Below you will find a set of texts used on TypeRacer. Certain texts only appear on certain difficulties.
| Rank |
ID |
Text |
Length |
Races |
Difficulty Rating |
Top Score |
Top 100 |
Average |
Active Since |
| 1. |
#311 |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, our snow, began to stretch out beside us and twinkle against the windows, and the dim lights of small Wisconsin stations moved by, a sharp wild brace came suddenly into the air. |
237 |
1 |
1.507 |
48.72 — David (cuddlecricket) |
48.72 |
48.72 |
April 18, 2013 |
| 2. |
#1970186 |
Tides refers to the surface of the ocean rising and falling. |
60 |
6 |
1.453 |
35.38 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
27.34 |
27.34 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 3. |
#1971903 |
I liked having the same name as my father. |
42 |
4 |
1.416 |
28.03 — austin (austinleeb) |
24.71 |
24.71 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 4. |
#1970435 |
You are in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. |
54 |
2 |
1.386 |
27.55 — austin (austinleeb) |
23.72 |
23.72 |
September 15, 2012 |
| 5. |
#1971120 |
That's the worst thing that can happen to you. You will die a slow and painful death. |
85 |
5 |
1.385 |
46.51 — Martin (de_jesus) |
36.41 |
36.41 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 6. |
#134 |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fears crowding upon me. What sort of place had I come to, and among what kind of people? What sort of grim adventure was it on which I had embarked? |
204 |
1 |
1.385 |
81.47 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
81.47 |
81.47 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 7. |
#1971920 |
He pointed to three little kids trying to dig a wall to protect a sand castle. The tide was coming in fast and the castle was in big trouble. |
141 |
7 |
1.379 |
78.93 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
64.08 |
64.08 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 8. |
#1971214 |
Everyone had to write a paper about their favorite hobby. |
57 |
1 |
1.371 |
27.25 — austin (austinleeb) |
27.25 |
27.25 |
February 5, 2013 |
| 9. |
#355 |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. Wandering, I am lost as I travel along the white cliffs of Dover. Many rivers to cross and it's only my will that keeps me alive. I've been licked, washed up for years, and I merely survive because of my pride. |
269 |
1 |
1.366 |
80.36 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
80.36 |
80.36 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 10. |
#1971567 |
Stainless steel was discovered by accident in 1913. |
51 |
1 |
1.366 |
20.43 — tyler (sharkfin) |
20.43 |
20.43 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 11. |
#1970792 |
An octopus has three hearts. |
28 |
3 |
1.355 |
56.10 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
30.32 |
30.32 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 12. |
#1970969 |
The springtime migration of the many different Warblers is quite a sight to see. |
80 |
2 |
1.354 |
43.61 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.65 |
31.65 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 13. |
#1971233 |
She dropped to her knees on the cold ground, picked the puppy up, and held it close to her face. |
96 |
3 |
1.349 |
44.35 — Martin (de_jesus) |
35.72 |
35.72 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 14. |
#1971157 |
By lunchtime the Warden was beginning to lose her patience. She made them eat quickly, so they could get back to work. |
118 |
1 |
1.346 |
43.52 — David (cuddlecricket) |
43.52 |
43.52 |
April 18, 2013 |
| 15. |
#1971634 |
To keep from being separated while sleeping, sea otters tie themselves together with kelp, often drifting miles out to sea during the night. |
140 |
4 |
1.341 |
67.04 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.27 |
56.27 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 16. |
#1970538 |
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. |
114 |
1 |
1.340 |
41.99 — Martin (de_jesus) |
41.99 |
41.99 |
February 12, 2013 |
| 17. |
#1970962 |
Hummingbirds can sometimes fly backwards and even upside down! |
62 |
1 |
1.339 |
30.74 — Zach (zeus_12) |
30.74 |
30.74 |
January 24, 2013 |
| 18. |
#238 |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings. |
294 |
1 |
1.336 |
89.25 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
89.25 |
89.25 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 19. |
#1970722 |
It seemed to him that he had never seen any creature so beautiful as this tiny bird, and he already loved her. |
110 |
1 |
1.332 |
19.92 — tyler (sharkfin) |
19.92 |
19.92 |
November 15, 2012 |
| 20. |
#1971502 |
The only golfer to play golf on the moon was Alan Shepard. His golf ball was never found. |
89 |
4 |
1.332 |
35.57 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.61 |
30.61 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 21. |
#1971189 |
She pushed open the gate and walked down the drive into the forest. |
67 |
8 |
1.323 |
44.07 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
26.41 |
26.41 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 22. |
#1971218 |
They took turns swinging across the gully on the rope. |
54 |
5 |
1.320 |
38.43 — David (kiddodavie) |
28.25 |
28.25 |
September 18, 2012 |
| 23. |
#1970424 |
Not here not there not anywhere! |
32 |
2 |
1.319 |
26.21 — austin (austinleeb) |
25.17 |
25.17 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 24. |
#1971183 |
Later that evening the boys and I sat at the study table. |
57 |
5 |
1.318 |
22.21 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.39 |
19.39 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 25. |
#294 |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal before they master it. Furthermore, they tend to lose a good deal of their learning when they cease to practice the skills associated with this learning in their daily lives. |
233 |
3 |
1.312 |
76.25 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
64.11 |
64.11 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 26. |
#563 |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings. And there is always one last light to turn out and one last bell to ring. And the last one out of the circus has to lock up everything. |
252 |
1 |
1.309 |
76.98 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
76.98 |
76.98 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 27. |
#1970425 |
And what would you do if you met a jibboo? |
42 |
2 |
1.308 |
25.99 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.96 |
19.96 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 28. |
#1970397 |
If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good. |
66 |
7 |
1.300 |
44.15 — David (kiddodavie) |
27.83 |
27.83 |
December 5, 2012 |
| 29. |
#176 |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright, and there were so many stars that, gazing upward, one could not help wondering how so many whimsical wicked people could live under such a sky. |
250 |
3 |
1.299 |
85.98 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
75.47 |
75.47 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 30. |
#1970203 |
Osmosis refers to the diffusion of water molecules through selectively permeable membrane. |
90 |
1 |
1.296 |
40.60 — Martin (de_jesus) |
40.60 |
40.60 |
February 9, 2013 |
| 31. |
#1971213 |
Jess did not know people for whom money was not a problem. |
58 |
2 |
1.295 |
19.37 — tyler (sharkfin) |
15.89 |
15.89 |
October 22, 2012 |
| 32. |
#1970405 |
It came without tags. |
21 |
10 |
1.292 |
39.05 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.90 |
25.90 |
September 18, 2012 |
| 33. |
#305 |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. |
315 |
1 |
1.291 |
75.92 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
75.92 |
75.92 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 34. |
#1971620 |
The Weddell seal can travel underwater for seven miles without surfacing for air. |
81 |
2 |
1.289 |
39.23 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
31.74 |
31.74 |
February 14, 2013 |
| 35. |
#1971831 |
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation... |
94 |
1 |
1.285 |
40.27 — Martin (de_jesus) |
40.27 |
40.27 |
February 10, 2013 |
| 36. |
#1970922 |
Mars is only about half the size of the Earth. |
46 |
7 |
1.284 |
46.78 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.68 |
25.68 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 37. |
#1971159 |
She made them eat quickly, so they could get back to work. |
58 |
5 |
1.281 |
35.01 — Aidan (9255) |
22.78 |
22.78 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 38. |
#1970330 |
The kitchen table was set for breakfast and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster and wood smoke from the stove. |
122 |
2 |
1.279 |
43.50 — David (kiddodavie) |
42.38 |
42.38 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 39. |
#1971131 |
Stanley was from a poor family. |
31 |
5 |
1.278 |
27.32 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.12 |
24.12 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 40. |
#1970444 |
What a lot of funny things go by. |
33 |
7 |
1.275 |
27.67 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.24 |
19.24 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 41. |
#1971535 |
Gold was the first metal to be discovered. |
42 |
6 |
1.274 |
28.86 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.65 |
19.65 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 42. |
#1971520 |
A full moon always rises at sunset. |
35 |
6 |
1.272 |
26.17 — surena (cookiekrum) |
21.34 |
21.34 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 43. |
#1971497 |
Soccer is played in more countries in the world than any other sport. |
69 |
5 |
1.265 |
29.49 — surena (cookiekrum) |
22.40 |
22.40 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 44. |
#1970477 |
Leonardo daVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. |
84 |
4 |
1.265 |
40.53 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.82 |
31.82 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 45. |
#1970475 |
George Washington had teeth made of whale bone. |
47 |
3 |
1.246 |
42.75 — Martin (de_jesus) |
32.65 |
32.65 |
December 19, 2012 |
| 46. |
#1971579 |
A baby gray whale drinks enough milk to fill more than two thousand bottles a day. |
82 |
8 |
1.245 |
43.45 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.49 |
30.49 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 47. |
#235 |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to apply it well. The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues. |
163 |
1 |
1.244 |
18.61 — tyler (sharkfin) |
18.61 |
18.61 |
November 15, 2012 |
| 48. |
#1971559 |
Water expands as it freezes and contracts as it melts. |
54 |
5 |
1.238 |
27.77 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.86 |
21.86 |
October 17, 2012 |
| 49. |
