> >
> >
> > A DIME HAS 118 RIDGES AROUND THE EDGE.
> >
> > A CAT HAS 32 MUSCLES IN EACH EAR.
> >
> > A CROCODILE CANNOT STICK OUT ITS TONGUE.
> >
> > A DRAGONFLY HAS A LIFE SPAN OF 24 HOURS.
> >
> > A GOLDFISH HAS A MEMORY SPAN OF THREE SECONDS.
> >
> > A "JIFFY" IS AN ACTUAL UNIT OF TIME FOR 1/100TH OF A SECOND.
> >
> > A SHARK IS THE ONLY FISH THAT CAN BLINK WITH BOTH EYES.
> >
> >
> > A SNAIL CAN SLEEP FOR THREE YEARS.
> >
> > AL CAPONE'S BUSINESS CARD SAID HE WAS A USED
> > FURNITURE DEALER.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > AN OSTRICH'S EYE IS BIGGER THAN ITS BRAIN.
> >
> >
> > BABIES ARE BORN WITHOUT KNEECAPS. THEY DON'T
> > APPEAR UNTIL THE CHILD REACHES 2 TO 6 YEARS OF AGE.
> >
> >
> > BUTTERFLIES TASTE WITH THEIR FEET.
> >
> > CATS HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED VOCAL SOUNDS.
> > DOGS ONLY HAVEABOUT 10.
> >
> >
> > "DREAMT" IS THE ONLY ENGLISH WORD THAT ENDS
> > IN THE LETTERS "MT".
> >
> > FEBRUARY 1865 IS THE ONLY MONTH IN
> > RECORDED HISTORY NOT TO HAVE A FULL MOON.
> >
> >
> > IN THE LAST 4,000 YEARS, NO NEW ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
> > DOMESTICATED.
> >
> >
> > IF THE POPULATION OF CHINA WALKED PAST YOU, IN
> > SINGLE FILE, THE LINE WOULD NEVER END BECAUSE OF
> > THE RATE OF REPRODUCTION.
> >
> > IF YOU ARE AN AVERAGE AMERICAN, IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE, YOU
> > WILL SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 6 MONTHS WAITING AT RED LIGHTS.
> >
> > IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SNEEZE WITH YOUR EYES OPEN.
> >
> > LEONARDO DA VINCI INVENTED THE SCISSORS.
> >
> > MAINE IS THE ONLY STATE WHOSE NAME IS JUST ONE SYLLABLE.
> >
> >
> > NO WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RHYMES WITH
> > MONTH, ORANGE, SILVER, OR PURPLE.
> >
> > OUR EYES ARE ALWAYS THE SAME SIZE FROM BIRTH,
> > BUT OUR NOSE AND EARS NEVER STOP GROWING.
> >
> >
> > PEANUTS ARE ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS OF DYNAMITE.
> >
> >
> > RUBBER BANDS LAST LONGER WHEN REFRIGERATED.
> >
> >
> > "STEWARDESSES" IS THE LONGEST WORD TYPED WITH ONLY
> > THE LEFT HAND AND "LOLLIPOP" WITH YOUR RIGHT.
> >
> > THE AVERAGE PERSON'S LEFT HAND DOES 56% OF THE
> > TYPING.
> >
> > THE CRUISE LINER, QE2, MOVES ONLY SIX INCHES FOR EACH
> > GALLON OF DIESEL THAT IT BURNS.
> >
> > THE MICROWAVE WAS INVENTED AFTER A RESEARCHER WALKED
> > BY A RADAR TUBE AND A CHOCOLATE BAR MELTED IN HIS POCKET.
> >
> > THE SENTENCE: "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER
> > THE LAZY DOG" USES EVERY LETTER OF THE ALPHABET.
> >
> >
> > THE WINTER OF 1932 WAS SO COLD THAT NIAGARA
> > FALLS FROZE COMPLETELY SOLID.
> >
> > THE WORDS 'RACECAR,' 'KAYAK' AND 'LEVEL'
> > ARE THE SAME WHETHER THEY ARE READ
> > LEFT TO RIGHT OR RIGHT TO LEFT (PALINDROMES).
> >
> >
> > THERE ARE 293 WAYS TO MAKE CHANGE FOR A DOLLAR.
> >
> >
> > THERE ARE MORE CHICKENS THAN PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
> >
> >
> > THERE ARE ONLY FOUR WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
> > WHICH END IN "DOUS": TREMENDOUS, HORRENDOUS,
> > STUPENDOUS, AND HAZARDOUS
> >
> > THERE ARE TWO WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
> > THAT HAVE ALL FIVE VOWELS IN ORDER:
> > "ABSTEMIOUS" AND "FACETIOUS."
> >
> > THERE'S NO BETTY RUBBLE IN THE FLINTSTONES CHEWABLES VITAMINS.
> >
> >
> > WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS BORN IN A LADIES' ROOM
> > DURING A DANCE.
> >
> >
> > WOMEN BLINK NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH AS MEN.
> >
> >
> > YOUR STOMACH HAS TO PRODUCE A NEW LAYER OF
> > MUCUS EVERY TWO WEEKS; OTHERWISE IT WILL DIGEST
> > ITSELF.
> >
> >
> > TIGERS HAVE STRIPED SKIN, NOT JUST STRIPED FUR.
> >
> >
> > TYPEWRITER IS THE LONGEST WORD THAT CAN BE MADE USING
> > THE LETTERS ONLY ON ONE ROW OF THE KEYBOARD.
> >
> > THERE, NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!

thank you for this enlightening post.

There is a town in California named Yreka. Y'all may have heard of it.

In that town there is a bakery. When my wife and I drove there several years ago, we were told to go in and get a fritter and coffee.

We did. The lettered gilt leaf sign reads the same from inside or outside. "Y-R-E-K-A-B-A-K-E-R-Y". Only place in the world that does that.

Rich

Ok thanks.
I'm smarter now.... I think.
Zeke

quote:

THE CRUISE LINER, QE2, MOVES ONLY SIX INCHES FOR EACH
> > GALLON OF DIESEL THAT IT BURNS

Not lately.

Grizz

quote:

A DRAGONFLY HAS A LIFE SPAN OF 24 HOURS.

No. Mayfly - yes.

Idaho SS...I asked an friend who grew up in Yreka about the bakery. She remembered it well as she and friends often stopped for a treat on their way home from school. She hasn't been back to Yreka in some time but thinks the bakery has been out of business for a number of years.

I got neighbors from Yreka
Websters

quote:

NO WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RHYMES WITH
> > MONTH, ORANGE, SILVER, OR PURPLE.

We have a brand of rifle mounts in Australia called "Hilver"

Hirple is a British word, which means to walk lamely or hobble

Just a couple to think about
Pete