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- marxfriedrice, on 11/21/2007, -0/+211998 called and their mom wants her email back.
- djAnakin, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2028. is not true.
- searcade, on 11/21/2007, -0/+17Blogspam... not even loading so heres a copy.
The Coolest 35 Facts You’ve Never Heard
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
13. All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only State whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. 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.”
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. - frsrblch, on 11/21/2007, -0/+15Great... a list of 35 facts, some of which may be true.
- rayearth42, on 11/21/2007, -0/+15Either is 26.
- thespanielator, on 11/21/2007, -1/+14There's
hurple (meaning to walk lamely or to hobble) or
chilver (an Old English noun meaning a ewe lamb)
wanna game of scrabble? - Obligation, on 11/21/2007, -3/+16Buried. I hate these stupid "fact" lists.
- wiebeezy, on 11/21/2007, -0/+12#15 FALSE
Winston Churchill's mother was at a dance and began to start having labor pains but his birth was not until 24 hours later in a "living quarters" temporarily used as a cloak room. - tyler71, on 11/21/2007, -3/+14
The Coolest 35 Facts You’ve Never Heard
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
13. All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only State whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. 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.”
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. - Chickenlip, on 11/21/2007, -1/+11http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp
- punx777, on 11/21/2007, -0/+9He's right, I saw it on Mythbusters.
- aleclerc, on 11/21/2007, -0/+9Did you seriously just do that? It's one thing to screw it up vocally but dude, you typed it out, looked at it and still hit submit.
- jogleby, on 11/21/2007, -0/+9pretty sure nurple rhymes with purple
- tyler71, on 11/21/2007, -2/+10#36. By the time you think you want to click on the above link, you will scroll down the comments and find that all 35 of these "Coolest Facts" will be debunked, burried, proven wrong by the mythbusters, have links to their wikipedia articles, called "*****" and not to mention "dead at 60 diggs".
- ChzPlz, on 11/21/2007, -0/+8only if you squint.
- hydroplane, on 11/21/2007, -0/+7Eggplant and greaseballs
Owww! - uncommonwords, on 11/21/2007, -1/+8Flag on two dollar bill = Canadian Ensign
- LongShlong, on 11/21/2007, -4/+11Mr. Rogers is dead.
- zeptobyte, on 11/21/2007, -0/+7Mistitled article. Should say "Fakest 35 Facts You've Heard Dozens of Times". So very few of those are even really true.
- Zenithan, on 11/21/2007, -0/+79 is also false.
- PecanHead, on 11/21/2007, -2/+8That fact is not really that cool.
- ch0p57ickz, on 11/21/2007, -0/+6umm.....
- gbarberi, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5So that's what New Jersey specializes in producing.
- MikeL123, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5The mythbusters busted #26.
- inactive, on 11/21/2007, -0/+5#37. Most random sites can't handle the Digg effect!
- otatop, on 11/21/2007, -0/+4...are you high?
- johnnychingas, on 11/21/2007, -1/+5I call *****!
- Heaiser, on 11/21/2007, -1/+5After reading the comments here I have come to the conclusion that this is a terribly incorrect list. Article buried.
- mrdeez, on 11/21/2007, -1/+4#37: If you remove the X from the hostname, you get "ANUS". Just what the server is.
- Joolies, on 11/21/2007, -0/+310. All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
Incorrect, there is a scene where theres a bunch of clocks stuck at that time but thats it, all other clock times are different. - BlindingEdge, on 11/21/2007, -0/+3really?
- juicebag, on 11/21/2007, -2/+4Also, buried as inaccurate. I've heard quite a few of those.
- boostedfc3s, on 11/21/2007, -1/+3Its a failing mirror now.
- zeptobyte, on 11/21/2007, -1/+3(n+1)th
- sindex, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2the last 35 seconds I'll never get back....
- evodude, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2I'm calling ***** on at least five of these. And when did fact come to mean, "if you'll buy it?" Seriously, was I asleep when that happened or what?
- Heaiser, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Any examples?
- ayeroxor, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2Buried innacurate. Knew these before I read this list 5 years ago. Submitter: Welcome to teh intarwebs.
- manonfire285, on 11/25/2007, -0/+128. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
FALSE!!!
Adam did it on Mythbusters.
Granted, he used his eyes, but still! - searcade, on 11/21/2007, -1/+2http://www.duggmirror.com
- dizzythegreat, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Buried because the link didn't work and I hate facts lists.
- BenKenobi88, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Right....
This list is lame though, I certainly knew like 10 of them already. - manonfire285, on 11/25/2007, -0/+1Who else just put the real name of Los Angeles in Google Translator?
- smurf22, on 11/21/2007, -0/+132. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
Isnt he also dead? Shows how old this list is, many have been proven false. - Devan612, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1More like, 28 facts I didn't know.
- BuildingOnFire, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Nice.
- kirk1978, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Buried innacurate...
How does the # of dimple on golf ball a "coolest" fact?
and for #11, i can think of a few already.... - DopeWeasel, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1Inaccurate:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Canadian+two+dol ... - essjay, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1You were very accurate to put quotes around the word "fact", as many of them clearly are not.
- 2shae, on 11/22/2007, -0/+122 seems weird.
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