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Vol. 13, No. 5, July 31, 2000

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I Never Knew That! Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 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 $2 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 word in the English language that ends in “mt.” All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance. Maine is the only state that is only one syllable. Los Angeles’ full name is”El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de 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, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone’s business card said that he was a used furniture dealer. The character’s Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.” A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. You can see Abe Lincoln sitting in the chair (the Lincoln Memorial inside the building on a penny. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. 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. The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. “Stewardesses” is the longest word you can type using only the left hand. “Typewriter” is the longest word you can type using only the top shelf of the keyboard. Abe Lincoln’s dog, Fido, was assassinated, too. He was stabbed to death! In Chinese, the KFC slogan “finger lickin’ good” comes out as “eat your fingers off.” A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head. European women didn’t wear underwear until the 1900’s. More than 50% of the world have never made or received a phone call. We shed 40 pounds of skin in a life time. We drool more than 3 pints a day. Yo-yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines. A Russian woman gave birth to 69 children from 1725 to 1765 (there were 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets). Prince William once flushed his dad’s shoes down the toilet. Coca-cola can be used as car oil. Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year. Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth’s 1st mother, had 6 fingers on her left hand. Australian speak for going to the bathroom is, ”Spending a penny.” You blink your eyes about 20,000 times a day. Girls see better than boys in the dark. An average person has 696 muscles; a caterpillar has more than 4,000. The typical bed houses 2 million dustmites.  Yuck! Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV Ancient Romans and Egyptians used crushed tadpoles mixed with oil as hair dye. Blue is the favorite color of 80% of Americans. A giraffe cleans its ears with its 21-inch tongue In Sri Lanka, when a person shakes their head from side to side, they are saying “yes.” The largest chocolate chip cookie ever made contained 2.8 tons of chocolate. There are more chickens than people in the world. It’s against the law in Iceland to have a dog. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest. Rats can’t vomit. Everyday, 0.5% of the world visits a McDonald’s. Children grow faster in the spring. The only word in the English language with all vowels in reverse order is “subcontinental.” Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because Donald doesn’t wear pants. 85% of people killed by lightning are male Your body is 70% water. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C. The back of a sock is called a “gore.” Beethoven poured ice water over his head before he composed. We’ve eaten 400 billion Oreos since they were fist introduced in 1912. The Snickers bar is the #1 selling candy sold in vending machines. The “sixth sick sheik sheep’s sick” is said to be the hardest tongue twister  in the English language. Add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel and the sum is 666 In Pakistan, it’s rude to show your feet. Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones. [Handed down by Earl Falk] Just In case you ever get mixed up between the two, this should make things a bit clearer: IN PRISON ... you spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell. AT WORK ... you spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle. IN PRISON ... you get three meals a day. AT WORK ... you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it. IN PRISON ... you get time off for good behavior. AT WORK ... you get rewarded for good behavior with more work. IN PRISON ... a guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. AT WORK ... you must carry around a security card and unlock and open all the doors yourself. IN PRISON ... you can watch TV and play games. AT WORK ... you get fired for watching TV and playing games. IN PRISON ... you get your own toilet. AT WORK ... you have to share. IN PRISON ... they allow your family and friends to visit. AT WORK ... you cannot even speak to your family and friends. IN PRISON ... all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required. AT WORK ... you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. IN PRISON ... you spend most of your life looking through bars from the inside wanting to get out. AT WORK ... you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars. [Final paragraph added by J. Mix] Still, if you’ve ever visited a prison or had a nice day in the freedom of going where you want, eating what you want, and doing what you want, there’s no reason to pick “IN PRISON” as a choice. Stay at work – it’s where you belong. [This from a man who is retired and currently vacationing in England.]