Fun Facts

Decided to have some fun today... since I don't have any new pictures to put on until tomorrow! :)

• A dime has 118 ridges around the edge!
• A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours
• A snail can sleep for three years
• 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
• Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches about 2-6 years of age.
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letter "mt".
• 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!
• 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; "lollipop" with your right.
• The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet!

More to come later.... did you know any of these?