Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched."

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
Parliament building is an American flag.

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

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 a member 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.

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la
Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

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

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

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."

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

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

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Covered elsewhere; not true.

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

Actually, I believe this is not correct; it only lists the states of the union as of the time of the building of the memorial, which, if I am correct, was before AK and HI. I may be wrong here, and will research.

> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Completely possible. Uncomfortable, but possible. You can prop your eyes open with a soft plastic cone, and sneeze all you want.

> The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Unless "Nessie" is a pleisiosaur...

> There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Covered elsewhere; not necessarily so.

Silas ("sigh...") Sparkhammer

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It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

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Not impossible, apparently, but nonetheless quite difficult. Uncle Cecil covers it here. According to him,

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it's just about impossible to hold your eyelids open while you sneeze. They snap shut by reflex.

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I think he means hold your eyelids open without the assistance of soft plastic cones or similar devices.

BTW, Silas, dare I ask why you were propping your eyes open with soft plastic cones? Or don't I want to know?

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Originally posted by CatInHat:
I think he means hold your eyelids open without the assistance of soft plastic cones or similar devices.

BTW, Silas, dare I ask why you were propping your eyes open with soft plastic cones? Or don't I want to know?

Cat"Achoo!"InHat

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Grin! I'm a contrarian; in school, I tried to "square the circle" and prove Fermat's Last Theorem. (Failed, of course.) But I still like to try to do things people say are "impossible."

(Then again, maybe I'm just stupid?)

Silas ("Dare to be Stupid!") Sparkhammer

Amt?

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Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
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yes.

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The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Yes.

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In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
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Not true. He/she doesn't debate, but does speak.