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>Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm
>
>The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses
>every
>letter in the alphabet. (developed by Western Union to test
>telex/twx
>communications)
>
>In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
>
>Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
>
>A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
>
>In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile
>Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not
>re-number the  other channel assignments. That is why your TV set
>has
>channels 2 and up,  but no channel 1.
>
>The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
>
>The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
>letter
>is uncopyrightable.
>
>Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
>
>Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
>
>The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of
>yore
>when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on
>the
>ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
>
>The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the
>name of the Don McLean song.)
>
>When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They
>actually pass out from sheer terror.
>
>The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year
>because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the
>weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
>
>Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
>history.Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts
>Charlemagne,  and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
>
>111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
>
>Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
>without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the
>expression "to  get fired."
>
>Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
>John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August
>but  the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
>
>"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
>
>The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the
>Pacific.  When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
>machine gun  ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being
>loaded
>into the fuselage.  If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target,
>it
>got "the
>whole 9 yards."
>
>Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
>looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
>
>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.
>
>An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
>
>The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
>
>The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every
>five
>must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in
>times  of war or other emergencies.
>
>David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He
>spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be
>dubbed over  by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the
>movie.
>
>The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
>"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
>
>The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as
>is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia
>still  had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for
>blacks
>and  whites.
>
>The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each
>gallon of diesel that it burns.
>
>Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
>
>The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
>Colorado.
>
>Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveinously.
>
>If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have
>$1.19.  You also have the largest amount of money in coins without
>being able  to make change for a dollar.
>
>No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever
>won
>a Superbowl.
>
>The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".
>
>The only two days of the year in which there are no professional
>sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day
>after the  Major League All-Star Game.
>
>Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
>
>The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
>
>In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting
>license.
>
>It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a
>year's
>supply of footballs.
>
>Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating
>are
>already married. (Quaint isn't it!!!!!!!)
>
>There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.
>
>The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
>
>Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
>
>The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and
>Budweiser, in that order.
>
>When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25
>miles
>per year.
>
>It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. How about
>
>The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
>
>Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of
>their hands.
>
>Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale
>vodka.
>
>Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
>immigrants.
>
>On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
>
>In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's
>nuclear weapons combined.
>
>Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
>
>Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age of
>the Rolling Stones: 50.6.
>
>Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
>
>The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
>
>Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and
>chocolate. (GASP)
>

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assistant: 2,
What about "Go."  if you allow sentences where the subject is understood.
I heard that 9 cubic yards was the contents of a cement truck.  I like this
one better.
I never knew that birds were famous for their big brains.  I thought that was
stair-climbing horses.  I wonder what it takes to get the horse down the
stairs again!
It may be due to ancient segregation, but with all that coffee they drink, I
bet they are grateful.
Cancel this weekend's planned fun.
Are the other 65 stalkers?
Actually it is a lot faster, it is just that it got stranded in Denver due to
bad weather.
ostriches?
Klingons don't either.
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