{"id":36388,"date":"2022-06-05T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=36388"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:47:27","slug":"things-you-should-know-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/things-you-should-know-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Things you should know (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Penny For Your Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Nancy Whitaker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I wrote some useless facts which I actually found interesting. So getting my nose back to the internet I found some more interesting tidbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Due to a genetic defect, cats can\u2019t taste sweet things. (Yum glad I am not a cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Queen Elizabeth II is a trained mechanic. (Awesome)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Al Capone\u2019s business card said he was a used furniture dealer. (Yeah sure he was)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items. (That\u2019s true) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Apple seeds contain cyanide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Montpelier, Vermont, is the only U.S. capital without a McDonald\u2019s. (Poor Montpelier Vermont)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. There\u2019s a city called \u201cRome\u201d on every continent except Antarctica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. There are around 16 million people alive today that are direct descendants of Genghis Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Your body contains about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Alfred Hitchcock didn\u2019t have a belly button. (Wonder how anyone found that out)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. A blob of toothpaste is called a \u2018nurdle\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. If you plug your nose, you can\u2019t tell the difference between an apple, a potato, and an onion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. Most babies are conceived in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. Slinkies are 82 feet long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17. Most car horns are in the key of F. (This I have to try)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18. New Jersey grows two-thirds of the world\u2019s eggplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19. Almonds are members of the peach family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. Riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones. (What a nice cure)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21. Marie Curie\u2019s 100-year-old belongings are still radioactive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you surprised that Alfred Hitchcock didn\u2019t have a belly button? Or, most cars honk in the Key of F? Well, everyone get tuned up and let\u2019s all honk our car horns simultaneously and see if it is Key of F and I\u2019ll give you a Penny for your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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