Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Bet ya didn't know this.....

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

A 2 x 4 is really 1-1/2" x 3-1/2".

During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen in the distance and Charlton Heston is wearing a watch.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in world War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Weatherman Williard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.

The first CD pressed in the U.S. was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look a like contest.

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better than men.

It is imposssible to lick your elbow.

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king or leader from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Ceasar

If a statue of a person on a horse that has both front legs in the air, indicates the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

Their birthplace.


47% of the people that read this, tried to lick their elbow!!

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