- 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
Monday, February 2, 2009
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3 comments:
hmmm.... kinda makes me wonder WHY someone knows a cat like that and WHO actually counted the ridges on a dime!
yeah I thought about that too!
I love fun facts.
What an original name - "the Blue tongued lizard". Wow.
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