#1971481 |
Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner. |
54 |
1 |
1.237 |
18.50 — tyler (sharkfin) |
18.50 |
18.50 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 50. |
#1971577 |
A baby beaver stays with its parents for a period of two years. |
63 |
8 |
1.237 |
46.65 — Mercedez (sadiezb) |
26.94 |
26.94 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 51. |
#47 |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy ones, and that the oomny ones use like, inspiration and what Bog sends. Now it was lovely music that came into my aid. There was a window open with the stereo on, and I viddied right at once what to do. |
259 |
1 |
1.236 |
72.73 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
72.73 |
72.73 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 52. |
#353 |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City. |
132 |
1 |
1.236 |
17.09 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
17.09 |
17.09 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 53. |
#225 |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting, he thought, as he looked again at the position of the sun, and hurried his pace. |
158 |
4 |
1.235 |
52.42 — Aidan (9255) |
35.67 |
35.67 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 54. |
#1971651 |
You share a birthday with at least nine million other people in the world. |
74 |
7 |
1.235 |
38.85 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
27.66 |
27.66 |
October 24, 2012 |
| 55. |
#1971471 |
The first aerial photograph was taken from a balloon during the Civil War. |
74 |
2 |
1.235 |
17.97 — tyler (sharkfin) |
17.75 |
17.75 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 56. |
#1971475 |
Pirates thought having an earring would improve their eyesight. |
63 |
3 |
1.235 |
44.85 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
31.13 |
31.13 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 57. |
#1970526 |
A group of crows is called a murder. |
36 |
7 |
1.234 |
41.92 — Aidan (9255) |
22.27 |
22.27 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 58. |
#1971924 |
When that arrow brushed past my ear it made a soft hissing sound. |
65 |
8 |
1.234 |
41.41 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.58 |
30.58 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 59. |
#190 |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they want to give their lives to something. Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don't need. Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don't really need. |
265 |
1 |
1.232 |
72.49 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
72.49 |
72.49 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 60. |
#1970931 |
Recently, astronomers have found new galaxies that are bigger and less tightly packed with stars than any they have seen before. |
128 |
7 |
1.231 |
36.49 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.29 |
22.29 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 61. |
#86 |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all. Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. |
220 |
3 |
1.231 |
78.42 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.95 |
56.95 |
January 8, 2013 |
| 62. |
#1970903 |
Sunspots are small, dark patches on the surface of the Sun that are slightly cooler than their surroundings. |
108 |
9 |
1.231 |
45.18 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.41 |
33.41 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 63. |
#1970448 |
You will get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. |
56 |
7 |
1.229 |
29.81 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.94 |
19.94 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 64. |
#300 |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am I getting the brain space to store these words? I'm hoping that maybe my mind has decided to clear out some old negative thoughts and sad memories and replace them with these shiny new words. |
252 |
2 |
1.228 |
71.18 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.12 |
55.12 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 65. |
#1971158 |
By lunchtime the Warden was beginning to lose her patience. |
59 |
2 |
1.227 |
18.92 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
17.58 |
17.58 |
January 23, 2013 |
| 66. |
#1970173 |
Elevation refers to the height above sea level. |
47 |
7 |
1.226 |
27.20 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.75 |
20.75 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 67. |
#627 |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft drink in the supermarket is to have some corn with your corn. Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the fruit drinks sold in the supermarket have been sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup. |
263 |
1 |
1.223 |
71.95 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
71.95 |
71.95 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 68. |
#1970336 |
He worked in a toothpaste factory, where he sat all day long at a bench and screwed the little caps onto the tops of the tubes of toothpaste after the tubes had been filled. |
173 |
2 |
1.223 |
73.81 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
50.04 |
50.04 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 69. |
#1970447 |
But I had to grow bigger, so bigger I got. |
42 |
2 |
1.221 |
24.27 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.96 |
17.96 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 70. |
#1971616 |
Sharks can travel up to forty miles per hour. |
45 |
4 |
1.220 |
34.39 — Aidan (9255) |
24.86 |
24.86 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 71. |
#1971381 |
The only food that does not spoil is honey. |
43 |
5 |
1.220 |
30.52 — austin (austinleeb) |
26.14 |
26.14 |
October 22, 2012 |
| 72. |
#1971506 |
A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only four miles per hour. |
69 |
3 |
1.219 |
26.71 — austin (austinleeb) |
23.42 |
23.42 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 73. |
#1971488 |
The San Diego Zoo has the largest collection of animals in the world. |
69 |
6 |
1.219 |
39.93 — Martin (de_jesus) |
32.15 |
32.15 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 74. |
#1970803 |
Most lipstick contains fish scales. |
35 |
6 |
1.218 |
29.86 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
23.47 |
23.47 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 75. |
#1970542 |
Salt is the only rock that humans can eat. It is also one of the few spices that is all taste and no smell. |
107 |
4 |
1.215 |
38.80 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
35.69 |
35.69 |
January 30, 2013 |
| 76. |
#1971564 |
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours. |
74 |
1 |
1.215 |
32.62 — Aidan (9255) |
32.62 |
32.62 |
February 14, 2013 |
| 77. |
#1970972 |
The gray Junco with the white breast is often called the Snow Bird. |
67 |
6 |
1.214 |
48.83 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.15 |
26.15 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 78. |
#1971483 |
There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong. |
42 |
5 |
1.214 |
41.51 — David (cuddlecricket) |
29.48 |
29.48 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 79. |
#1970229 |
In chemistry, the word "solution" refers to when two materials mix so well that one dissolves into the other but they keep their own chemical compositions and properties. |
170 |
2 |
1.213 |
72.32 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
57.19 |
57.19 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 80. |
#536 |
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. |
105 |
6 |
1.213 |
38.12 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.08 |
27.08 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 81. |
#1970180 |
Relief refers to the change in elevation within an area from low to high. |
73 |
3 |
1.213 |
28.56 — austin (austinleeb) |
24.31 |
24.31 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 82. |
#1971627 |
There are fewer than one thousand giant pandas left alive in the world. |
71 |
3 |
1.211 |
23.98 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.90 |
18.90 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 83. |
#1970514 |
Toads do not have teeth, but frogs do. |
38 |
5 |
1.209 |
27.93 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.09 |
22.09 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 84. |
#1971594 |
Butterflies taste with their hind feet. |
39 |
4 |
1.209 |
44.61 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
32.49 |
32.49 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 85. |
#1971536 |
South Africa produces two-thirds of the world's gold. |
53 |
4 |
1.208 |
23.41 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.64 |
17.64 |
August 20, 2012 |
| 86. |
#143 |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-day spam, because spam evolves. Indeed, most anti-spam techniques so far have been like pesticides that do nothing more than create a new, resistant strain of bugs. |
223 |
1 |
1.208 |
80.71 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
80.71 |
80.71 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 87. |
#1970999 |
A suspension bridge is supported on huge steel cables which are anchored into the ground. The Golden Gate Bridge is an example of this kind of bridge. |
150 |
5 |
1.206 |
68.27 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
52.36 |
52.36 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 88. |
#1971836 |
...that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. |
158 |
2 |
1.206 |
69.85 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.12 |
54.12 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 89. |
#1970536 |
It is estimated that Americans consume ten million tons of turkey on Thanksgiving Day. |
86 |
1 |
1.206 |
18.03 — tyler (sharkfin) |
18.03 |
18.03 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 90. |
#1970170 |
Deformation refers to the change in shape of the surface of the Earth. |
70 |
5 |
1.205 |
24.45 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.47 |
19.47 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 91. |
#1970399 |
All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot! |
80 |
2 |
1.204 |
38.92 — David (cuddlecricket) |
33.61 |
33.61 |
December 15, 2012 |
| 92. |
#1970210 |
Atoms are the smallest particle of an element that has all the properties of the element. |
89 |
5 |
1.204 |
41.88 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.01 |
31.01 |
December 14, 2012 |
| 93. |
#1971364 |
Less than 2 percent of the water on Earth is fresh. |
51 |
7 |
1.202 |
53.15 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.42 |
26.42 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 94. |
#1971602 |
The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. |
45 |
3 |
1.200 |
34.76 — Martin (de_jesus) |
34.06 |
