Monday, February 2, 2009

Did you know?

  • Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  • The Statue of Liberty's tablet is two feet thick.
  • The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY
  • There are only thirteen blimps in the world.
  • Nine of the thirteen blimps are in the United States.
  • The three largest land-owners in England are the Queen, the Church of England and Trinity College, Cambridge.
  • The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
  • There are only three animals with blue tongues, the Black Bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard.
  • The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
  • Hacky-sack was invented in Turkey.
  • A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.
  • A-1 Steak Sauce contains both orange peel and raisins.
  • Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
  • A peanut is not a nut; it is a legume.
  • A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
  • Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
  • Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
  • State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska