Did You Know?
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Ok, so here is a section based on facts that are absolutely useless, but fun either way. If you find that any of these are untrue, then please comment, start a little debate, god knows we could all use a little distraction every once in awhile, and a way to make the time go by faster when you’re so bored you want to stab your own eye. So without further Ado…
Did You Know….
that rubber bands work better when they are cold?
an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain?
there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar?
the shark is the only fish that can blink both eyes?
every clock in the movie Pulp Fiction is stuck on 4:20?
all 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill?
a cat has 32 muscle in each ear?
a dime has 118 ridges around it?
a goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds?
when the University of Nebraska have a home football game, the stadium becomes the third largest city in the state?
the giant squid has the largest eye in the world?
nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously?
Pepsi originally contained Pepsin (a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids), hence the name Pepsi?
Coca-Cola originally contained Coke, hence not only the name, but the addictive properties of the drink in the early 1900′s?
the volume of the Earth’s moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean?
a cats’ jaw cannot move sideways?
if there’s a statue of a person on a horse, and both legs are in the air, then that person died in battle. If the horse has one leg in the air and the other on the ground, then the person died from wounds sustained in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, then the person died of natural causes.
clans from long, long ago, when they wanted one of there own people gone, would burn there home down, hence the term “getting fired”?
the term “the whole nine yards came from WWII pilots in the Pacific. When arming there airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded in to the fuselage. If the pilot fired all of their ammo at the target, then they got the “whole nine yards”.
in Cleveland Ohio, it is illegal to catch a mouse without a hunting license?
35% of the people who take out personal dating ads, are already married?
it takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with a year’s supply of footballs?
when Heinz ketchup flows out of the bottle, not being squeezed, it flows at a rate of 25 miles per year?
elephants can ‘t jump, and they are the only mammal incapable of this act?
there are about 1,385 russian satelites orbitting earth, but only 96 are operational?
the movie “The Cure for Insomnia” runs about 85 hours? Hope youdidnt want to sleep!
the shark can’t breath if it stops moving? I bet it’s hard to sleep!
