Thursday, April 22, 2010

Amanda Knows...


the electric chair was invented by a dentist.

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China has more English speakers than the United States.

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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating
one olive
from each salad served in first-class.

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a snail can sleep for 3 years.

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TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

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the word

“lethologica”

describes the state of not being able
to remember the word you want.

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right handed people live,
on average,
nine years longer
than left handed people do.

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women blink nearly twice as much as men.

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if you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

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Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump”.

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stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

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Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.

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Elvis had a twin brother named Garon,
who died at birth,
which is why
Elvis’ middle name was spelled Aron;
in honor of his brother.

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the shortest war in history
was between Zanzibar and England in 1896.
Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

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a rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

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the average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

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“I am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.