MORE FACTS FOR YOUR STOREHOUSE OF USELESS KNOWLEDGE

~ Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
~ Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
~ The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
~ There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
~ The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
~ A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
~ There are more chickens than people in the world.
~ Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
~ The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
~ On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
~ All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
~ No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
~ "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
~ 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.
~ Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
~ Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
~ There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
     tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
~ Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
    and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A."
~ A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
~ An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
~ Tigers have stripped skin, not just stripped fur.
~ In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
~ Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
~ The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
~ When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home,
    the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
~ The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert
    the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
~ A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
~ A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
~ A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
~ On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of
    the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
~ It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this @ home!)
~ The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
~ Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
~ In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
~ The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum,
    looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
~ The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
    a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
~ Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
~ John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
~ The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
~ There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
~ "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.