
from the
bottom of the
glass to the
top.
5. A female
ferret will
die if it goes
into heat and
cannot
find
a mate.
6. A duck's
quack doesn't
echo. No one
knows why.
7. A 2 X 4 is
really 1-1/2"
by 3-1/2".
8. During the
chariot scene
in "Ben Hur,"
a small red
car can
be
seen in the
distance (and
Heston's
wearing a
watch).
9. On average,
12 newborns
will be given
to the wrong
parents
daily!
(That explains
a few
mysteries...)
10. Donald
Duck comics
were banned
from Finland
because he
doesn't
wear pants.
11. Because
metal was
scarce, the
Oscars given
out during
World
War
II were made
of wood.
12. The number
of possible
ways of
playing the
first four
moves
per
side in a game
of chess is
318,979,564,
000.
13. There are
no words in
the dictionary
that rhyme
with
orange,
purple and
silver.
14 The name
Wendy was made
up for the
book Peter
Pan. There was
never
a recorded
Wendy before.
15. The very
first bomb
dropped by the
Allies on
Berlin in
World
War II killed
the only
elephant in
the Berlin
Zoo.
16. If one
places a tiny
amount of
liquor on a
scorpion, it
will
instantly go
mad and sting
itself to
death. (Who
was the sadist
who
discovered
this??)
17. Bruce Lee
was so fast
that they
actually had
to s-l-o-w
film
down so you
could see his
moves. That's
the opposite
of the norm.
18. The first
CD pressed in
the US was
Bruce
Springsteen' s
"Born
in the USA."
19. The
original name
for butterfly
was flutterby.
20. The phrase
"rule of
thumb" is
derived from
an old English
law
which stated
that you
couldn't beat
your wife with
anything wider
than
your thumb.
21. The first
product
Motorola
started to
develop was a
record
player
for
automobiles.
At that time,
the most known
player on the
market
was Victrola,
so they called
themselves
Motorola.
22. Roses may
be red, but
violets are
indeed violet.
23. By raising
your legs
slowly and
lying on your
back, you
cannot
sink into
quicksand.
24. Celery has
negative
calories It
takes more
calories to
eat
a
piece of
celery than
the celery has
in it to begin
with.
25. Charlie
Chaplin once
won third
prize in a
Charlie
Chaplin
look-alike
contest.
26. Chewing
gum while
peeling onions
will keep you
from crying.
27. Sherlock
Holmes NEVER
said,
"Elementary,
my dear
Watson."
28. An old law
in Bellingham,
Washington,
made it
illegal for a
woman
to take more
than three
steps
backwards
while dancing!
29. The glue
on Israeli
postage is
certified
kosher.
30. The
Guinness Book
of Records
holds the
record for
being the
book
most often
stolen from
public
libraries.
31. Astronauts
are not
allowed to eat
beans before
they go into
space
because
passing wind
in a spacesuit
damages them.
32. Bats
always turn
left when
exiting a
cave!
SEE.....NOW
WASN'T THAT
CALMING AND
NICE FOR A
CHANGE?
.......Not to
mention how
much smarter
you've now
become!
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