Guest guest Posted February 25, 1999 Report Share Posted February 25, 1999 >--- Interesting Tidbits..... > > The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. > > The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. > > A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to >death. > > A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually >clear. > > Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why >Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother. > > Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear >pants. > > More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane >crashes. > > Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. > > Shakespeare invented the word " assassination " and " bump. " > > Marilyn Monroe had six toes. > > If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn >white. > > Women blink nearly twice as much as men. > > Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left >handed people do. > > The sentence " the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog " uses every >letter in the English language. > > The continents names all end with the same letter with which they >start. > > TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on >only one row of the keyboard. > > If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line >would never end because of the rate of reproduction. > > The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to >right or right to left. > > A snail can sleep for 3 years. > > American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from >each salad served in first-class. > > The electric chair was invented by a dentist. > > Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population >of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres. > > Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other >people in the world. > > " I am. " is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. > > No president of the United States was an only child. > > There, now don't you feel just a little more informed? Have a good >day! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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