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Sep-1-2005 16:08


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.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Al Capones's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family.


An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a rese

Sep-5-2005 10:01

iv) Life expectancy.
The average life expectancy of the adult odonate depends on the part of the world in which it lives. Generally speaking, in temperate zones the largest portion of an odonate's lifetime, which may amount to several years, is spent in the larval stage while the adult phase is one or two months. In species common to the tropics and subtropics, however, larval development may be reduced to a few months and the adult stage may last a full year.

In temperate zones, adult odonates that survive the vulnerable period between commencement of emergence and successful maiden flight, have an average life expectancy of 4-6 weeks (dragonflies) or 1-2 weeks (damselflies).

Sep-5-2005 10:07

Dogberta, thanks for pointing this fact out to us. This was an interesting point you brought up so I spent the day learning about dragonflies, and Koala's. It makes you wonder where some people come up with their so called facts, which pays to check it out before posting. I enjoyed the study of these wonderful creatures, and a lot of fun learning about the creatures of the world. Thanks again for clearing this up. I thought I'd add the additional info about the dragonflies, since you brought it to our attention. Thanks sweetie.

Sep-5-2005 18:05

Personally, I think that intelligence cannot be measured. Intelligence can come in so many forms. The intelligence of life skills, anylitical senses, any form of left-brain thought, musical genius, and most importantly in my opinion, the intelligence, of love, bravery and to live with a furious passion. Therefore, philisopically, no one person is more intelligent than the other.

Sep-6-2005 11:48

So true Madame Giry! Thanks for sharing hon.

Sep-6-2005 16:34

Did you know the English Horn is niether English nor a horn?

Discuss amongst yourselves? (va-clempt)