Did You Know....

[Isolde]

Did You Know...
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- At one time in Holland it took four years to train to be a hatmaker but only three years to train to be a surgeon.

- Despite the many rat invested slums in New York City, only 311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers.

- No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

- The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11 story building.

- Adults average only one nightmare a year, but typically have seven sexual fantasies a day.

- There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

- During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies.

- The liver, not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern Morocco. When a Moroccan girl falls in love she says, "Darling, you have stolen my liver."

- Drivers tend to drive faster when other cars are around. It doesn't matter whether they are in front, behind or beside them.

- A small tribe named the Todas in southern India don't greet each other with a handshake, they thumb their noses.

- The host team in an NFL football game must have 26 footballs inflated and ready to play.

- The world's greatest lover was King Mongut of Siam. He had 9,000 wives. Before dying of syphilis he was quoted in saying he only loved the first 700.

 

[LordMagicMan]

Nope, sure didnt

 

[Isolde]

Well now you do *nods head sagely*

 

[Outlaw]

A pig's orgasm can last 30 minutes.

There's nothing more to say.

 

[~melia~]

- The liver, not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern Morocco. When a Moroccan girl falls in love she says, "Darling, you have stolen my liver."



Eeeeww! I could never find that romantic.

 

[Isolde]

I agree. As Imoen says...I Left My Liver in San Fransisco(sp)just doesnt have that ring to it.

 

[Derya]

Did you know?

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched."
9. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that end in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are members of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The characters 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."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
.......now you know Everything..........you could be a TEENAGER!

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[Angel]

Thanks, now I'm going to spend the next week attempting to sneeze with my eyes open.

 

[Isolde]

A wonderful addition to the thread. Anyone else got some triva stashed somewhere?

 

[Derya]

Let's see did you know according to the movies....

Actually I think maybe I got this from board to start with; can't remember

THINGS YOU'D NEVER HAVE LEARNED WITHOUT THE MOVIES...

During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip joint at least once.

All beds have special L-shaped top sheets which reach up to armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.

It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.

A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

Large loft-style apartments in New York City are well within the price range of most people - whether they are employed or not.

Even when driving down a perfectly straight road it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.

At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.

A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

If you decide to start dancing in the street everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

Should you decide to defuse a bomb don't worry which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one.

Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communications system of any invading alien society.

Extremely beautiful and intelligent women are likely to become prostitutes or welders.

It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.

When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.

Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is
their total opposite.

When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

Radiation causes interesting mutations - not to your future children but to you, right there and then.

If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert on nuclear fission at the age of 22.

Honest and hard working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.

Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gasses, lasers and man eating sharks which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.

All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.

Most dogs are immortal.

If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year.

All shopping bags contain at least one breadstick.

Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.

The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No-one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.

If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition even if you haven't been carrying any before now.

You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.

If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.

The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.

The chief of police is always black.

When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

Interbreeding is genetically possible with any creature from elsewhere in the universe.

Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.

If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.

Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always say: Enter Password Now.

Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.

Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames.

The Chief of Police will always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.

A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a sports stadium.

Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.

Although in the 20th century it is possible to fire weapons at an object out of our visual range, people of the 23rd century will have lost this technology.

Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.

It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.

All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.

It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.

When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage.

No-one involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption, or alien invasion will ever go into shock.

You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.

Good people are much better at judging the distances between the roofs of buildings than bad people.

80% of women are under thirty.

70% of black men are Denzel Washington.

The other 30% are Morgan Freeman.

When running through a forest at night, women are far more likely to trip on a concealed root than men.

Bomb disposal experts are seldom as successful in their job as maverick fly by the seat of their pants cops.

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