More silly facts.
- 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. {added: Canada no longer has a 2 dollar bill in circulation, it is now a coin}
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- 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.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
- Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
- The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
- The human brain is 80% water.
- Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
- Coca-Cola was originally green.
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