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[gator]

LIST-'Chockful of Trivia'....of interest ?

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"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with
your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)


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". (Are you doubting
this?)


Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop
growing .


The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the
alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)


The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to
right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)





There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)


There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order:
"abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say . a e i o u)


TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of
the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)


A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.


A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my
memory span is)


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. (I know some people that could do this too.)


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.


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.


If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end
because of the rate of reproduction.


Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.


Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!


Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.


The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.


The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.


The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate
bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that)


The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.


There are more chickens than people in the world.


Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.


Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Now you know everything!
(almost...)

[Pawpop]

that is neat stuff gator

[Ole Bill]

i like trivia gator ya learn things from it

[otocatchfish]

Where do yall get this stuff???

[Ole Bill]

some we make up some are sent to us and some we find on the internet just type in jokes humor and trivia in the search engine and see what comes up here is one ta start with http://www.juliantrubin.com/sciencetrivia.html

[OCOE]

FYI,

It's a myth that goldfish have a memory of only 3 seconds:

Behavior can vary widely both because goldfish are housed in a variety of environments, and because their behavior can be conditioned by their owners. A common misconception that goldfish only have a three second memory has been proven completely false ("Busted" on the show Mythbusters).[6]

Scientific studies done on the matter have shown that goldfish have strong associative learning abilities, as well as social learning skills. In addition, their strong visual acuity allows them to distinguish between different humans. It is quite possible that owners will notice the fish react favorably to them (swimming to the front of the glass, swimming rapidly around the tank, and going to the surface mouthing for food) while hiding when other people approach the tank. Over time, goldfish should learn to associate their owners and other humans with food, often "begging" for food whenever their owners approach. Auditory responses from a blind goldfish proved that he recognized one particular family member and a friend by voice, or vibration of sound. This behavior was very remarkable because it showed that he recognized the vocal vibration or sound of two people specifically out of seven in the house.

Goldfish also display a range of social behaviors. When new fish are introduced to the tank, aggressive social behaviors may sometimes be seen, such as chasing the new fish, or fin nipping. These usually stop within a few days. Fish that have been living together are often seen displaying schooling behavior, as well as displaying the same types of feeding behaviors. Goldfish may display similar behaviors when responding to their reflections in a mirror.

Goldfish that have constant visual contact with humans also seem to stop associating them as a threat. After being kept in a tank for several weeks, it becomes possible to feed a goldfish by hand without it reacting in a frightened manner. Some goldfish have been trained to swim through mazes, push a ball through a hoop, or even swim in a synchronized routine by their owners.

[Ole Bill]

darn OCOE i hate it when someone shows me that goldfish are smarter than me bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahah i have a hard time remembering what my wife looks like

[gator]

i thought i had to much time bbbaaaahhhh