Praying Mantis

Paul and Bernice Noll's - 100 Worthless Facts - Page 8

A Niclel ain't Worth a Dime Anymore. - Yogi Berra

  1. The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!
  2. Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
  3. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
  4. Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions! One dictionary I checked had 117 entries.
  5. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of from 75% cotton and 25% linen fibers. It takes about 4,000 double folds (first forward and then backwards) before a paper bill will tear.
  6. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
  7. Three hundred fifteen entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, together with its 1993 Addenda Section, includes some 470,000 entries.
  8. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
  9. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
  10. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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