Archive for June 4th, 2012

I DiDN’T KNOW THAT!

Stewardesses”
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
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And “lollipop”
is the longest word typed with your right hand.

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No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

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“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.

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Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”
uses every letter of the alphabet.


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The words ‘racecar,’
‘kayak’ , and ‘level’
are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.”

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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

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A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

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A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

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A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
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A snail can sleep for three years.

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Almonds are a member of the peach family.
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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also)
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Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
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In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

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If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

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Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
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The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
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The cruise liner, QE 2

moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
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The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

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There are more chickens than people in the world.

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HELLO MARS

THE MARTIANS ARE AT IT AGAIN.

LISTEN CAREFULLY AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT US TO KNOW.

MARS TAPE

 

EGG DROP 2012

It’s time for the 10th Annual

LMS Egg Drop Contest.

 

I know, I can’t believe it either but   we’ve been dropping eggs off the roof for 10 years now and it’s time to do it once again.

The contest is set for the afternoon of Friday June 8th.

 So your job is to design an Egg Transport Vehicle (ETV) that will keep your egg (a medium sized raw egg I supply that morning) from breaking after I drop it about 17 feet off the Lottie roof onto the concrete sidewalk below.

There are a million sites online to steal get some great ideas from.  Just Google “Egg Drop” with your mom and dad and you will be all set.

THE RULES:

1.  Your ETV must not measure more that 12x12x12 inches.

2.  You must design and build your own ETV.    You can’t use glass or anything that would mess up the environment in your design.

3.  Parachutes are not allowed.

4.  You must be able to place your egg into your ETV just prior to your drop.

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A couple of moms will be on ground.  You will open your ETV in front of THEM right after it hits the ground.  Their decision is final as to whether the egg is cracked or not. 

If you follow the rules and your egg isn’t cracked or damaged in any way your name goes into the hat and one of the moms will draw three names for an awesome, tasty prize.  In addition to these three prizes, the judges will award two prizes for the  most creative design.  This is a subjective decision of the judges.

If your egg doesn’t crack you got an A.  If it doesn’t you got a B.

So what are you waiting for.  Put those thinking caps on and get thinking.

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JACK’S FACTS

This Jack with Jack’s Facts and here’s today’s facts. “Bruises to the legs usually take longest to heal, since higher blood pressure in the legs means more bleeding.”

-Kathy Wollard

The author of How Come Planet Earth

 

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I ROBOT

 

IF YOU COULD INVENT A ROBOT TO DO THE SAME THREE TASKS FOR YOU EVERYDAY 

SO

THAT

 YOU WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO DO THE THINGS YOU ENJOY,

WHAT WOULD THOSE TASKS BE?

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