THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?

• 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.
  
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
  
• 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 two-dollar 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 English word that ends in the letters "mt."
  
• 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.
  
• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
  
• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
  
• There are only four words in the English language, which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
  
• Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senorala Reina de los
  Angeles de Porciuncula."
  
• 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 he was a used furniture dealer.
  
• 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."
  
• 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.
  
• 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 seven minutes.
  
• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
  
• "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  

Now you know EVERYTHING!

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