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Some of these items are incorrect.
For example, "sophomore" is derived from the word "sophumer" (sophum+er), which translates to "one who argues incorrectly". It is intended to remind 2nd year students that they should speak less and listen more.
- Mark Jurik
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From: robert.cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[SMTP:robert.cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:00 AM
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: List is boring-things to know off topic hopefully
> > The average person eats 20,000 M&M's in a lifetime.
> >
> > Did u know that Most cars honk in the key of F.
> >
> > 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 average person opens the fridge 22 times a day.
> >
> > A human hair can support 6.6 pounds.
> >
> > Bubble gum contains rubber.
> >
> > The average person eats at McDonald's 1811 times in a lifetime .
> >
> > The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
> >
> > We spend one third of our life waiting for something.
> >
> > The longest movie is 48 hours long.
> >
> > Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
> > pants.
> >
> > A person will swallow an average of 8 spiders a year while sleeping .
> >
> > Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
> >
> > Every day, more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury .
> >
> > The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
> >
> > Males have an average of 10 billion more brain cells than females, then
> > why
> > don't they use them?
> >
> > Mosquitos are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
> >
> > Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
> >
> > A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
> >
> > The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
> >
> > In the 1300's, animals were put on trial for things like killing sheep.
> >
> > Snails can sleep for three years straight.
> >
> > In 1945, when the ball-point first came out, it was such a novelty that
> > one pen sold for $12.50.
> >
> > The word "sophomore" means "sophisticated moron."
> >
> > Potatoes are more genetically complex than humans.
> >
> > The average person sweats one pint a day.
> >
> > We blink an average of 770,000 times a day.
> >
> > By the time the average person has graduated from high school, he will
> > have eaten 1500 PB&J sandwiches.
> >
> > The crunch of a dill pickle can be heard exactly 22 feet away.
> >
> > Almonds are members of the peach family.
> >
> > The longest one-syllable word is "screeched".
> >
> > "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the
> > letters in alphabetical order.
> >
>
> Have a great weekend
Robert
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