Monday, April 19, 2010

Amanda Knows...

the most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

Amanda Knows...


it would take 11 Empire State Buildings,
stacked one on top of the other,
to measure
the Gulf of Mexico
at its deepest point.

Amanda Knows...

there are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Amanda Knows...

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

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the Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Amanda Knows...

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

Amanda Knows...

the most common name in the world is Mohammed.

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the 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

Amanda Knows...

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Amanda Knows...


President Kennedy
was the fastest random speaker
in the world
with upwards of 350 words per minute.

Amanda Knows...

butterflies taste with their feet.

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how to serve.

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hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Amanda Knows...

the earth is 93 million miles away from the sun.

Amanda Knows...

how to fit a whole ding dong in her mouth at once.

Amanda Knows...

the earth is approximately 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

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Amanda Knows...

the sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.