Did you know that if locusts were scaled up to the size of humans, when they jumped their acceleration would be more than 7000 mph/s.

I think that's right.

Did you know that team 294's contol board is made out of a real surf board?

Did you know...
The world's most expensive coffee is made from coffee beans passed through the digestive system of an Indonesian animal.

The animal processes the beans and excretes them whole, unscratched, and without dung. The animal is a palm civet, a dark brown tree-dwelling cat-like creature found throughout Southeast Asia.

The palm civet likes the ripest and reddest coffee beans, which happen to be the ones best for brewing. The cat eats the outer covering of the beans in the same way that is accomplished by de-pulping machines. Something happens to the beans in the journey through the cat's intestines that gives it a flavor that is celebrated by coffee drinkers.

The coffee's called Kopi Luwak .

Did you know that floccinaucinihilipilification (pronounced: FLOK-sih-noh-see-NEE-hee-lee-PEE-lih-fih-KAY-shun) is the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary's first edition?


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happily drinking Chai tea today, not coffee

The Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois reaches 1,707ft (including the antennas) into the sky. It weighs more than 222,500 tons and is covered by more than 28 acres of black aluminum.

There is small municipal uncontrolled airport in the middle of nowhere (6 miles from where I live) that the locals got state and or federal funding to make a runway that could handle a 737.
I just about died laughing when I found out. After all, there’s not much around here to make this place a destination. It’s just a rest stop on the way to Arches National Park and the other southern recreational areas.
But that’s not the really funny part. The airport has served well as a safe place for the larger planes to land in emergencies and has had several jets re-routed there (9-11, type stuff). We also see private jets landing there on a regular basis now (Have to be careful about those jack rabbits sprinting across the runway though).

Well, now that the airport actually proving itself and getting more frequent use etc………

DID YOU KNOW-

That yesterday, the local officials made it known in the local newspaper that they want to make a shooting range there? (When my mother read the article, she laughed so hard I thought she’d have a stroke)
Out here in the “wild” west, I guess just about anything that flies, is considered skeet.
Think of the convenience. Now the shooters don’t have to waste their energy yelling “Pull!”

The only member of the band ZZ Top without a beard has the last name Beard.


The most sensitive finger is the forefinger.

Okay, a silly one I learned last weekend:

Did you know that you can roast marshmallow peeps over a bonfire but that they leave a strange after-taste? (and they don't really work for S'mores and some people get really appalled when you impale the peeps on sharp sticks, especially if you make frantic peeping noises while you're impaling the peeps)


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Did you know that if you try to hold a sneeze in you can fracture a rib?
Or that if you sneeze too hard you can cause haemorrhaging in your brain and ultimately die of internal bleeding?

Did you know that humans are the only animals that sneeze with their mouth open?

OK I kinda stole this from the Show John Doe on FOX, If you havent seen it, Its about a guy who knows everything...I mean Everything... anyways

There are 336 dimples in a regulation PGA golfball

I've always found this one amusing:

Did you know that Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the technical name for "fear of long words"? (How cruel!)

Taken from www.phobialist.com.

- Katie

Did you know that all polar bears are left handed?

Did you know if you keep thinking your wish, it would happen.
Did you know our time is speeding up.
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Did you know my team was Canadian Regional Winner last year, but end up with second last place this year. :)

Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.

Will Clark hit a home run in his first at-bat in college, the Olympics, and the Major Leagues.