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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Wednesday Wisdom

* An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

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

* The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds

* 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

* A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

* Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.

* Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

* The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

* Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

* To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly.

* The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth

* A whale's penis is called a dork.

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

* White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith (Formerly of the Monkees.

* The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"

* Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

* Cleo and Caesar were the early stage names of Cher and Sonny Bono.

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