If the population
of China walked
past you in single
file, the line would
never end because
of the rate of
reproduction.
The microwave was invented after a
researcher’s chocolate bar melted in his
pocket when he walked by a radar tube.
26 states are listed
across the top of the
Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
Tigers have
striped skin,
not just
striped fur.
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Butterflies
taste with
their feet.
Babies are born
The words “racecar,” “kayak”
and “level” are the same,
whether they are read left to
without kneecaps. They
don’t appear until the
child reaches 2 to 6
right or right to left.
years of age.
I hope none of these “facts” were
useful to you. The only thing I could
think of to do with these pearls of
wisdom was to pass them along to you.
Oh, one last fact, I am tired of COVID-19
and want it to be over with now. 9
February 1865 was the only
month in recorded history
prior to February 2018 that
did not have a full moon.
Leonardo da Vinci
invented scissors.
Peanuts are
one of the
ingredients
in dynamite.
Almonds are
members of
the peach
family.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds.
Dogs only have about 10.
There are
more chickens
than people in
the world.
There are 242
ways to make
change for a
dollar.
It’s impossible
to sneeze with
your eyes open.
No word in the English
language rhymes with month,
orange, silver or purple.
Maine is the only
state with a name
containing just
one syllable.
The winter of 1932 was
so cold that Niagara Falls
froze completely solid.
Only four words in the English
language end in “dous” – tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.
Rubber bands
last longer when
Al Capone’s refrigerated.
business card said
he was a used
furniture dealer.
“Dreamt” is the only
English word that ends
in the letters “mt.”
The cruise liner QE2 moves
only 6 inches for each gallon
of diesel fuel that it burns.
There are two words in the
English language that have
all five vowels in order:
“abstemious and “facetious.”
Winston Churchill was
born in a ladies’ room
during a dance to a
woman who was born
in Brooklyn, N.Y.
There’s no Betty Rubble
in the Flintstones
Chewables Vitamins.