Random Facts Part 1

1) Rubber bands last long when refrigerated.

2) Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3) There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

4) The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.

5) A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

6) There are more chickens than people in the world.

7) Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

8) The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

9) No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

10) Mosquito repellents don't repel, they hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito sensors so they don't know you're there.

11) "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

12) All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

13) Almonds are members of the peach family.

14) Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

15)Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

16) Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

17) A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

18) An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.