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Hare Krishna.

 

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Yet again, some more of those facts that you didn't know you didn't know!!

 

*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

memorised all 158 verses.

 

*There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

 

*The average secretary'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 members 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 it's brain.

 

*Tigers have striped skin, not just striped 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 is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

 

*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.

 

*Typewriter is the only ten letter word you can type on the top of

your keyboard.

 

 

Hare Krishna --

 

your servant, Balarama Dasa