Thursday, February 5, 2009

Interesting Facts of The Week by Anonymous Reporter

  1. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
  2. Most Americans' car horn beep in the key of F.
  3. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched".
  4. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.
  5. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
  6. If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
  7. If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
  8. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
  9. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
  10. 12 newborns are given to the wrong parents daily.
  11. A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.
  12. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
  13. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
  14. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
  15. The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
  16. Hypnotism is banned from public schools in San Diego.
  17. Barbie's real name is Barbara "Barbie" Millicent Roberts.
  18. Only 55% percent of Americans know that the sun is a star.
  19. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
  20. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
  21. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
  22. Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

1 comment:

  1. Actually, both parents are alive and well in Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"

    And for more Peter Pan adventure unlike any other, check out:
    http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Peter-Pans-NeverWorld-Picks-Up/story.aspx?guid=%7B575A5B1F-CF9E-45C4-9339-FBD24F6AEEA3%7D

    BELIEVE!

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