Sunday, April 11, 2010

Did You Know...

if a cantaloupe is ripe, you should be able to hear the seeds rattling inside
a robin’s egg hatches within 12-14 days of be laid?
every book has a tail?
there are 2.4 million registered nurses in the U.S. and 94% of them are women?
Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place in the world?
tulips only bloom for 5-7 days?
when orca whales swim as a group they all breathe in unison?
arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth?
the letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements?
black pepper is the most popular spice in the world?
the Chinese invented the wheelbarrow?
Ringo Starr means apple sauce in Japanese?
a group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque?
there are 118 ridges around the outside edge of a dime?


Just some food for though 

2 comments:

  1. The Ringo Starr one is pretty funny. Also, I didn't know that about cantaloupe, good to know!

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  2. Princess Red Feather4/12/2010

    No "J" elements on the periodic table???? Oh my gosh....however will we ever survive? Surely it should be the "final" maze in Schroedinger's Rat!!!!!

    PRF

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