50 Things You Don't Need To Know

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
8. On a Canadian two-dollar bill the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
9. All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are suck on 4:20.
10. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
11. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters MT.
12. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
13. There are only 4 words in the english language that end in "dous:" tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
14. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
15. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
16. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
17. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
18. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
19. 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.
20. A dragonfly has a life span of 1-6 months.
21. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
22. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
24. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
25. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
26. The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
27. There are 336 dimples on a regular golf ball.
28. The average person eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
29. A cockroach can live 9 days without it's head before it starves to death.
30. A polar bear's skin is black. It's fur it not white, but actually clear.
31. Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron: In honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tombstone.
32. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
33. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
35. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
36. Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot (but apparently this one isn't true!).
37. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
38. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
39. Right-handed people live, on average, 9 years longer than left-handed people do.
40. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
41. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
42. Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
43. The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
44. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
46. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
47. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
48. "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
49. No President of the United States was an only child.
50. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

16 Facts you may not have known about redheads

1. Redheads don’t turn gray. Their hair turns sandy, then white.
They also are found to lose their hair later in life, more than any other hair color.

2. The most rarest hair color, in humans, is Red.

3. Red hair is a recessive trait. A child must inherit one hair gene from each parent.
Recessive hair traits come in pairs and Redheads are more likely, then other people, to be left-handed.

4. In ancient Rome, redheaded slaves were more expensive.

5. Gingerphobia is a fear of redheads. Gingerism is the bullying or prejudice of redheads.

6. Redheads have the thickest hair, with the least amount of strands.

7. Red hair is seen on the heads of only 4% of people, most of them exist in the UK.

8. In Denmark, it is a honor to have a redheaded child.

9. Several cultures throughout history actually saw redheads as evil.
Many redheads were put to death based on their hair color; it gave the impression that they were witches. Sad :(

10. Red hair is actually a genetic mutation.

11. There is a belief that redheads are prone to industrial deafness. Melanocytes are found in the middle ear.

12. A 2002 study found that redheads are harder to sedate than any other people, requiring 20% more anesthesia.
Inadequate doses can cause people to wake up during surgery and have increased recall of procedures.

13. Bees are thought to sting redheads more than others, for some reason.

14. In Greek Mythology, redheads turn into vampires when they die.

15. Redheaded clowns have origins in Russia.

Many of these facts are unbelievable to me, but very interesting.
Redheads have come a long way and are definitely here to stay. Red hair dye will always be a popular color.

16. I had to save the most unbelievable redhead fact for last… did you know that Marilyn Monroe was actually born a redhead? Crazy.

10 Things You Should Never Say to a Redhead

 Feb 16th 2010 By Rose Martelli

No, us redheads are not universally feisty and fiery; we're just pissed off from a lifetime of cheap, stereotype-laden come-ons that our brunette-tressed brethren never have to bother hearing.

(Yes, blonds have their unfair share of dumbbell jokes and pick-up lines to contend with as well, but everybody knows that everything they say about blonds is true.)

Do yourself a favor and ix-nay the following from your redhead repertoire:

10. "Do your drapes match the carpet?" Thank you for annihilating any naughty thoughts I may have had about showing you my interior decorating.

9. "Carrot-top." If you are the first, second or third adult ever to say this to a 6-year-old redhead, congratulations -- a first-grader finds you clever! Otherwise, you just appear to possess all the mental maturity of a first-grader, and I expect you'll shortly be peeing your pants in public.

8. "You know what they say about redheads ..." No, what do they say? No, really, what? You're not going to tell me? I really wanna know, what do they say, tell me what they say about redheads ... Ohhhh, is this one of those reverse-psychology things where I'm supposed to giggle aloud about what a bad girl I am? You wanna know what else is reverse psychology? Your thinking this is gonna work.

7. "Are you a natural redhead?" Yes, are you a natural retard?

6. "Fire-crotch." This is actually more offensive for its Lindsay Lohan connotation than for anything doing with my flammable lady parts.

5. "Titian." This is an antiquated synonym for red (specifically, a brownish-orange hue) that, first of all, is correctly pronounced tee-shin. Use it and I'll think you aren't just trying (poorly) to hit on me, but that you harbor a deep-seated, darkroom fetish for redheads that will ultimately render me a skin suit in your closet of depravity. Buh-bye.

4. "Don't you ever wish you were a blond?" I know you wish I were.

3. "Can I buy you a red-headed slut?" Save it for the type of girl who'd not only take you up on it, but actually think you quite the catch for offering: a slut.

