Sunday, December 30, 2007

So you think you know everything?

A 20 cent piece has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.
(Must have been re-incarnated from a Political party)

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
(That WOULD be a member of Parliament)

Al Capones' business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the US$5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs however only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

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