Fun thread....Did you know......(finish the sentence)

[marksman]

:cool:

I get a lot of exercise running late for meetings.

 

[marksman]

Did you know- there is a word in every English dictionary that is spelled incorrectly?

Note spelt incorrectly. Not spelled incorrectly.

 

[marksman]

I DID NOT KNOW THIS!!!
Owls don't have eyeballs.
What they have instead are better described as eye tubes. Since they can't move these tubes back and forth, owls have developed incredible neck flexibility to be able to see the world around them. They can turn their heads a whopping 270 degrees, whereas humans can only manage about 180.

Owl second that.

 

[marksman]

There are actually more public libraries in the US than McDonald's.

I have read that one before.

 

[marksman]

There are cat islands too around Japan.

There is one in Spain too. It is called Catalonia.

 

[marksman]

Well, I wake up many times in the night...VERY restless sleeper, always have been...my poor dogs, lol.

Paper bags aren't any better for the environment than plastic ones.

No, that's right. They are mainly best used to carry things in.

 

[marksman]

Nowhere in England is more than 75 miles (121 km) from the sea.

Oh, I see. I didn't know that.

 

[marksman]

This one I have known for years.
(Gold, being a 'type' of God's nature. )

*One ounce of gold ( soft metal ) can be stretched for over 50 miles.*
Fun eh...who would have thunk it!

Why don't they use it for road surfacing then?

 

[marksman]

While thinking of gold=

Gold is so malleable that a single ounce of it (about the size of a quarter) can be beaten into a thin continuous sheet measuring roughly 100 square feet.

I have never seen anyone with a square foot.

 

[marksman]

Two origins about safeguards in place so not to be accidentally buried alive..
1. The oldest origin: Old English.....men drank ale from mugs and tankards made of lead and other toxic elements. A few would stagger out of the tavern and lay seemingly 'dead' along the wayside. Unable to get a pulse for many hours they would eventually be laid into grave with a bell next to their side. A volunteer would sit atop next to the grave for several more hours. If they heard the bell ring they would alert those necessary to raised the person from the 'dead.' This is how we got the expression, 'saved by the bell'... if they never heard the bell they pronounced the man dead and he was then buried.
2. During epidemics of the 17th and 18th century some people were accidentally buried alive. So they fashioned an elaborate contraption of strings and pulleys from their head to their toes with bells that would ring if someone was still alive in their grave....same result

Saved by the bell!....

APAK

Burying someone who is alive. They dropped a real clanger there.

 

[marksman]

Is the word, "it" a preposition in the case of the sentence, "Where is it?"

Don't know. I have never been able to find "it."

 

[marksman]

here is fun fact....did you know...

If you drank a can of coke every minute your chance of staying alive would be minimal.

 

[marksman]

Did you know 11% of people are left handed

That must mean only 89% are right handed.

 

[marksman]

I have 2 daughters 1 right handed 1 left handed...that's a 50/50 split!

A case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.

 

[marksman]

Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain?

No wonder it can't fly.

 

[marksman]

Did you know- hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards?

Must have a reverse gear.

 

[marksman]

Did you know - four times more people speak English as a second language than those whom English is their native language?

Where does double dutch come as a language.

 

[marksman]

Thinking of burning off some calories?

Did you know- banging your head against the wall for an hour will burn 150 calories?

LOL

That will definitely give you a head start.

 

[marksman]

Did you know- the opposite sides of dice will always add up to Seven?

That is a dicey subject.

 

[marksman]

Did you know the U.S.A. has had a bunch of capitols?
Under the Articles of Confederation, from 1781 to 1788, Congress convened in Philadelphia; Princeton, New Jersey; Annapolis, Maryland; Trenton, New Jersey; and New York. Since the U.S. Congress was established by the Constitution in 1789, it has convened in three locations: New York, Philadelphia, and its permanent home in Washington, D.C.

Yes they all have capitals.