I’m not sure what web site or book I found these in, But I’m sure if you looked hard enough you could find them.. If you do find them please let me know so I can give them credit.I know some folks are in the habit of finding stuff for people, So I’m putting it in your hands…
About 5 years ago when I was the Youth pastor @ “The Bridge” I did a 6 week series called…” Let the facts speak for themselves” Talking about the Miracles Jesus did while He walked this earthto prove that He was truly God in the flesh…so
These facts were what I opened with each week..And just like the last post, I found these in a box that I haven’t opened in probably 2 to 3 years…So with out any further typing…
Enjoy SOME FACTS:
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. (No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.)
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- The average secretary’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.
- All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
- “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5.00 bill
- Almonds are members of the peach family.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”. And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size — “L.A.”
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
- Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
- When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third largest city.
- The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life”
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1” encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
- It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- The name for Oz in the “Wizard of Oz” was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
- John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Either JC has too much time on his hands or that could work the other way… since i set down and read every one of those fun facts! cool.