In Case You Were Wondering

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In Case You Were Wondering

* All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

* If she were life size, Barbie's measurements are: 39-23-33.

* 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".

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

* Almonds are members of the peach family.

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

* Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

* There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

* The longest place-name still in use is:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaunga- horonukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.

* 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."

what kind of dull individual wonders about it 😕

I don't know, and I have some more... 😕

* In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

* The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"

* A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

* On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner. .

* The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

* Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

* John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

* The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 😑

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaunga- horonukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.

Holy crap. Who would know how to pronounce that?

I do 😖

Originally posted by yerssot
I do 😖
Really ? 😑

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki
maunga- horonukupokaiwenuakitanatahu 😱

arrr usles information my fav subject

Thanks for sharing this usless information. Most likely I will forget most of the info in just a few days though.

Re: In Case You Were Wondering

Originally posted by Kaleanae
* All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
not ALL of them 🙂

I actually knew quite a few of those 🤨

Originally posted by Kaleanae

* A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

How do they know?

Originally posted by Kaleanae

* The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
😑

ha ha.

Bert and Ernie always seemed gay. Two guys living together. I remember one episode from when I was a kid, where Ernie was away, and about 20 sheep climbed into Bert's bed.
At the time Ithought nothing of it, but now it's like 'ummm, whatever'???🙁)

Re: Re: In Case You Were Wondering

Originally posted by dave123
not ALL of them 🙂
😛 😕

TOP TEN REASONS TO BUY A NEW CAR

10. Your passenger seat is on the National Register of Historic Places.

9. Instead of an air bag, there is a whoopee cushion taped to your steering wheel.

8. You lose the stoplight challenge to a 14 year old on a moped.

7. 15 minute Jiffy Lube needs to keep your car for 3 days.

6. When you gas up, the attendant asks "Can I re-duct tape that windshield for you"?

5. Thieves repeatedly break in your car just to steal the "Club".

4. While sitting at a stop light, people keep running up to you and asking if anyone was hurt.

3. For the last five years, you've had to settle for making "vroom, vroom' noises while in the driveway.

2. You keep losing dates on left turns.

1. Traffic reporters start referring to you by name when discussing morning tie-ups.

🤨 😑

Originally posted by Gregory
How do they know?
😐