So You Think You Know Everything?

DubersDubers Pet Shop BoyEdinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is ! the only state whose name is just one syllable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

....................Now you know everything
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Given that I knew over thirty of those, and the list os in no way comprehensive (well duh), I think I have to dutifully shout SPAMTHREAD!

    First person to say <i>why</i> a crocodile cannot stick its tongue out gets a cookie.
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Hellooo trivia Q&A...


    Good work!
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    the crocodile cant stick its toiunge out because the tounge is too short! gimmie cookie!
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maus+Jan 9 2004, 07:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maus @ Jan 9 2004, 07:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Given that I knew over thirty of those, and the list os in no way comprehensive (well duh), I think I have to dutifully shout SPAMTHREAD!

    First person to say <i>why</i> a crocodile cannot stick its tongue out gets a cookie. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah but you didn't know them all so NOW you know everything!
  • Cr-ckCr-ck Join Date: 2003-09-14 Member: 20873Members
    edited January 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If it was possible, you can pop out your eyes out. but your eyes close automatically to hold them in(they are also held by some other muscles)
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cr/-\ck+Jan 9 2004, 02:52 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cr/-\ck @ Jan 9 2004, 02:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If it was possible, you can pop out your eyes out. but your eyes close automatically to hold them in(they are also held by some other muscles) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Gee crack thats not much of an option is it
  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Black Mage+Jan 9 2004, 08:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Black Mage @ Jan 9 2004, 08:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the crocodile cant stick its toiunge out because the tounge is too short! gimmie cookie! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'll give you a <a href='http://www.dictionary.com' target='_blank'>link</a> instead. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MajinMajin Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ahh, we haven't had a two dollar bill since 1997, when it was replaced with another F-in coin.

    We now have
    penny
    nickle
    dime
    quater
    dollar (or "loonie" because it has a picture of the Canadian Loon on it)
    two dollar coin (or "twoonie" because its 2 loonies in worth)

    Feel our pain lugging all this coin around.

    now you know everything!
  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    a dragonfly DOESNT have a lifespan of 24 hours, thats teh mayfly
    now wheres my cookie?
  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I knew that. Chem teacher just told me today, actually.
  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 11:29 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 11:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> In the Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over parliament is an American flag.

    The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    1) ahahaha, nubs

    2)That sentence is *part* of my hotmail account


    <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    also I know everything because I know<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'>google</a>, and it knows all
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    edited January 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Month= Front, shunt and bunt
    Orange = Florence, sortance,
    Silver = Shelver
    Purple = Hurdle

    ME WANT TEH COOKIE AS WELl,

    You = pwned <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    but they dont really RHYME, they just sound a bit similar, but they dont rhyme
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Duff-Man+Jan 9 2004, 10:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Duff-Man @ Jan 9 2004, 10:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I thought a fraction of a second was referred to as a split second, but I guess it just a word for something really <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Jiffy sounds outta place though
  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    Google constantly contradicts itself though because of all the dumb website out there so that doesn't count.
  • JavertJavert Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15954Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Epidemic+Jan 9 2004, 01:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Epidemic @ Jan 9 2004, 01:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Month= Front, shunt and bunt
    Orange = Florence, sortance,
    Silver = Shelver
    Purple = Hurdle

    ME WANT TEH COOKIE AS WELl,

    You = pwned <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's known as slant rhyme.


    Wow, NOW I know ALMOST everything.
  • booogerboooger Join Date: 2003-11-03 Member: 22274Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Month= Front, shunt and bunt
    Orange = Florence, sortance,
    Silver = Shelver
    Purple = Hurdle
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No. You have to match every vowel/consonant sound for it to rhyme. Otherwise, it's technically not a true rhyme.
  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    man thats a slant rhyme f00
  • BurrBurr Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9358Members
    Its up to you guys to prove me wrong if I am wrong...I guess.

    Pigs are the only other animal that can get sunburnt.

    You can't burp lying on your back.

    The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

    Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning.

    On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 07:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 07:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I respect his mother for continuing her dance despite the no-doubt slippery conditions.
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--boooger+Jan 9 2004, 11:40 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (boooger @ Jan 9 2004, 11:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Month= Front, shunt and bunt
    Orange = Florence, sortance,
    Silver = Shelver
    Purple = Hurdle
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No. You have to match every vowel/consonant sound for it to rhyme. Otherwise, it's technically not a true rhyme. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    C'mon, dont tell me bunt and month dont rhymes? Or Florence and Orange?
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Burr+Jan 9 2004, 07:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ Jan 9 2004, 07:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You can't burp lying on your back. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wrong.
  • NuketheplaceNuketheplace Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1266Members
    Fact: The ns fourms have more smart people that know usless junk than any other fourm.
  • BizZy_9mm_MessiahBizZy_9mm_Messiah Old School Member Join Date: 2003-07-25 Member: 18411Members, Constellation
    Wow you sure it's all 50 states? Doesnt look like it to me.
  • KaliasKalias Superskulk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2560Members
    edited January 2004
    I'm pretty sure purple has a english rhyme... it was stated on a programme about really obscure facts called 'QI' on the BBC in the uk... though I'm not sure which one was mentioned... I got this from a site... I think it was one of those...

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Purple, contrary to assertions on innumerable websites, has two English words that rhyme with it. These are 'hirple' and 'curple'. Hirple means to hobble along with one leg dragging behind the other, half way between a walk and a crawl. Curples are the leather straps passed under the tails of horses.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Though it may have been one beginning with m... whichever it was apparently there is one...
  • kidakida Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13778Members
    A lot of those facts are kind of "iffy."

    Rather, should I say, jokable facts...


    For example:


    "A dime has 118 ridges around the edge"

    I am sure not all dimes in human history had 118 edges...

    "A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes."

    Hmm...

    "Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. "

    "At birth, an infants eyes are about two-thirds the size of adult eyes. Until after their first month of life, most newborns lack complete retinal development, especially in the area responsible for visual acuity. From the second year of life until puberty, eye growth progressively slows. After puberty, eye growth is negligible."

    Now, I am sure there are probably exceptions to each fact, but whatever...I think I am being to critical...
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Epidemic+Jan 9 2004, 09:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Epidemic @ Jan 9 2004, 09:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Month= Front, shunt and bunt
    Orange = Florence, sortance,
    Silver = Shelver
    Purple = Hurdle

    ME WANT TEH COOKIE AS WELl,

    You = pwned <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh dear god don't ever... Ever... EVER speak to me again!
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Kalias+Jan 10 2004, 04:08 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kalias @ Jan 10 2004, 04:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm pretty sure purple has a english rhyme... it was stated on a programme about really obscure facts called 'QI' on the BBC in the uk... though I'm not sure which one was mentioned... I got this from a site... I think it was one of those...

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Purple, contrary to assertions on innumerable websites, has two English words that rhyme with it. These are 'hirple' and 'curple'. Hirple means to hobble along with one leg dragging behind the other, half way between a walk and a crawl. Curples are the leather straps passed under the tails of horses.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Though it may have been one beginning with m... whichever it was apparently there is one... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dubers, fine!
    Kalias, I cant find any of those 2 words on dictionary.com
    And Jiffy,
    1. The duration of one tick of the computer's system
    clock. Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the US and
    Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sec
    has become common.
  • Bosnian_CowboyBosnian_Cowboy Join Date: 2003-06-07 Member: 17088Members, Constellation
    Doesn't sliver rhyme with silver?
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Jan 9 2004, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh yea smarty pants! How much mucus does an <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> have to produce so it wont digest ITS stomach!

    huh? yea didnt think you knew either.

    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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