interesting facts

List of interestings facts.....

About animals...
-A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
-A cat has 32 muscles in each ear (not sure how many others have).
-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
-Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
-A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
-A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
-The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
-Turtles can breathe through their bums.
-A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.


About the English language.....
-The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched.
-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".
-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' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina
de los Angeles de Porciuncula" (I guess this case, it's Espanol).
-"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.


And others very interesting things...
-Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
-There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
-On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
-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.
-It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
-No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. ( I tried)
-You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
-Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
-Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
-Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

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