2. "I bet you feel pain more strongly than most people." Yeah, yeah, I read about that study -- it's because we redheads have a mutated gene that produces an excess of something-something hormone that also signals a whatever-whatever sensitivity receptor. The point is, that is a creepy sentence to say. To anybody.

1. "If there's fire in the sky, does that mean there's fire in the hole?" As much a mood-ruiner as #10, with the added benefit of my now wondering if you've got gonorrhea.

Rose Martelli is a writer who has contributed to Men's Health, Glamour and Cosmopolitan, among other love-and-lust-centric publications.

My Really Moment Of The Day

Ok so today's really moment didnt actually happen to me but was was witnessed by me. It did however make me say Really and laugh out loud for sure. 

So today my daughter was babysitting at our home for 3 little ones. My husband had gone into the kitchen and was fixing him some lunch while Alex was fixing lunch for the little ones. When one of the little girls asks him,

"What is that big bump on your neck?"

(Now to those who dont know it or hasnt noticed my husband has a lymphoma, a collection of fatty tissue / tumor on the back of his neck but is not cancerous) 

To this he looks at her very serious and says,

"Its from all the kids I've eaten. Do you want to help make it bigger?"

LMAO REALLY?!

This little girl looks at him with her eyes so wide I thought they would pop out of her head. It was so funny. All she could say was, 

"No." 

And slowly walk away.

I tell you sometimes I wonder about my husband. I think scaring kids is a hobby of his.

My "REALLY" Moment Of The Day

I know I haven't been on in a while to blog but I decided today, with a little encouragement from my favorite cousin Tammy, that I would start my "really" moment of the day posts again. 

I know everyone loves them.

So, here we go. 

Enjoy!

So first off I need to take you back two weeks.

dododododododododododododododododododododo

(Insert Wayne's World time warp here)

So about two weeks or so ago I am at the bus stop with my daughter and she is standing in line for the bus. There is about 20 kids in line and she is prolly the 5 one in line. Well over by the side of the kids are these 3 little girls talking and carrying on. Well we see the bus coming and Kt walked over to hug and kiss me goodbye and these little girls think its ok to get in line where Kts backpack is in front of the other kids already in line. So I kind of stand there and was like

REALLY?

They hear me and guess took the hint and go to the end of the line. The kids all get on the bus and head to school. I walk home and begin my day. 

So back to present day:

dododododododododododododododododododododo

(Insert Wayne's World time warp here)

Ok. So. Today started out like any other day. My alarm went off at 5:45am, I crawled out of bed, woke the kids up, and began my day. I walk Kt up to the bus stop and sit on the curb and start reading my book. (The Van Alen Legacy : Blue Blood Series. GREAT book) Well I see the bus coming and so I get up and make sure Kt is in line for the bus and kiss her goodbye. When this lady leans over and says : 

Her "Do u see that little girl in the pink shirt?"

Me "Yea"

Her " That is my daughter and if you have a problem with her then u can come to me and the house over there with the swing on the porch"

Me " I havent said anything to ur daughter"

Her "She said u said Really when they got by your daughters backpack"

Me "No. I said really bc they broke in line in front of 20 kids who were already there."

REALLY?!

This lady is NEVER at the bus stop. We have never seen her. She had NO freakin idea what the hell was said or done that day 2 WEEKS AGO! Nor what goes on, on a daily basis. I am like who the fuck do you think you are!

Well she is behind me now she running her mouth and will NOT shut up! So after the bus leaves and I go to walk home I turn around and look at her and say REALLY?

I tell you what I am SO FUCKING SICK of these homely ass women who NEVER walk their kids to the bus stop, coming up there trying to start shit, when they cant be at the bus stop EVERY morning. 

I say:

GET OFF YOUR LAZY FAT ASS, GET OUT OF YOUR PJS, AND WALK YOUR ASS UP TO THE BUS STOP TO WATCH YOUR SPAWN OF SATAN. THEN NO ONE WOULD SAY ANYTHING TO YOUR RUDE SATANIC ASS KIDS!

I MEAN REALLY?! 

So I found out today that there is a Rule on Military Bases that says:

NO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TEN ARE ALLOWED OUTSIDE WITHOUT PARENTAL SUPERVISION. THIS INCLUDES THE BUS STOP!

I knew there was something to that nature but didn't know what it said till today.  Ignorant ass people. I hope they ALL get in trouble for not paying attention to their damn kids and letting their kids go to the bus stop alone while they stay in bed and be fucking lazy.  I would LOVE to stay in bed and sleep. But GUESS WHAT? I cant! Why? Because I have KIDS! Yep. Those little people who make my life worth getting out of bed every morning. Its also called being an adult. I think some of these damn military wives should try it.

~Fucking idiots~

People just PISS me the fuck off!