34.06 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 95. |
#1971931 |
Jimmy found a dead sand shark that had washed up on shore. |
58 |
7 |
1.200 |
36.01 — Aidan (9255) |
26.23 |
26.23 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 96. |
#1971216 |
Nobody would make up scuba diving to be their favorite hobby if it wasn't so. |
77 |
5 |
1.199 |
37.07 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.98 |
28.98 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 97. |
#1970783 |
An eagle can kill and carry an animal as large as a small deer. |
63 |
11 |
1.197 |
34.84 — David (cuddlecricket) |
27.73 |
27.73 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 98. |
#1971610 |
An orca can reach speeds up to thirty four miles per hour in pursuit of prey. |
77 |
4 |
1.196 |
22.40 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.46 |
18.46 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 99. |
#1970520 |
The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antartica. |
59 |
5 |
1.196 |
21.50 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.17 |
18.17 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 100. |
#1971100 |
Yankee Doodle came to town, riding on a pony. He stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni. |
99 |
5 |
1.195 |
37.92 — Aidan (9255) |
25.63 |
25.63 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 101. |
#1971188 |
She pushed open the gate and walked down the drive into the forest. |
67 |
4 |
1.195 |
31.89 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
23.95 |
23.95 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 102. |
#1970804 |
Most cows give more milk when they listen to music. |
51 |
4 |
1.193 |
29.07 — austin (austinleeb) |
24.12 |
24.12 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 103. |
#1970222 |
The word matter in science refers to something that has mass and volume. |
72 |
8 |
1.193 |
39.56 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
27.35 |
27.35 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 104. |
#1970434 |
Fun is good. |
12 |
7 |
1.192 |
30.62 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.64 |
22.64 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 105. |
#1971379 |
More than a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii. |
53 |
1 |
1.192 |
23.68 — austin (austinleeb) |
23.68 |
23.68 |
January 30, 2013 |
| 106. |
#1971144 |
Stanley had never been one to leave food on his plate, matter how it tasted. |
76 |
3 |
1.192 |
34.95 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
29.28 |
29.28 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 107. |
#555 |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight lifts. They stay below ground for months at a time, armed with pistols and homemade grenades, chiseling out ore and then grinding it and extracting the gold using mercury, just as poor gold miners do at the surface. |
275 |
2 |
1.191 |
71.27 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
55.41 |
55.41 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 108. |
#1970965 |
Scientific studies have shown that crows are capable of solving simple problems. |
80 |
5 |
1.191 |
43.16 — Martin (de_jesus) |
34.40 |
34.40 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 109. |
#1970814 |
Natural gas has no smell. The smell is added for safety reasons. |
64 |
8 |
1.190 |
36.95 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.95 |
23.95 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 110. |
#1970204 |
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants and some other organisms capture the energy in sunlight and use it to make food. |
126 |
3 |
1.189 |
80.11 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
47.87 |
47.87 |
August 3, 2012 |
| 111. |
#413 |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them. The reason is that men who have something going for them in their lives, men who passionately live life with a purpose, are usually too busy living their dreams to hang out "trolling for chicks." |
256 |
1 |
1.189 |
69.92 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
69.92 |
69.92 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 112. |
#1970787 |
A scallop swims by quickly clapping its shell open and shut. This makes a water jet that pushes the scallop forward. |
116 |
3 |
1.188 |
40.06 — David (kiddodavie) |
33.36 |
33.36 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 113. |
#1970182 |
Rock cycle refers to the processes that slowly change rocks from one kind to another. |
85 |
2 |
1.188 |
41.37 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.17 |
31.17 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 114. |
#434 |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative thinness of the air layer and the presence of the upper cardboard heat shield. The insulation properties of the cardboard play a major role, since they serve to minimize the temperature gradient across the airspace. |
274 |
1 |
1.187 |
69.85 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
69.85 |
69.85 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 115. |
#1971900 |
We found snake skins. |
21 |
11 |
1.186 |
37.47 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.12 |
25.12 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 116. |
#1970428 |
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. |
44 |
6 |
1.185 |
29.51 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.44 |
21.44 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 117. |
#1971542 |
The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. |
40 |
7 |
1.184 |
43.69 — David (cuddlecricket) |
27.12 |
27.12 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 118. |
#1971589 |
A dragonfly has a life span of four to seven weeks. |
51 |
3 |
1.181 |
27.46 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.75 |
20.75 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 119. |
#1971395 |
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. |
43 |
4 |
1.180 |
33.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.45 |
24.45 |
September 13, 2012 |
| 120. |
#1970215 |
Density refers to how tightly or loosely particles are packed together in a given material. |
91 |
4 |
1.179 |
41.20 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.94 |
29.94 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 121. |
#380 |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib from him and made a chick. That's actually a bit of a creation myth - the truth is, after God saw that man was good, he created another man and saw that it was all good. |
226 |
1 |
1.178 |
36.92 — Martin (de_jesus) |
36.92 |
36.92 |
January 24, 2013 |
| 122. |
#1970784 |
A queen bee only uses her stinger to sting another queen bee. |
61 |
3 |
1.178 |
39.69 — Martin (de_jesus) |
32.59 |
32.59 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 123. |
#1971618 |
Seals can sleep underwater and surface for air without even waking. |
67 |
6 |
1.178 |
27.08 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.83 |
18.83 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 124. |
#1970546 |
The face of a penny can hold thirty drops of water. |
51 |
14 |
1.177 |
40.72 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.15 |
27.15 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 125. |
#1971126 |
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. |
105 |
4 |
1.177 |
69.52 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
36.46 |
36.46 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 126. |
#590 |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devil in it yet folks never seem to hold it to account. |
111 |
3 |
1.176 |
38.90 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
30.84 |
30.84 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 127. |
#1971896 |
Where I grew up as a kid, the woods held magical things. |
56 |
2 |
1.175 |
23.35 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.61 |
20.61 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 128. |
#1971072 |
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts all on a summer's day. The Knave of Hearts, he stole the tarts and took them clean away. |
129 |
1 |
1.174 |
21.06 — diana (fahter) |
21.06 |
21.06 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 129. |
#1971609 |
The killer whale, or orca, is the fastest sea mammal. |
53 |
6 |
1.174 |
27.24 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.76 |
22.76 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 130. |
#1971065 |
Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day. |
44 |
1 |
1.172 |
22.06 — Amy (fatjustin) |
22.06 |
22.06 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 131. |
#1971204 |
He wanted to be an artist when he grew up. |
42 |
6 |
1.171 |
27.79 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.23 |
20.23 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 132. |
#1971582 |
To be called a mammal, the female must feed her young on milk she has produced. |
79 |
7 |
1.171 |
37.80 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
29.35 |
29.35 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 133. |
#1970812 |
More than a thousand new insects are discovered each year. |
58 |
4 |
1.170 |
23.02 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.08 |
18.08 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 134. |
#1971114 |
The Warden owns the shade. |
26 |
7 |
1.170 |
29.88 — Zach (zeus_12) |
18.58 |
18.58 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 135. |
#1970733 |
But the sky was bright, and somehow he felt he was headed in the right direction. |
81 |
8 |
1.168 |
47.52 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.95 |
33.95 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 136. |
#1970855 |
Many soldiers in the American Revolution died from minor wounds that became infected and did not heal. |
102 |
2 |
1.168 |
17.46 — tyler (sharkfin) |
13.60 |
13.60 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 137. |
#1970223 |
In science the word mixture refers to when different materials are mixed together and they keep their own chemical composition and properties. |
142 |
9 |
1.167 |
81.26 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
46.24 |
46.24 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 138. |
#1970408 |
Think and wonder, wonder and think. |
35 |
6 |
1.165 |
46.61 — mercedez (mjbz) |
26.04 |
26.04 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 139. |
#1971121 |
That's the worst thing that can happen to you. |
46 |
2 |
1.165 |
28.17 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
26.56 |
26.56 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 140. |
#1971194 |
I cried for those things which had happened that night which meant things would never be the same. |
98 |
5 |
1.164 |
40.15 — David (cuddlecricket) |
30.46 |
30.46 |
November 15, 2012 |
| 141. |
#537 |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. |
