• A coat hanger is nearly 4 feet long when straightened.

• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

• Ants always fall on their right side when intoxicated.

• A snail can sleep for three years.

• All polar bears are left-handed.

• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each

salad served in first-class.

• Americans eat, on average, 18 acres of pizza every day.

• Butterflies taste with their feet.

• Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, dogs have about ten.

• China has more English speakers than the United States.

• Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear any pants.

• Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

• Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

• February 1865 is the only month is recorded history not to have a full moon.

• If the entire population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

• In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

• Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

• Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

• Mark Twain was born and died on days when Haley’s comet was in view.

• No word in the English language rhymes with month.

• Nutmeg is poisonous if injected intravenously.

• You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

• Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

• Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

• Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”

• Starfish have no brain.

• Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

• The average ear of corn has 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows.

• The average number of Sesame Seeds on a McDonalds Big Mac sandwich is 168.

• The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

• The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

• The names of all the continents in the world end with the same letter thy start with.

• The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.”

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

• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

• The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only 6 inches for every gallon of diesel it burns.
• The Eisenhower Interstate system requires that 1 in every 5 miles of interstate be straight, so that, in the event of a national emergency, the straight portions can be used as runways.

My devotions have taken me to the book of Matthew, where I am slowly working my way through each chapter. I have learned so much already - and I'm only ready for chapter 6!

Here is one of the lessons that I have learned:


Matthew 3:13-17 - Observation: John the Baptist questions Jesus' actions and questions his own personal worth to do the very thing Jesus has sought him out to do! What I mean is this: Jesus travelled to the Jordan River to be baptised by John. However, when Jesus arrived, John objected: "I need to be baptised by you, and do you come to me?"

How often has God specifically selected me for a task - and then I question His judgement? I need to understand that if he has selected me to do something, he already knows my weaknesses, my failures, and my shortcomings - yet he still chose me - so I need to stop my questioning and trust His opinion that I am adequately prepared for the task he has asked me to do.