Did You Know?

Posted Dec 10, 2009, in

Did you know that:

toilets flush in the key of E-flat?

the oldest word in the English language is “town”?

frogs have to close their eyes to swallow?

one pencil can draw a line 35 miles long?

Cleveland spelled backwards is DNA level C?

rats can’t throw up?

fish can swim at 68 mph?

the most common name for a goldfish is “Jaws”?

a can of Diet Coke floats but a can of Regular Coke sinks?

Dr. Seuss invented the word “nerd”?

I bet you didn’t know those things and probably weren’t too concerned about it. I didn’t know them until I read Jodi Picoult’s book, Handle with Care and I hope she told the truth. I am not sure how you check all that out or if you even have the time! But now if a conversation at a dinner party gets really dull over the holidays you can throw in one of those zany facts! It’ll make you the hit  of the evening or scare people off! Enjoy!