Did You Know....?

[Father Dave]

the first open heart surgery was performed in 1893!

[Father Dave]

there are an estimated 1 trillion bacteria on EACH of your feet. [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img]

[ellanoize]

I recieved an E-mail this morning with this list:

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

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.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

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.

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

A snail can sleep for three years.

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

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

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

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

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."

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

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. ( I'll bet you're going to check this out.)

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.


Take care, I hope to return soon??? jolly rog

[Father Dave]

men with hair on their chest are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver then those who don't have hair. [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]

[Forbidden Passions]

WoW
That's some interesting stuff [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

[arkon]

Anne Bolyn had three breasts.

Bookkeeper is the only English word with three sets of double letters

raw cashews are poisonous

At President Andrew Jackson's funeral, his pet parrot had to be removed because it was swearing

hamburgers cost more per pound than cars

[Father Dave]

your tongue is the only muscle you have that is attached at only one end.... [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Father Dave]

if the average male never shaved- his beard would be 13 feet long at his death.

[Father Dave]

the navel in a new born baby divides his/her body into 2 equal parts.

[Father Dave]

ketchup was once used as a medicine. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]