Think You Know Everything....
16-Feb-2004, 01:35 AM
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Think You Know Everything....
Got this in an E-mail today and found it kinda cool. Sorry if it's a repost.
RICH
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>
>A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
>
>A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle;A group of geese in the air is a skein.
>
>A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time, 1/100th of a second.
>
>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>
>Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>
>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 England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
>
>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.
>
>
>
>(now this one I have trouble with,)
>(I mean think about it. If they're)
>(walking past in single file, how are)
>(they gonna, uh, you know, ......??)
>
>If you are an average American, in your whole life,
>you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
>
>In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 .
>
>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.
>
>Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>
>Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump.'
>
>"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand
>
>The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>
>The Bible does not say there were three wise men;
>it only says there were three gifts.
>
>The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
>cop
>and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
>
>The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that
>it burns.
>
>The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
>
>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
>
>The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube
>and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
>
>The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
>"uncopyrightable".
>
>The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
>uses every letter of the alphabet.
>
>The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
>
>The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read
>left to right or right to left (palindromes).
>
>There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>
>There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
>
>There are more chickens than people in the world.
>
>There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, hazardous.
>
>There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
>order:
> "abstemious" and "facetious."
>
>There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs
>five times: "indivisibility."
>
>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
>
>
>
>Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey
>"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters
>only on one row of the keyboard.
>
>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>
>Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>
>Your stomach has to produce new layer of mucus every two weeks;
> otherwise it will digest itself.
>
>
>
>......NOW you know everything
RICH
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>
>A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
>
>A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle;A group of geese in the air is a skein.
>
>A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time, 1/100th of a second.
>
>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>
>Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>
>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 England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
>
>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.
>
>
>
>(now this one I have trouble with,)
>(I mean think about it. If they're)
>(walking past in single file, how are)
>(they gonna, uh, you know, ......??)
>
>If you are an average American, in your whole life,
>you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
>
>In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 .
>
>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.
>
>Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>
>Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump.'
>
>"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand
>
>The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>
>The Bible does not say there were three wise men;
>it only says there were three gifts.
>
>The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
>cop
>and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
>
>The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that
>it burns.
>
>The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
>
>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
>
>The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube
>and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
>
>The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
>"uncopyrightable".
>
>The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
>uses every letter of the alphabet.
>
>The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
>
>The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read
>left to right or right to left (palindromes).
>
>There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>
>There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
>
>There are more chickens than people in the world.
>
>There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, hazardous.
>
>There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in
>order:
> "abstemious" and "facetious."
>
>There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs
>five times: "indivisibility."
>
>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
>
>
>
>Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey
>"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters
>only on one row of the keyboard.
>
>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>
>Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>
>Your stomach has to produce new layer of mucus every two weeks;
> otherwise it will digest itself.
>
>
>
>......NOW you know everything
16-Feb-2004, 02:41 AM
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>The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
>uses every letter of the alphabet.
whoa i didnt know that either haha thats cool now i know why english teachers used to use that in computer class for typing crap
>uses every letter of the alphabet.
whoa i didnt know that either haha thats cool now i know why english teachers used to use that in computer class for typing crap
16-Feb-2004, 06:14 AM
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Re: Think You Know Everything....
Originally posted by WNT_2_Go_Fast
>If the population of China walked past you, in single file,
>the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>
>
>
>(now this one I have trouble with,)
>(I mean think about it. If they're)
>(walking past in single file, how are)
>(they gonna, uh, you know, ......??)
>If the population of China walked past you, in single file,
>the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>
>
>
>(now this one I have trouble with,)
>(I mean think about it. If they're)
>(walking past in single file, how are)
>(they gonna, uh, you know, ......??)
16-Feb-2004, 11:38 AM
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The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read
>left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they forgot the best saying using this:
CIVIC AND RACECAR ARE SPELLED THE SAME BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS, COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT!!
I read that somewhere
>left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they forgot the best saying using this:
CIVIC AND RACECAR ARE SPELLED THE SAME BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS, COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT!!
I read that somewhere
16-Feb-2004, 12:07 PM
#13
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
"uncopyrightable"
is that even a real word... uncopyrightable? sounds like something made up but used so often it may have become a word.
"uncopyrightable"
is that even a real word... uncopyrightable? sounds like something made up but used so often it may have become a word.
16-Feb-2004, 12:11 PM
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yes it is a word... copyright is a word being to own an idea or product design or something like that .. or words on a page etc...
copyrightable means that that thing can be copyrighted.
uncopyrightable is just the reverse of the above...
makes sense ...
copyrightable means that that thing can be copyrighted.
uncopyrightable is just the reverse of the above...
makes sense ...
16-Feb-2004, 01:20 PM
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Re: Re: Think You Know Everything....
Originally posted by gatherer
simple there's 1 billion people in china ...and since it's single file only one is passing you at a time the rest are off reproducing
simple there's 1 billion people in china ...and since it's single file only one is passing you at a time the rest are off reproducing
and thanks jason it all makes sence now.
RICH
16-Feb-2004, 01:29 PM
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your welcome....
whats interesting if only 1 billion people walked past you at the rate of 1 every 10 seconds... it would take 10 billion seconds for the line to pass ... or
3 centuries, 1 decade, 7 years, 35 days, 17 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds
you wouldn't live long enough to see the end of the line....
whats interesting if only 1 billion people walked past you at the rate of 1 every 10 seconds... it would take 10 billion seconds for the line to pass ... or
3 centuries, 1 decade, 7 years, 35 days, 17 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds
you wouldn't live long enough to see the end of the line....
16-Feb-2004, 01:52 PM
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now if it only took a tenth of a second for one to pass... ie they are all running ...
it would take 100 million seconds for the 1 billion people to pass... or
3 years 62 days 9 hours 46 minutes and 40 seconds
hmmm I could live through that ...
anyone know the rate of population growth in China?
it would take 100 million seconds for the 1 billion people to pass... or
3 years 62 days 9 hours 46 minutes and 40 seconds
hmmm I could live through that ...
anyone know the rate of population growth in China?
16-Feb-2004, 02:42 PM
#19
Originally posted by gatherer
yes it is a word... copyright is a word being to own an idea or product design or something like that .. or words on a page etc...
copyrightable means that that thing can be copyrighted.
uncopyrightable is just the reverse of the above...
makes sense ...
yes it is a word... copyright is a word being to own an idea or product design or something like that .. or words on a page etc...
copyrightable means that that thing can be copyrighted.
uncopyrightable is just the reverse of the above...
makes sense ...
some words just don't lend themselves to "un***able".
...never mind, webster dictionary confirms it's a real word: un·copy·right·able
