So You Think You Know Everything ? Let's Go

[noknojon]

So You Think You Know Everything?

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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue, Google "Crocodiles: Facts & Pictures - Live Science"

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (actually disputed at this time, to "might be 30 Seconds, if not active)

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Not sure about the builders measurement of a Poofteenth, (said to be about 1/128th of an inch)

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.

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

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know a few people like that)

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child Reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Not standing on that again)

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".

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, in single file, the line Would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

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

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. (Did not think he was Jewish )

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

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

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

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. (For a decent Typist)

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. (Again for a good Typist)

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.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses Every letter of the alphabet.

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

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

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": Tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.     
                                                                                                                                            
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There's no Betty Rubble in the "Flintstones Chewables Vitamins".

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only On one row of the keyboard.

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

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; Otherwise it will digest itself.

There, now you know (Almost) everything ! (According to Virgil)..

[whonew]

Winston Churchill is not the only one born of a lady's womb, even us blondes know that

[whonew]

Almonds are members of the rose family and are therefore also called 'The queen of the rose family'. Other family members of the almond are the peach and the apricot. Almonds were grown thousands of years ago without having an official name.

I worked  in a Almond Orchard when I was little. My whole family did

 

Edited June 25, 2018 by whonew

[whonew]

My name starts with a J and a J walker only has 3 months . I also see double and I am married so I get two men for the price of one

[nukecad]

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line Would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

How to amuse yourself while waiting at the back of the line?

 

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and A chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

I've heard (won't say where from) it was a radar engineer during WW2 who left his lunch sandwiches on the lip of a 'radar horn' overlooking the English Channel and they spoiled with the heat generated.
Of course radar development was top secret at the time, and this discovery made some think they could possibly develop a 'heat ray' weapon from the knowledge, so it was kept secret and a different 'discovery' story invented after the war ended in 1945.
Take your pick which you believe.

[gonzo]

On 12/17/2017 at 1:25 PM, noknojon said:

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

If you want proof, eat some stale peanuts and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

[noknojon]

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

Not "the only one born of a lady's womb, even us blondes know that " ? ROFL ☺️

Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral invented his first touch fastener (to become Velcro) when, in 1941, he went for a walk in the woods and wondered why Burdock seeds cling to his coat and dog. He discovered it could be turned into something useful.
The name is a combination of the French words "velours" and "crochet," translated to English as "velvet" and "hooks."
.. Although de Mestral first met with resistance and even laughter, he stuck to his idea... De Mestral died in Commugy, Switzerland, on February 8, 1990.

Edited June 26, 2018 by noknojon

[noknojon]

We need another list, not just one update Gonzo !!

I have a few more on the way for you  ?

[whonew]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men. It's called flutter by or bye depending on the mood .

[exile360]

Peanut butter contains rapeseed which sounds way worse than it actually is.

Also, the word SWIMS is the same right side up and upside down, and NOON is the same right side up and upside down as well as backwards (the most acrobatic of words in the English language by far  ).

The phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is found nowhere in the Bible though many people believe it is.

There are also tiny space people who live on our feet, but they are completely weightless so we don't feel them, they cannot be photographed, and they vanish instantly whenever anyone tries to look at them.  This is the reason that shoes sometimes inexplicably untie themselves and also why that one sock occasionally disappears into the 6th dimension when you're doing laundry (because as everyone knows, whenever you combine a dirty sock+1 of the space people+1 spinning vortex of hot air such as that contained in a dryer, it instantly opens up a portal to the 6th dimension where the space people keep all of our lost socks for us awaiting our technology to advance sufficiently that we are able to go there and reclaim them, but for now they use them like sleeping bags because there isn't much else to do in the 6th dimension, being the most boring by far of all of the higher dimensions (this is also where time goes that is spent waiting at the DMV and the final 1 hour of school and work each day which explains why that time passes so slowly as it takes much longer for the time to travel all the way to the 6th dimension and back to our own temporal reality).

You may need to fact check that last one, as I got that info from the purple turtle that lives under my hat.  He's a decent enough guy, but he does exaggerate from time to time.  Also he might actually be a platypus pretending to be a turtle, but we do not discuss such things as that would be incredibly rude given how sensitive he is about his bill and all.

Also, the next time you come across anyone who has served in the Navy be sure to thank them for continuing to protect us from the ever looming threat of Godzilla (seriously, have you seen what he's done to Tokyo?).

[whonew]

 invisible spacey people between the toes that smell like cabbage patch reapseed minions and they would never use my socks and expect to live.

[noknojon]

Note that all of my joke comments are posted simply as a Joke Forum item only...

Any minute details are not to be examined for minor corrections and picked to pieces !!!

[David H. Lipman]

10 minutes ago, noknojon said:

Any minute details are not to be examined for minor corrections and picked to pieces !!!

                                                                      

[noknojon]

Thanks David, but I need a bit of "general help" also ...
 I updated Adobe FlashPlayer (to the latest version), but I use on my Windows 8.1 - Internet Explorer / Google Chrome / and Firefox browsers.. Will I post in Computer general problems, or Hon Members areas for help with this..
I know I should not have done this ...... But I need a fix PLEASE ...
Regards John

[David H. Lipman]

Either place John.

[noknojon]

I will now post a copy of above in Computer general problems ...
Thank you Wise One