258 |
3 |
1.163 |
68.44 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
62.08 |
62.08 |
January 24, 2013 |
| 142. |
#1970947 |
The Green Heron prefers to hunt for frogs and small fish in shallow, weedy wetlands. |
84 |
4 |
1.163 |
40.26 — David (cuddlecricket) |
24.26 |
24.26 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 143. |
#1971916 |
Whenever he got in trouble, Mom made him sit under the kitchen table so she could keep an eye on him. |
101 |
1 |
1.163 |
37.60 — David (cuddlecricket) |
37.60 |
37.60 |
April 17, 2013 |
| 144. |
#1971617 |
There once were more sea lions on Earth than people. |
52 |
6 |
1.163 |
26.08 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.04 |
22.04 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 145. |
#581 |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breaking apart like I'm made up of glass again. |
100 |
2 |
1.162 |
24.51 — Amy (fatjustin) |
22.03 |
22.03 |
October 24, 2012 |
| 146. |
#1971383 |
Seaweed is one of the ingredients in some ice cream. |
52 |
8 |
1.162 |
26.58 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
23.51 |
23.51 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 147. |
#50 |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life, anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? |
271 |
1 |
1.162 |
68.36 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
68.36 |
68.36 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 148. |
#1970534 |
The hottest chili pepper in the world is the habanero. |
54 |
2 |
1.160 |
20.91 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.94 |
19.94 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 149. |
#1971921 |
He pointed to three little kids trying to dig a wall to protect a sand castle. |
78 |
6 |
1.160 |
39.44 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.17 |
30.17 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 150. |
#1970938 |
Dividing the stars into constellations helps to find and identify stars in the night sky. |
89 |
12 |
1.159 |
39.82 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
28.78 |
28.78 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 151. |
#1970764 |
In the movie ET, the sound of his walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly. |
91 |
4 |
1.158 |
37.28 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.21 |
31.21 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 152. |
#1971222 |
He was drifting, drifting like a fat white lazy cloud back and forth across the blue. |
85 |
3 |
1.157 |
26.56 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.19 |
22.19 |
October 24, 2012 |
| 153. |
#1970174 |
Erosion is the movement of sediment by wind, water, ice or gravity. |
67 |
7 |
1.157 |
41.79 — David (kiddodavie) |
26.31 |
26.31 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 154. |
#60 |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better. I learned this lesson well on New Year's Eve, 2001. |
184 |
1 |
1.157 |
17.30 — tyler (sharkfin) |
17.30 |
17.30 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 155. |
#1970443 |
I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. |
68 |
4 |
1.156 |
43.13 — David (cuddlecricket) |
28.11 |
28.11 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 156. |
#1971534 |
A large, flawless emerald is worth more than a similarly large flawless diamond. |
80 |
3 |
1.155 |
37.35 — David (cuddlecricket) |
30.27 |
30.27 |
December 15, 2012 |
| 157. |
#545 |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur, and the mouth, and the innocence turned to hair and contentment that hangs in abasement - a woman now standing where once there was only a girl. |
206 |
2 |
1.155 |
67.94 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.80 |
56.80 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 158. |
#1970902 |
Our Sun could hold more than a million planets the size of the Earth, but compared with the size of some other stars in the universe, the Sun is not all that big. |
162 |
1 |
1.154 |
65.44 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
65.44 |
65.44 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 159. |
#1970525 |
A group of kangaroos is called a mob. |
37 |
4 |
1.153 |
24.36 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.29 |
17.29 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 160. |
#588 |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh. But when I must remove your wings and you, you must try to fly. Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. We make a little history, baby, every time you come around. |
243 |
1 |
1.152 |
67.78 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
67.78 |
67.78 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 161. |
#9 |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were content to eat and drink, and Singer would talk with his hands eagerly to his friend about all that was in his mind. So the years passed in this quiet way until Singer reached the age of thirty-two. |
256 |
3 |
1.151 |
66.51 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
62.05 |
62.05 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 162. |
#1971115 |
Out on the lake, rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks and in the holes dug by the campers. |
103 |
4 |
1.151 |
19.17 — Dillon (windcave) |
16.67 |
16.67 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 163. |
#117 |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. But no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. |
358 |
1 |
1.149 |
67.58 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
67.58 |
67.58 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 164. |
#1971493 |
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his hat to keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings. |
99 |
3 |
1.149 |
39.38 — Martin (de_jesus) |
36.36 |
36.36 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 165. |
#1970987 |
Power is the rate at which work is done. |
40 |
5 |
1.148 |
30.22 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.91 |
22.91 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 166. |
#1970557 |
One hundred and sixty cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the widest road in the world. |
113 |
2 |
1.148 |
41.07 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.91 |
27.91 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 167. |
#1971917 |
It was a perfect Marshfield morning, sunny and warm. The air had a salty tang that tasted like the ocean. At this time of day it would be so beautiful at the beach. |
164 |
3 |
1.148 |
77.87 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.15 |
47.15 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 168. |
#1970943 |
Common Loons dive deep and can actually swim underwater while try to catch a fish. |
82 |
8 |
1.146 |
39.18 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.70 |
24.70 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 169. |
#1971092 |
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home. |
64 |
2 |
1.145 |
22.75 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.32 |
22.32 |
September 15, 2012 |
| 170. |
#1971622 |
Sea otters inhabit water but never get wet because they have two coats of fur. |
78 |
7 |
1.145 |
40.88 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.94 |
25.94 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 171. |
#631 |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly. |
185 |
1 |
1.144 |
15.55 — jacob (jacob2001) |
15.55 |
15.55 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 172. |
#1970942 |
Because you won't find a loon up in a tree or a bobwhite out at sea, habitat is an important thing to note when birdwatching. |
125 |
1 |
1.142 |
35.79 — Martin (de_jesus) |
35.79 |
35.79 |
February 12, 2013 |
| 173. |
#1970915 |
It takes the same time for the Moon to spin around once as it does for it to orbit Earth. |
89 |
4 |
1.142 |
22.35 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.36 |
19.36 |
September 27, 2012 |
| 174. |
#1970925 |
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and the fifth planet away from the Sun. |
89 |
3 |
1.142 |
40.04 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.43 |
28.43 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 175. |
#1970395 |
A person's a person, no matter how small. |
41 |
3 |
1.141 |
28.62 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.72 |
22.72 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 176. |
#1971624 |
The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. |
48 |
6 |
1.141 |
24.37 — austin (austinleeb) |
21.00 |
21.00 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 177. |
#1970995 |
The anchorage of a bridge is where the cables of a suspension bridge are secured into the ground. |
97 |
7 |
1.141 |
49.16 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.23 |
30.23 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 178. |
#432 |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the surface might be of some importance if they changed the surface radiance in any appreciable way. |
155 |
2 |
1.140 |
67.28 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
52.84 |
52.84 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 179. |
#266 |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp stroke - not a hard stroke, but a fast one. The sound should be sharp and quick. If you are pushing your keys rather than striking them, the sound will be mushy. |
218 |
1 |
1.140 |
67.03 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
67.03 |
67.03 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 180. |
#1970213 |
Compounds are two or more elements chemically combined to form a new substance. |
79 |
6 |
1.139 |
46.66 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.23 |
30.23 |
January 24, 2013 |
| 181. |
#571 |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those two decades, but there are many things I wish I had known. I wish I had known, for instance, that such a long period of being single was in the cards for me. I also wish I'd known earlier that such a delay was not abnormal among my generation. |
303 |
1 |
1.139 |
67.00 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
67.00 |
67.00 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 182. |
#94 |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very own private beach. And this private beach just so happens to look particularly beautiful bathed in moonlight. And there just so happens to be a full moon out tonight. |
226 |
1 |
1.139 |
66.99 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
66.99 |
66.99 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 183. |
#1970187 |
Topography is the shape of the land. |
36 |
1 |
1.139 |
30.79 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
30.79 |
30.79 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 184. |
#1971162 |
