things my sister taught me
Mar. 15th, 2002 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabLizzie forwarded me the following. These are things I learned today.
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. Though maybe not now, SNK...
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English languuage is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Is this true, Jae?
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. That's for Mel. *g*
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". Or, when I spell it, with m-p-t.
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family. See also, "Dicot," by Punk M.
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" Do you think she'll still let me come back?
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. That I knew.
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. That, Ani DiFranco knew.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. This, everyone knows.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. Que?
31. The microwave 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. Heh. No, I mean, seriously. Heh.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Flight attendants, on the other hand, has an N and an I in it.
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. Though maybe not now, SNK...
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English languuage is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Is this true, Jae?
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. That's for Mel. *g*
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". Or, when I spell it, with m-p-t.
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family. See also, "Dicot," by Punk M.
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" Do you think she'll still let me come back?
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. That I knew.
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. That, Ani DiFranco knew.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. This, everyone knows.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. Que?
31. The microwave 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. Heh. No, I mean, seriously. Heh.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Flight attendants, on the other hand, has an N and an I in it.
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Date: 2002-03-16 01:43 am (UTC)Not quite true. Although sort of, like all the best untruths. The Speaker of the House is a supposedly impartial person, elected by MPs from a slate of candidates from their own ranks across the parties. It used to be the marvellous Betty Boothroyd, former Tiller girl - it's now the slightly-less-than impartial George Martin, a bolshy Labour guy from Glasgow. The Speaker's the one who sits a in raised chair at the end of the Chamber, between the two sides of the House, and mostly shouts "Order, order" a lot. Their job is to keep the MPs in line, basically, and make sure the protocols of the Chamber aren't breached during debates. They do get to speak. Although not to make *speeches*, so...