Did you know?

Apr 03, 2006 18:06

Some random interesting facts...

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

*The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in
1910.

*American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
from each salad served in first-class.

*China has more English speakers than the United States.

*The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in
1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

* Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other
million people in the world?

*Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

*The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

*Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

*The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for
each gallon of diesel that it burns.

*There are two credit cards for every person in the United
States.

*In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

*One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton
growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers-they saw it as
competition.

* If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have
produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart
consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create
the energy of an atomic bomb. (Shesh Talk about global warming!!)

*In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

*More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in
plane crashes.

*Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

*In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed
on a watch is 10:10.

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

*There are more chickens than people in the world.

Well that was a waste of time wasn't it?? Lol
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