Next time I see people who have been known to read my blog, I will be testing you on these. These are wonderful words of wisdom that will benefit you forever.
All of the stars comprising the Milky Way galaxy revolve around the center of the galaxy once every 200 million years or so.
All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930.
All polar bears are left-handed.
All porcupines can float in water.
All pyramids were bright white.
All snakes on the island of Tasmania are poisonous.
All snow crystals are hexagonal.
All the chemicals in a human body combined are estimated to be worth about 6.25 euro.
All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.
All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.
All the proceeds earned from James M. Barrie's book "Peter Pan" were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for the Sick Children in London.
All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
All the world's main alphabets have developed from an alphabet invented 3,600 years ago in the Middle East. It was known as the North Semitic Alphabet.
All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize 'this' was the day of the changeover.
All U.S. Presidents have worn glasses, some of them just didn't like to be seen with them in public.
Alligators can live for more than 100 years.
Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.
Almost without exception, cows are milked from the right side. The reason is because most farmers have been right-handed since the start of the dairy business and it's easier for a right-handed milker to work from the right side.
Although Argentina's name means "Land of Silver," there is actually very little silver there. It was misnamed by explorers who thought they saw silver there.
Although construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg started in 1015, it was not until 1439 that the spire was completed.
Although explorers brought potatoes back from the New World in the early 1500s, Europeans were afraid to eat them for fear that the spuds would give them leprosy. It wasn't until Louis XVI, who was looking for a cheap food source for his starving subjects, served them at the royal table that people were convinced potatoes were safe to eat.
Although identified with Scotland, bagpipes are actually a very ancient instrument, introduced into the British Isles by the Romans.
Although not named in the New Testament, tradition names the two thieves crucified at the same time as Jesus as Dismas and Gestas.
Although the Pony Express was one of the most famous chapters in U.S. history, it only lasted one year, from 1860-61.
Amazon ants (red ants found in the western U.S.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the Amazon ants, who cannot do anything but fight. They depend completely on their slaves for survival.
Amelia Earhart designed the first lightweight luggage for air travel.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.
Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
Americans consume 42 tons of aspirin per day.
Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.
Americans drink about five billion bottles and cans of soda, and about a billion and a half pounds of coffee every year.
Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year on beer.
Americans spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and barber shops.
Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.
Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.
Americans use about 100 million pounds of tea leaves every year.
Americans use over 16, 000 tons of aspirin a year.
Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day.
America's first stock exchange was the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1791.
Among primitive people the soul normally is said to escape through the mouth or nose. In the Celebes, when a person is very sick, his friends will often attach fish hooks in certain places. If the soul tries to escape, it gets hooked.
Among words consisting only of Roman numeral letters, the "highest scoring" words in English are MIMIC (2,102) and IMMIX (2012).
An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.
An adult male ostrich, the world's largest bird, can weigh up to 345 pounds.
An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year.
An African American chef in Albany, NY is thought to have been the inventor of potato chips sometime in 1865. Unfortunately, nobody knows his name.
An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
An American cow called Fawn was not afraid of flying. In May 1963, she was swept up by a tornado and carried half a mile, only to land safely in another farmer's field. Five years later, another tornado carried her over a bus. She survived this too, and lived to the ripe old age of 25.
An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
An ant can survive for up to two days underwater.
An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.
An apple tree is at its prime when its about 50 years old. The United States produces about 100 million barrels of apples a year. That's a lot of old trees.
An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this you can pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
An arabica coffee tree can produce up to 12 pounds of coffee a year, depending on soil and climate.
An area of the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.
An artificial hand , with fingers moved by cogwheels and levers, was designed in 1551 by Frenchman Ambroise Paré. It worked so well that a handless cavalryman was able to grasp the reins of his horse.
An Athens legislator named Solon passed a law in the 6th century that let fathers sell their fornicating daughters into slavery.
 | An average beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year. |
An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.
An average human drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
An average human scalp has 100,00 hairs.
An average person drinks about 16,000 gallons of wate during his life time.
An average person laughs about 5 times a day.
An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
An average pig squeals at a range from 100 to 115 decibels.
An average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
An ear of corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.
An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 sent the Mississippi River backwards.
An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
An elephant can smell water 3 miles away.
An elephant could carry up to 2 gallons of water in its trunk.
An elephant has 4 knees
An elephant may consume 500 pounds of hay and 60 gallons of water in a single day.
An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.
An Estee Lauder perfume called "Country Mist" had disappointing sales in Germany where the word "Mist" was slang for manure!
An estimated $1 million is lost at race tracks each year by people who lose or carelessly throw away winning tickets.
An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."
An eyelash lives about 5 months.
An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.
An Octopus has 3 hearts!
An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
Oh dang this one was funny, but some people might've thought it inappropriate.... -Celeste
An ostrich egg can make approx. eleven and a half omelets.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
An ounce of gold can be beaten up into a sheet covering 9.3 sq. meters, or drawn into 80.5 kms(50 miles) of wire.
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