AMAZING FACTS

Things you never hear in church..............
1. Hey! It's my turn to sit in the front pew.
2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time.
3. Personally I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf.
4. I've decided to give our church the $500 a month I used to send to TV evangelists.
5. I volunteer to be the permanent teacher for the Junior High Sunday School class.
6. Forget the denominational minimum salary, let's pay our pastor so he/she can live like we do.
7. I love it when we sing hymns I've never heard before!
8. Since we're all here, let's start the service early.
9. Pastor, we'd like to send you to this Bible seminar in the Bahamas .
10. Nothing inspires me and strengthens my commitment like our annual stewardship campaign!
11. I couldn't find space to park outside. Praise God!
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SOME FACTS

• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
• The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. (No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.)
• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
• The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
• Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey .
• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
• On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
• All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5.00 bill
• Almonds are members of the peach family.
• Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
• There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
• Los Angeles 's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size -- " L.A. "
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
• Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
• The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
• When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life"
• A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
• A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
• 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.
• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
• In England , the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
• The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
• John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  
  
  AMAZING WOMAN
  By the time the Lord made woman, He was into the sixth day of working overtime. An Angel appeared and said, “Why are you spending so much time on this one?”
  
  And the Lord answered, “Have you seen the spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not plastic, have 200 movable parts, all replaceable, run on black coffee and leftovers, have a lap that can hold two children at one time and that disappears when she stands up, have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart, and be able to work like they have six pairs of hands.”
  
  “No way!” said the Angel. The Lord replied, “Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem. It's the need for them to see like they have three pairs of eyes that is the most difficult.”
  
  The Angel asked about the triple vision requirement.
  
  The Lord nodded. “Yes, eyes to see through the closed door as she asks her children what they are doing even though no one thinks she can. And the ability to look at an errant child and say that she understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word.” The Angel tried to stop the Lord. “This is too much work for one day, wait until tomorrow to finish.”
  
  “But I can't!” The Lord protested, “I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick, and can feed a family on a pound of hamburger, and can get a 9-year-old to stand in the shower.”
  The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, “But you have made her so soft, Lord.”
  “She is soft,” the Lord agreed, “but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish.”
  “Will she be able to think?” asked the Angel.
  The Lord replied, “Not only will she be able to think, she will be bale to reason and negotiate.”
  The Angel then notice something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. “Oops, it looks like you have a leak with this model. I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one.”
  “That's not a leak,” the Lord objected, “That's a tear!”
  “What's the tear for?” the Angel asked.
  The Lord said, “The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her loneliness, her grief, and her happiness.”
  The Angel was impressed. “You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything, for women are truly amazing.”
  Women have strengths that amaze men:
  They carry children.
  They carry hardships.
  They carry burdens but they hold happiness, love and joy.
  They smile when they want to scream.
  They sing when they want to cry.
  They cry when they are happy an laugh when they are nervous.
  They fight for what they believe in.
  They don't take “no” for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.
  They go without new shoes so their children can have them.
  They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
  They love unconditionally.
  They cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards.
  Their hearts break when a friend dies. They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
  They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.
  Women come in all sizes, in all colors and shapes.
  They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you.
  The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin!
  Women do more than give birth.
  They bring joy and hope.
  They give compassion and ideals.
  Women have a lot to say and a lot to give.
  And they should be reminded how amazing they are.
  
  
  Fascinating Facts,
  Trivia, Interesting Thoughts
  

• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
• If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
• Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression " to get fired."
• Canada is an Indian word meaning " Big Village ".
• " I am. " is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
• 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.
• The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
• The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
• A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable .
• The word " samba " means "to rub navels together."
• The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
• Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
• Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
• In Cleveland , Ohio , it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
• The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
• It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
• Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
• 10% of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of Vodka.
• 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.
• Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
• Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden . The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm.  All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that * this * was the day of the changeover.
• The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
• More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
• The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.
• A ‘ jiffy ' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
• Cat's urine glows under a black light.
• Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
• The phrase "rule of thumb " is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
• 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.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
• The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
• A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
• The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896, Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
• Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
• Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
• If you keep a Goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.
• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
• Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
• The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
• If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
• A snail can sleep for 3 years.
• China has more English speakers than the United States .
• The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
• You share your birthday with at least 9 million people.
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.
• Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
• Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonald's.
• Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors .
• It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.
• Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
• One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw it as competition. It is not as chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
• Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure .
• On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
• The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue .
• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
• The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
• A cockroach will live nine days without its head , before it starves to death.
• The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
• Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• Starfish haven't got brains.
• A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.