For the next twenty years Kissin' Kate Barlow was one of the most feared outlaws in all the West. |
97 |
2 |
1.139 |
32.61 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.62 |
24.62 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 185. |
#1970917 |
On Earth, the atmosphere acts like a roof. It stops the Sun from making things too hot during the day and at night, it prevents heat from escaping. |
147 |
3 |
1.138 |
70.07 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
41.75 |
41.75 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 186. |
#1970440 |
And Sally and I did not know what to say. |
41 |
7 |
1.138 |
33.16 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
25.00 |
25.00 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 187. |
#103 |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat. |
289 |
1 |
1.137 |
76.00 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
76.00 |
76.00 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 188. |
#1971380 |
As much as fifty gallons of maple sap are used to make a single gallon of maple syrup. |
86 |
7 |
1.137 |
42.64 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.95 |
27.95 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 189. |
#1970401 |
You will miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. |
57 |
3 |
1.136 |
22.44 — surena (cookiekrum) |
20.55 |
20.55 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 190. |
#1970208 |
The word species refers to a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. |
116 |
1 |
1.136 |
35.60 — Martin (de_jesus) |
35.60 |
35.60 |
November 27, 2012 |
| 191. |
#1971135 |
He'd just been in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
52 |
6 |
1.136 |
29.85 — austin (austinleeb) |
25.79 |
25.79 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 192. |
#241 |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between those who claimed that your life belongs to God and those who claimed that it belongs to your neighbors. And no one came to say that your life belongs to you and that the good is to live it. |
247 |
1 |
1.134 |
66.73 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
66.73 |
66.73 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 193. |
#1970997 |
Compression is a force which tends to reduce or shorten something by pressure. |
78 |
7 |
1.134 |
39.85 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.37 |
24.37 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 194. |
#562 |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts the most. I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host. |
136 |
2 |
1.133 |
37.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.24 |
28.24 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 195. |
#1970935 |
Sometimes people say that the Milky Way Galaxy looks like a trail of spilled milk across the sky. |
97 |
1 |
1.132 |
31.69 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
31.69 |
31.69 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 196. |
#1970201 |
Natural selection is the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species. |
179 |
1 |
1.132 |
35.59 — David (kiddodavie) |
35.59 |
35.59 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 197. |
#1971093 |
This little piggy had roast beef and this little piggy had none. |
64 |
6 |
1.132 |
37.75 — David (cuddlecricket) |
20.69 |
20.69 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 198. |
#1970906 |
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon. |
75 |
7 |
1.131 |
35.34 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
28.87 |
28.87 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 199. |
#1971544 |
It takes one twenty year old tree to produce seven hundred paper grocery bags. |
78 |
8 |
1.131 |
43.42 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
25.21 |
25.21 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 200. |
#295 |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and then let them practice these until they have routinized their mastery. |
129 |
6 |
1.130 |
73.18 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
50.05 |
50.05 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 201. |
#549 |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were bigger and brighter and whiter than snow. And screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky, and you finally found all your courage to let it all go. |
210 |
3 |
1.129 |
68.79 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.86 |
53.86 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 202. |
#1970393 |
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. |
55 |
6 |
1.129 |
27.96 — David (kiddodavie) |
22.87 |
22.87 |
September 13, 2012 |
| 203. |
#1971915 |
I knew how to pick up the baby and tell if its diaper was dirty or clean by how spongy it was. |
94 |
7 |
1.129 |
34.72 — David (cuddlecricket) |
27.44 |
27.44 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 204. |
#524 |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.9 percent of all the wine in the world is made from grapes, because they make the best wines. |
153 |
1 |
1.129 |
31.59 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
31.59 |
31.59 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 205. |
#286 |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. |
236 |
2 |
1.128 |
79.33 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
58.44 |
58.44 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 206. |
#1970193 |
Diffusion is the process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration. |
118 |
4 |
1.127 |
68.41 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
52.38 |
52.38 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 207. |
#85 |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba with the apparent intention of letting some of his people join their relatives in the United States. Within seventy-two hours, 3,000 U.S. boats were headed for Cuba. It soon became evident that Castro was forcing the boat owners to carry back with them not only their relatives, but the dregs of his jails. |
366 |
1 |
1.127 |
75.32 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
75.32 |
75.32 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 208. |
#1971201 |
He could be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. |
50 |
4 |
1.126 |
37.78 — David (cuddlecricket) |
30.30 |
30.30 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 209. |
#1970403 |
I am glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song. |
66 |
2 |
1.126 |
29.68 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
25.98 |
25.98 |
January 30, 2013 |
| 210. |
#1970986 |
Work is a force applied over a distance. |
40 |
9 |
1.126 |
28.45 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.74 |
21.74 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 211. |
#1971909 |
They should have a different kind of school for Jimmy, maybe a place with acres of unexplored woods and streams and swamps and steep rocky cliffs where he could spend hours making forts or digging for fossils and animal bones. |
226 |
7 |
1.126 |
68.07 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
41.84 |
41.84 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 212. |
#1971109 |
Along came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away. |
76 |
8 |
1.126 |
34.27 — Aidan (9255) |
22.95 |
22.95 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 213. |
#486 |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous to speak of the vocation of a thief. However, I venture to assure you that this vocation is a reality. |
162 |
5 |
1.125 |
81.61 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.22 |
61.22 |
November 14, 2012 |
| 214. |
#1970930 |
Neptune's bluish appearance comes from the methane gas in its atmosphere, which has a blue color. |
97 |
2 |
1.125 |
40.33 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
37.48 |
37.48 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 215. |
#1971629 |
Giant tortoises can live to be 150 years old or older. |
54 |
6 |
1.125 |
24.58 — surena (cookiekrum) |
21.02 |
21.02 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 216. |
#1971919 |
When Andy laughed, the whole world lit up, like the sun coming from behind a cloud. |
83 |
3 |
1.125 |
33.06 — mercedez (mjbz) |
23.06 |
23.06 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 217. |
#1970923 |
The soil on Mars contains large amounts of iron, which gives the planet a rusty look. Some people call it the Red Planet. |
121 |
2 |
1.124 |
37.05 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.44 |
33.44 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 218. |
#1971604 |
A fifteen year old tuna is estimated to travel one million miles in its lifetime. |
81 |
3 |
1.124 |
37.52 — David (kiddodavie) |
34.49 |
34.49 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 219. |
#1970413 |
Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind! |
53 |
8 |
1.123 |
38.93 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.56 |
24.56 |
September 13, 2012 |
| 220. |
#1971908 |
But it seemed wrong to take an outside kid like Jimmy and lock him inside for six hours a day. |
94 |
5 |
1.123 |
43.34 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.50 |
30.50 |
September 5, 2012 |
| 221. |
#319 |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you first find the cliche you want to work on, then build a story around it. |
129 |
8 |
1.123 |
56.50 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
39.37 |
39.37 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 222. |
#1970790 |
An ant can lift ten times its own weight. |
41 |
5 |
1.121 |
31.30 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.22 |
21.22 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 223. |
#1971122 |
You will die a slow and painful death. |
38 |
5 |
1.121 |
25.76 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.46 |
18.46 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 224. |
#1971551 |
Methane gas is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud at the bottom of a pond. |
107 |
3 |
1.121 |
38.80 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.77 |
33.77 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 225. |
#1970527 |
Gorillas often sleep for up to fourteen hours a day. |
52 |
3 |
1.120 |
26.07 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.79 |
22.79 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 226. |
#540 |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best. |
180 |
1 |
1.120 |
16.75 — tyler (sharkfin) |
16.75 |
16.75 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 227. |
#1971000 |
The keystone in an arch bridge is the wedge-shaped center piece that is put in position at the very end of constructing the arch which causes the other pieces to stay in place. |
176 |
1 |
1.118 |
63.41 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
63.41 |
63.41 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 228. |
