Think You Know Everything?
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Think You Know Everything? Think Again!
1. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
2. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
3. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
4. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
5. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air
is a skein.
6. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
7. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
8. A snail can sleep for three years.
9. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
10. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
11. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20."
12. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
13. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
14. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
15. Butterflies taste with their feet.
16. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
17. Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?
18. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
19. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
20. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
21. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
22. If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
23. If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
24. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
25. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
26. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
27. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeleso de Porciuncula"
28. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
29. Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
30. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
31. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
32. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
33. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
34. Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye."
35. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
36. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump.'
37. "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; lollipop" with your right.
38. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
39. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
40. The
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