KAT
02-18-2006, 09:48 AM
A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
Walt Disney got the idea for Mickey Mouse from watching mice play in a garage, where he was forced to work, because he could not afford to rent an art studio.
About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (a variety of the marijuana plant) paper
On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
"Almost" is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.(lol)
27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell."
40% of all people who come to a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.(good to know, if it ever happens)
85% of men who die of heartattacks during intercourse, are found to have been cheating on their wives
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.(haha)
Walt Disney got the idea for Mickey Mouse from watching mice play in a garage, where he was forced to work, because he could not afford to rent an art studio.
About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (a variety of the marijuana plant) paper
On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
"Almost" is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.(lol)
27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell."
40% of all people who come to a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.(good to know, if it ever happens)
85% of men who die of heartattacks during intercourse, are found to have been cheating on their wives
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.(haha)