#229 |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images we store in the memory banks of our brains. The sum of these stored experiences is responsible for our sense of personal identity and our sense of connectedness to those around us. |
239 |
4 |
1.118 |
83.07 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
42.15 |
42.15 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 229. |
#1971925 |
But the most horrifying thing was when the headless chicken got up and started running around, its legs going like crazy. It ran for fifteen or twenty seconds before it finally keeled over for good. |
198 |
4 |
1.118 |
78.49 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
67.59 |
67.59 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 230. |
#1970194 |
DNA refers to the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring. |
117 |
2 |
1.117 |
35.00 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.01 |
30.01 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 231. |
#632 |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremarkable things: What it is we're eating. Where it came from. How it found its way to our table. And what, in a true accounting, it really cost. We would no longer need any reminding that however we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we're eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world. |
407 |
2 |
1.117 |
79.21 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
70.44 |
70.44 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 232. |
#1970730 |
And don't forget - a person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast. |
82 |
7 |
1.115 |
36.50 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.19 |
24.19 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 233. |
#1970365 |
If it was up to me, grade levels would be based on height, not age. |
67 |
10 |
1.114 |
41.24 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.36 |
25.36 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 234. |
#1971611 |
Measuring about eight feet at birth, killer whale bulls can grow to twenty five feet and weigh as much as six tons. |
115 |
4 |
1.114 |
31.60 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.59 |
24.59 |
November 27, 2012 |
| 235. |
#1971099 |
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. |
57 |
2 |
1.113 |
22.11 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.05 |
17.05 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 236. |
#574 |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that years of evidence point to the conclusion that you will be single for the rest of your life. That night you meet someone, and a year later you're engaged to be married. That this very scenario happened to me is likely of little comfort to those still wondering about their future. |
341 |
1 |
1.111 |
65.35 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
65.35 |
65.35 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 237. |
#1970800 |
During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes whipped. |
91 |
1 |
1.109 |
35.86 — David (cuddlecricket) |
35.86 |
35.86 |
March 2, 2013 |
| 238. |
#1971518 |
Stars come in different colors; hot stars give off blue light, and the cooler stars give off red light. |
103 |
17 |
1.108 |
42.14 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.46 |
25.46 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 239. |
#139 |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness. It's much more about alliances. To become more popular, you need to be constantly doing things that bring you close to other popular people, and nothing brings people closer than a common enemy. |
256 |
3 |
1.107 |
67.84 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
62.25 |
62.25 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 240. |
#1970449 |
It is far better to give than to receive. |
41 |
5 |
1.106 |
25.56 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.87 |
18.87 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 241. |
#1971219 |
They took turns swinging across the gully on the rope. It was a glorious autumn day, and if you looked up as you swung, it gave you the feeling of floating. |
156 |
2 |
1.106 |
62.71 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
61.95 |
61.95 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 242. |
#76 |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy have? So, let's just say I'm driving this buggy, and if you fix your attitude, you can ride along with me. Now you will see me one more time, if you do good. You will see me two more times, if you do bad. |
261 |
2 |
1.105 |
62.80 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
50.95 |
50.95 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 243. |
#1970149 |
Volume refers to the number of cubic units of space that an object takes up. |
76 |
2 |
1.105 |
18.74 — diana (fahter) |
18.08 |
18.08 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 244. |
#1971138 |
Instead, they were crammed in a tiny apartment that smelled of burning rubber and foot odor. |
92 |
5 |
1.104 |
36.90 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
28.20 |
28.20 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 245. |
#1971927 |
It ran for fifteen or twenty seconds before it finally keeled over for good. |
76 |
8 |
1.103 |
29.41 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.91 |
22.91 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 246. |
#254 |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to type without looking at your fingers. |
97 |
1 |
1.103 |
17.64 — Colby (2520) |
17.64 |
17.64 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 247. |
#1970429 |
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, it is not going to get better. It just is not. |
95 |
10 |
1.102 |
29.27 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
18.60 |
18.60 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 248. |
#1971166 |
My youngest brother paid no attention to me. |
44 |
5 |
1.102 |
28.72 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.71 |
19.71 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 249. |
#1970532 |
Time and erosion have erased 99 percent of all dinosaur footprints. |
67 |
5 |
1.102 |
24.44 — Zach (zeus_12) |
16.79 |
16.79 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 250. |
#1971905 |
School is not like home. You've got to follow the rules there, or else you'll get in trouble. |
93 |
2 |
1.102 |
27.51 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
25.23 |
25.23 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 251. |
#1971844 |
Our government rests in public opinion. |
39 |
5 |
1.101 |
37.00 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.86 |
20.86 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 252. |
#64 |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white. And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right. I walk in the air between the rain through myself and back again. Where? I don't know. |
303 |
1 |
1.100 |
64.72 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
64.72 |
64.72 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 253. |
#1970891 |
It takes a ray of light 1 1/2 seconds to travel from the Moon to the Earth. |
75 |
8 |
1.100 |
44.23 — Mercedez (sadiezb) |
27.76 |
27.76 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 254. |
#1970788 |
Some captive octopuses have learned to open jars containing food. Many aquariums now give their octopuses puzzles and other games to keep them from getting bored. |
162 |
6 |
1.100 |
72.29 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
50.53 |
50.53 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 255. |
#1971606 |
Tuna will suffocate if they ever stop swimming. |
47 |
2 |
1.100 |
21.85 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.70 |
20.70 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 256. |
#1971098 |
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. |
112 |
2 |
1.099 |
65.80 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
49.22 |
49.22 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 257. |
#1971549 |
Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud. |
142 |
6 |
1.099 |
82.77 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
42.57 |
42.57 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 258. |
#1971934 |
My friends picked up big clumps of pine needles and started sprinkling them over my body. |
89 |
3 |
1.099 |
42.14 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.24 |
33.24 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 259. |
#265 |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretch your arms above your head. Slowly turn your head from side to side. Stand up and walk around a little to relax your body. |
183 |
7 |
1.099 |
33.13 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
28.50 |
28.50 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 260. |
#1971191 |
We walked in silence down the narrow cow path. |
46 |
5 |
1.099 |
37.68 — Aidan (9255) |
23.64 |
23.64 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 261. |
#1970416 |
You will be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around. |
101 |
4 |
1.099 |
37.02 — David (kiddodavie) |
32.23 |
32.23 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 262. |
#213 |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first time you've ever come to me for counsel or for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is Godmother to your only child. But, let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship and you were afraid to be in my debt. |
341 |
1 |
1.099 |
64.63 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
64.63 |
64.63 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 263. |
#1971552 |
There are five trillion atoms in one pound of iron. |
51 |
5 |
1.099 |
31.23 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
22.44 |
22.44 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 264. |
#1971103 |
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. |
39 |
7 |
1.098 |
34.74 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
20.91 |
20.91 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 265. |
#544 |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how we're ending our last dance together. Expectant, too punctual, but prettier than ever, I really believe that this time it's forever. |
193 |
1 |
1.098 |
64.60 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
64.60 |
64.60 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 266. |
#1970911 |
The atmosphere around Venus is very thick and mainly made of carbon dioxide gas. |
80 |
2 |
1.098 |
38.15 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
36.52 |
36.52 |
November 14, 2012 |
| 267. |
#557 |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, and he picked up the shrimp and scallops one after another and swallowed them as if they did not require chewing. |
