So You Think You Know Everything!
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds....
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I used to think that "sugar" was the only word in the English language where "S" was pronounced like "SH" but now I am not so sure.
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No, the one about the eyes being the same size throughout life. Have you SEEN a newborn lately?....and can you tell me where you got your maple surple poem?
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Hey, OSB, I'm just passing these on, I'm not making them up. If there's a doctor in the house, maybe he/she could tell us if it is true.I remember hearing that maple surple one untold years ago. But...
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Yes, there is a doctor in the house. In addition to the eyeball, the cochlea (sensory organ of the inner ear) also stays the same size throughout life.
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It's just difficult to beleive, I'm sorry...I've seen newborns and even premature infants who weigh only a few ounces...an adults eyes, how much would they weigh? ....some I venture weigh an ounce...I...
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Quote:Porpoises have sex for fun.You mean, they don't have to have a specific poipose?
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Jocelyn: Or maybe they do it on Poipose?Mike: Yes, I know Roger Miller's works very well...just wondered if you realized where you got the material!
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Sizes of organs in preemies don't count. The size is full at term.
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OSB, No, I hadn't remembered when or where. I just knew I had heard it and hadn't made it up (I'm not that creative)
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Ok, I checked the neighbors 1 1/2 month old...yes, she has patellas (knee caps) and no, her eyes are not the size of an adults...only about half.Take a good look at Star Jones and tell me she was born...
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OSB - you might check that link to Ms. Jones. When I click, I'm getting another travel forum.
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Hummmmm don't know how that happened, but it IS a good forum.
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The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. The...
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Trivia about geography:A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.The largest body of fresh water in the world is Lake Superior.The wettest spot in the...
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The queen hasn't courtseyed or bowed since 1952."typewriter" is the longest word you can write with the letters on the top row of a typewriter.Knightsbridge is the English place name with the longest...
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SitetoSee: You know, fluoridated water has been reportedly been linked to increased CA rates....so I wonder if there is there any data on Grand Rapids having more CA (earlier) than other areas without...
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From DavidQuote:There is one acre of England that is actually a part of America.Is that the embassy site?
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No - the Embassy site is owned by the duke of Westminster. He has offered it to the USA for free if they give him back the land siezed from his family in 1776. The land in question? New York.The Acre...
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