How Much Do You Really Know?

Try to fill in the blanks to these strange facts:

1. Rubber bands last longer when ___________.

2. ________ food product is an ingredient in dynamite.

3. There are _____ ways to make change for a dollar.

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

5. The ______ is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

6. There are more _________ in the world than people.

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

8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is _________.

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

10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on _______.

11. No word in the English language rhymes with _______, _______, _______ or _______.

12. "________" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $_____ bill.

14. _________ (a nut) are a member of the peach family.

15. __________ (famous Englishman) was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

16. ________ is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

17. There are four words in the English language which end in "dous". They are ___________, _________, _________ & _________.

18. Los Angeles' full name is "__ ______ __ _______ ______ __ _____ __ ___ _______ __ ___________.

19. A cat has __ muscles in each ear.

20. An ________ (bird) eye is bigger than its brain.

21. _______ have striped skin, not just striped fur.

22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is _____.

23. _________'s (famous mobster) business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Copra's "___ _ _________ ____" movie.

25. A _________ has a life span of 24 hours.

26. A _________ has a memory of 3 seconds.

27. A ______ has 118 ridges around the edge.

28. It's impossible to _______ with your eyes open.

29. The giant ______ has the largest eyes in the world.

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

31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a _____ ____ and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

32. Mr. _________ was an ordained minister.

33. The average person falls asleep in ______ minutes.

34. There are ___ dimples on a regulation golf ball.

35. "____________" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Stumped or think you know the answers?

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Have you ever wondered?...

• If Jimmy cracked corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

• Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?"

• Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?

• Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no one would eat?

• What do you call male ballerinas?

• If Wylie Coyote had enough money to buy all of the Acme products, why didn't he just buy dinner?

• Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he gets out of the shower when he doesn't usually wear pants?

• Do one-legged ducks swim in circles?

• Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?

• Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

• And who opened the first oyster and said, "My, my, my. Now doesn't this look yummy?"