172 |
2 |
1.098 |
34.51 — David (kiddodavie) |
31.74 |
31.74 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 268. |
#1970363 |
Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is about the dumbest idea ever invented. |
98 |
3 |
1.098 |
33.91 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
29.22 |
29.22 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 269. |
#1971230 |
There the trees grew so thick at the top that the sunshine was veiled. |
70 |
11 |
1.097 |
34.37 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.06 |
24.06 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 270. |
#1970973 |
You can hear the loud, raspy calls of Red-Winged Blackbirds every spring as they protect their nests built in marshes and reeds. |
128 |
1 |
1.097 |
62.21 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
62.21 |
62.21 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 271. |
#1970755 |
Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny in the cartoons, was allergic to carrots. |
84 |
2 |
1.096 |
38.82 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.96 |
27.96 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 272. |
#285 |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game with no rules at all. And just as I wonder at the beauty of it all, you go and drop it and it breaks and falls. |
171 |
4 |
1.096 |
78.58 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.87 |
39.87 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 273. |
#1970331 |
There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig. It was a white one. |
74 |
3 |
1.095 |
31.44 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.86 |
24.86 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 274. |
#1971187 |
Big Ma did not answer me. |
25 |
3 |
1.094 |
21.23 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.06 |
18.06 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 275. |
#1971174 |
Big Ma did not answer. Instead, she pushed open the gate and walked down the drive and across the road into the forest. |
119 |
2 |
1.094 |
57.81 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.79 |
47.79 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 276. |
#1970539 |
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. |
59 |
9 |
1.094 |
35.91 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.92 |
22.92 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 277. |
#1971081 |
When the pie was opened, they all began to sing. |
48 |
3 |
1.094 |
26.36 — Jake (rangeraccon) |
21.81 |
21.81 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 278. |
#1970224 |
Motion refers to the change of position for an object. |
54 |
5 |
1.093 |
25.14 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.59 |
18.59 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 279. |
#1971089 |
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. |
43 |
8 |
1.093 |
33.77 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.26 |
24.26 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 280. |
#1970202 |
Organ systems refers to a group of organs that work together to perform a major function in the body. |
101 |
3 |
1.093 |
34.32 — mercedez (mjbz) |
22.36 |
22.36 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 281. |
#1971467 |
The ship Titanic had four engines. |
34 |
6 |
1.093 |
32.39 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.15 |
22.15 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 282. |
#1970178 |
Moon phases refers to the change in the amount of reflected moon light visible from Earth. |
90 |
5 |
1.092 |
42.38 — David (kiddodavie) |
31.91 |
31.91 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 283. |
#395 |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the winter and then laying them off when the work slowed down, Jay had instituted a system of paying workers a steady wage year-round. |
188 |
1 |
1.091 |
38.33 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
38.33 |
38.33 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 284. |
#1970805 |
A popular dish in Belize contains mashed and roasted cockroaches. |
65 |
3 |
1.091 |
32.09 — Aidan (9255) |
22.96 |
22.96 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 285. |
#1971612 |
Jellyfish are made up of more than 95 percent water and have no brain, heart, or bones and no actual eyes. |
106 |
3 |
1.091 |
57.93 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
41.63 |
41.63 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 286. |
#1971156 |
Still, it was easier for two boys to dig a six-foot hole than it was for one boy to dig a five-foot hole. |
105 |
1 |
1.090 |
34.15 — Martin (de_jesus) |
34.15 |
34.15 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 287. |
#1971084 |
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. |
50 |
2 |
1.087 |
19.50 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
17.35 |
17.35 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 288. |
#1971490 |
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. |
44 |
1 |
1.087 |
15.03 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
15.03 |
15.03 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 289. |
#1970418 |
I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny. |
90 |
8 |
1.086 |
32.88 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
26.25 |
26.25 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 290. |
#1970717 |
Taxi! What does a mouse have to do to get a cab in this city? |
61 |
3 |
1.086 |
18.77 — tyler (sharkfin) |
18.07 |
18.07 |
September 18, 2012 |
| 291. |
#1971566 |
Bacteria, the tiniest free-living cells, are so small that a single drop of liquid contains as many as fifty million of them. |
125 |
2 |
1.085 |
32.23 — Mercedez (sadiezb) |
28.32 |
28.32 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 292. |
#172 |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to acknowledge them. Like a diet of the mind, I just choose not to indulge certain appetites; like my appetite for patterns; perhaps my appetite to imagine and to dream. |
225 |
1 |
1.085 |
63.82 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
63.82 |
63.82 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 293. |
#1970523 |
A group of geese on the ground is called a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein. |
90 |
4 |
1.085 |
34.62 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.65 |
25.65 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 294. |
#1971562 |
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west. |
91 |
5 |
1.084 |
27.58 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.86 |
22.86 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 295. |
#122 |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, expands to new territory, and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously. |
207 |
5 |
1.084 |
67.95 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
56.79 |
56.79 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 296. |
#31 |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bullets rape the night of the merciful. I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky and the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill. |
197 |
2 |
1.084 |
30.86 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.98 |
24.98 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 297. |
#1970782 |
Statistically you are more likely to be attacked by a cow than a shark. |
71 |
3 |
1.083 |
32.49 — David (kiddodavie) |
27.93 |
27.93 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 298. |
#1971911 |
When it got dark we ran through the neighborhood playing Flashlight Tag and Hide-and-Seek until the lawns turned cool and moist and bats began to appear in the sky. |
164 |
3 |
1.083 |
60.57 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
32.68 |
32.68 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 299. |
#1970214 |
The word conservation refers to saving or preserving so that total amount of matter or energy does not change. |
110 |
1 |
1.082 |
21.49 — austin (austinleeb) |
21.49 |
21.49 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 300. |
#1970888 |
A star is a hot ball of gas, which produces heat and light from nuclear reactions within its core. |
98 |
2 |
1.081 |
38.35 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.87 |
27.87 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 301. |
#1970431 |
The more that you read, the more things you will know. |
54 |
5 |
1.081 |
34.27 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.80 |
24.80 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 302. |
#1970437 |
And to think that I saw it go down on Eight Mile. |
49 |
2 |
1.081 |
21.47 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.49 |
19.49 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 303. |
#364 |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a bridge, where the bridge offers a contrast to the verse but is not the place where the song is summarized - or a verse and a chorus. A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as the music's energy. |
269 |
2 |
1.080 |
63.54 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.42 |
56.42 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 304. |
#1971578 |
A baby giraffe is about six feet tall at birth. |
47 |
7 |
1.080 |
37.89 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.86 |
22.86 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 305. |
#1971623 |
The fastest dog, the greyhound, can reach speeds of up to forty five miles per hour. |
84 |
8 |
1.079 |
27.75 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.59 |
21.59 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 306. |
#1970940 |
No matter where we live, birds are a natural part of our lives. |
63 |
7 |
1.079 |
32.46 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.67 |
24.67 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 307. |
#1970436 |
I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, should have rights. |
101 |
4 |
1.079 |
31.38 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.27 |
28.27 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 308. |
#1971192 |
We played for awhile in the patches of snow that remained. |
58 |
3 |
1.078 |
23.13 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
20.59 |
20.59 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 309. |
#220 |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones, but in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. Then, one day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away. |
278 |
1 |
1.078 |
37.88 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
37.88 |
37.88 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 310. |
#1970438 |
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. |
106 |
8 |
1.078 |
36.83 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.20 |
