Larry Hnetka Goes HMmmm

My brother e-mailed these to me. Do you think he’s trying to tell me something?

I’ve reproduced the list without verifying any of these facts. So, if you can debunk any of these, let me know and I’ll return an “aha” to my brother.

Rather than a know-it-all, I’d prefer to consider myself a polymath.

I may know a little bit about everything but not a lot about some things and even less about most things.

Here’s my brother’s “know it all” list.

• “Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand and “lollipop” with your right.
  (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn’t you ?)
• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
  (I’ll bet you’re going to check this out, there’s gotta be another one… HUH.)
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
• “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.”
  (Are you doubting this )
• Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
• The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.
  (Now, you KNOW you’re going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
• The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are spelled the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
  They are called “Palindromes”. (Yep, I knew it, ….You did too …But forgot.)
• There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
  tremendous,
  horrendous,
  stupendous,
  and hazardous.
  (You’re not doubting this one, are you?)
• There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.”
  (Yes, admit it, you are going to say…. a e i o u)
• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the typewriter keyboard.
  (All you typists are going to test this out.)
• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
• A US dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
  (That explains it….Some days. I feel like a Goldfish.)
• A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
  (I really didn’t know this. But you knew it. Yeah! Right!)
• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
• A snail can sleep for three years.
  (I know some people that could do this too.)
• Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
• Almonds are a member of the peach family.
• An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.
  (Yep ! and on those days when I don’t feel like a goldfish, I feel like an Ostrich.)
• Babies are born without kneecaps. None, until a child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
• 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, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the China birthrate.
• If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months in your car waiting at red lights.
  (I knew there was a reason why no one stops at those stupid signs!)
• Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

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The character Cliff on the TV series Cheers is perhaps the best known know-it-all in recent history.
• On the old Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
  (Too bad there are no more Canadian two dollar bills. They were replaced with the two dollar coin years ago.)
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of Dynamite!
  (Warning! It’s not a good idea to sneeze while eating them!)
• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
• 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 researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
  (Lucky for him. It coulda melted something more vital.)
• The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
  (AH! So!… Numerically.. Bird Flu is a VERY SERIOUS MATTER.)
• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
• Women blink nearly twice as much as men

There …….. Now you know Everything!

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