Didn't You Know?

[Lost Cause]

*What country first gave women the right to vote?
New Zealand in 1893.
*What country has more sheep than women?
New Zealand Hmmmmmm...

*Did you know where the term "getting fired" originated?
Several hundred years ago, if you wanted to get rid of someone without killing them, you set fire to their house...hence, "getting fired."

*The average chocolate bar has eight insect's legs in it?
*The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night?

*"The whole nine yards" term started with fighter pilots in WW2. They got their fifty caliber ammo in strings of twenty-seven feet. If they shot all their ammo up at a target, they said they gave it "The Whole Nine Yards!"

**Any other trivia facts you want to contribute?

**Ref: www.gurlpages.com/lilbits/facts.html

 

[Bindii]

Did you know?

The entire life of a house fly is spent within a few hundred feet of the area where it was born.

The evolution of social life in ants and termites has been accompanied by an extraordinary royal perk — a 100-fold increase among queen ants in average maximum lifespan, with some queens surviving for almost 30 years. This longevity can be attributed in part to the sheltered and pampered life of the royal egg layer.

A wolf's odor detecting ability is 100 times greater than man's.

Alaska has a sand desert with dunes over 100 feet high. It is located along the flatland of the Kobuk River in the northwestern part of the state.

Famed British writer Ben Jonson (1573-1637) was buried upright in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner because he died in debt and couldn't afford a proper gravesite.

Nearly 60 percent of women say they receive at least eleven e-mails a day, whereas only 49 percent of men say they do.

Of the 250-plus known species of shark in the world, only about 18 are known to be dangerous to man.

If you were to rub garlic on the heel of your foot, it would be absorbed by the pores and eventually show up on your breath.

 

[Natalie Nessus]

Did you know?
If you were to rub garlic on the heel of your foot, it would be absorbed by the pores and eventually show up on your breath.

I did know know this thing I must stop this now

 

[Bindii]

I did know know this thing I must stop this now

How on earth did you know this Nessus? Or do I not want to know........lol

 

[SunnyGirl]

Did you know:

-that an ostriches eyeball is larger than it's brain?
-that contrary to popular belief an owl cannot turn it's head in a complete 360 degree movement?
-that gray parrots are thought to be as smart as a three year old child?
-that male seahorses carry the eggs, hatch them, and raise the young?

 

[lilminx]

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*The average chocolate bar has eight insect's legs in it?
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ICK! Maybe that nasty trivia fact will help cure my chocolate addiction.

 

[Lost Cause]

A cockroach lives for nine days WITHOUT it's head before dying, only because it can't eat! Yuuummmm!

 

[Guest]

It's against the law

In Portland, Oregon a priest or minister is not allowed to perform a wedding ceremony in a skating rink.

In Memphis,Tennessee it is against the law for frogs to croak after 11p.m.

In Lexington,Kentucky is is illegal to carry Ice Cream in your pocket.

In Waterloo, Nebraska Barbers are not allowed to eat onions between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

In North Carolina it is against the law to sing out of tune.

In Portland,Maine it is against the law to tickle a girl's chin with a feather duster.

In Baldwin Park,California a statute forbids riding a bike in a swimming pool

In Wilbur, Washington It is illegal to ride an ugly horse.

In Horneytown, North Carolina it is against the law to open a massage parlor.

In Texas there is an ordinance that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, both must come to a stop. Then, neither one can continue until the other one is out of sight

 

[Guest]

Re: It's against the law

In Texas there is an ordinance that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, both must come to a stop. Then, neither one can continue until the other one is out of sight

~ making note to self ~
Take plane to Texas (not train)

 

[Cherry]

Sorry ... cookieless me ^ up there