24.20 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 311. |
#1971170 |
She had looked at the page and had understood nothing. |
54 |
7 |
1.078 |
32.09 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.55 |
21.55 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 312. |
#435 |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environment of the space shuttle, we could more exactly determine the importance of convective flows. |
154 |
4 |
1.078 |
72.53 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
64.72 |
64.72 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 313. |
#633 |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we're eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world. |
162 |
2 |
1.077 |
66.69 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
42.50 |
42.50 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 314. |
#1971055 |
When she got there the cupboard was bare, so her little dog had none. |
69 |
1 |
1.077 |
28.24 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
28.24 |
28.24 |
December 14, 2012 |
| 315. |
#1971926 |
But the most horrifying thing was when the headless chicken got up and started running around, its legs going like crazy. |
121 |
4 |
1.077 |
36.87 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.65 |
31.65 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 316. |
#1970410 |
This mess is too big and too deep and to tall. We can't clean it up! We can't clean it up at all! |
97 |
6 |
1.076 |
44.21 — David (cuddlecricket) |
22.12 |
22.12 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 317. |
#1971378 |
A grape will explode if you put it in a microwave oven. |
55 |
7 |
1.076 |
29.82 — Zach (zeus_12) |
20.70 |
20.70 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 318. |
#1970963 |
The Barn Swallow has one of the longest migration routes of any North American land bird. |
89 |
4 |
1.076 |
42.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.00 |
27.00 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 319. |
#29 |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poets speak their hearts then bleed for it. Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love. You know his blood still cries from the ground. It runs like a river to the sea. We run like a river runs to the sea. |
269 |
2 |
1.075 |
66.98 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
49.37 |
49.37 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 320. |
#1971061 |
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. |
60 |
3 |
1.074 |
28.51 — Dillon (windcave) |
19.25 |
19.25 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 321. |
#1971848 |
Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. |
79 |
2 |
1.074 |
39.18 — Martin (de_jesus) |
34.09 |
34.09 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 322. |
#1971625 |
There are more than 150 breeds of horses in the world. |
54 |
6 |
1.073 |
21.50 — diana (fahter) |
19.23 |
19.23 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 323. |
#378 |
There are still some places where you can get all you can eat for a fixed price. Fried chicken is the best and the easiest to pocket, or should we say bag. |
155 |
2 |
1.073 |
34.45 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
31.56 |
31.56 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 324. |
#1971619 |
Seals must teach their young how to swim. |
41 |
4 |
1.073 |
36.11 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
29.63 |
29.63 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 325. |
#1970442 |
Do you like green eggs and ham? |
31 |
3 |
1.072 |
21.31 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.52 |
20.52 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 326. |
#1971086 |
Teddy bear, Teddy bear, touch the ground. Teddy bear, Teddy bear, turn around. |
78 |
2 |
1.072 |
27.72 — gabe (gaberr) |
24.84 |
24.84 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 327. |
#1970908 |
Of all the planets in our Solar System, Mercury is the closest to the Sun and also the smallest. |
96 |
3 |
1.072 |
33.74 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
30.27 |
30.27 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 328. |
#1970411 |
This mess is too big and too deep and to tall. |
46 |
5 |
1.071 |
33.17 — David (cuddlecricket) |
23.89 |
23.89 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 329. |
#1971147 |
He had just walked out from under a freeway overpass when the shoe hit him on the head. |
87 |
8 |
1.070 |
26.91 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.75 |
22.75 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 330. |
#1970181 |
Revolution refers to the Earth moving around the sun. |
53 |
9 |
1.070 |
27.11 — David (cuddlecricket) |
19.69 |
19.69 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 331. |
#1971225 |
Leslie loaned Jess all of her books about Narnia, so he would know how things went in a magic kingdom. |
102 |
3 |
1.070 |
32.52 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.27 |
26.27 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 332. |
#1970337 |
Walking to school in the mornings, Charlie would see great slabs of chocolate piled up high in the shop windows, and he would stop and stare and press his nose against the glass, his mouth watering like mad. |
207 |
3 |
1.070 |
61.49 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
51.49 |
51.49 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 333. |
#33 |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that tie that's got you into this pickle. Now you just take all the time you want. You can play some music if you like. |
172 |
3 |
1.070 |
67.67 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.31 |
47.31 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 334. |
#1970909 |
Since Mercury is nearest the Sun, it orbits the Sun in a shorter time period than any other planet. |
99 |
10 |
1.069 |
42.75 — David (cuddlecricket) |
26.91 |
26.91 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 335. |
#1971626 |
The only purple animal is the South African Blesbok. |
52 |
4 |
1.069 |
26.71 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.08 |
21.08 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 336. |
#1971912 |
When it got dark we ran through the neighborhood playing until bats began to appear in the sky. |
95 |
1 |
1.069 |
15.98 — tyler (sharkfin) |
15.98 |
15.98 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 337. |
#1971837 |
...and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. |
106 |
6 |
1.068 |
43.38 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
27.77 |
27.77 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 338. |
#1970949 |
As beautiful as the Mute Swan can be, it does have a nasty side as it will attack anyone who comes too close to its territory. |
126 |
7 |
1.068 |
42.98 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.83 |
29.83 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 339. |
#1971171 |
In fact, the county provided very little and much of the money which supported the black schools came from the black churches. |
126 |
3 |
1.068 |
61.28 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
38.20 |
38.20 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 340. |
#1971650 |
August is the month when most babies are born. |
46 |
3 |
1.068 |
21.22 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.58 |
18.58 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 341. |
#1971096 |
Three little kittens, they lost their mittens, and they began to cry. |
69 |
7 |
1.068 |
33.97 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.31 |
25.31 |
September 5, 2012 |
| 342. |
#1971068 |
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. |
108 |
2 |
1.067 |
44.58 — Martin (de_jesus) |
34.78 |
34.78 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 343. |
#1971570 |
The smallest unit of time is the yoctosecond. |
45 |
8 |
1.067 |
31.03 — austin (austinleeb) |
22.86 |
22.86 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 344. |
#1971939 |
Bits of light danced in the deep forest shadows around me. |
58 |
9 |
1.066 |
73.45 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
24.97 |
24.97 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 345. |
#1970549 |
If you took a standard Slinky and stretched it out, it would measure eighty-seven feet long! |
92 |
1 |
1.066 |
33.40 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.40 |
33.40 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 346. |
#1971932 |
He ran back to our blanket to get his pocket knife and cut open the shark's belly to see what it had eaten before it died. |
122 |
3 |
1.066 |
29.26 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
22.22 |
22.22 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 347. |
#1970927 |
Saturn is often called the ringed planet because it is surrounded by distinctive rings of dust and rocks. |
105 |
4 |
1.065 |
63.64 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
37.13 |
37.13 |
September 22, 2012 |
| 348. |
#1970781 |
When a mother cormorant feels that her offspring are ready to leave the nest, she makes sure this happens by destroying the nest completely. |
140 |
8 |
1.065 |
39.97 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.15 |
21.15 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 349. |
#87 |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. Listen - in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right? |
296 |
1 |
1.064 |
71.12 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
71.12 |
71.12 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 350. |
#1970889 |
Stars come in lots of sizes and brightnesses. |
45 |
2 |
1.064 |
21.14 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.72 |
19.72 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 351. |
#1971165 |
He was standing in a lizard nest. |
33 |
4 |
1.063 |
26.48 — Amy (fatjustin) |
19.88 |
19.88 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 352. |
#188 |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing that they are of short duration, but most of us concentrate so fiercely on finding our targets and avoiding calamity that we recall more vividly our relief when it's over than we do our exhilaration while it's going on. |
276 |
2 |
1.063 |
62.53 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.79 |
55.79 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 353. |
#1971901 |
We saw gravestones so old we could no longer read the names on them. |
68 |
2 |
1.063 |
32.77 — David (cuddlecricket) |
30.97 |
30.97 |
December 14, 2012 |
| 354. |
#1970887 |
Nobody knows how big the universe is. It contains millions and millions of galaxies. |
84 |
7 |
1.063 |
44.20 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
31.61 |
31.61 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 355. |
#1971175 |
She grew quiet and rubbed the wrinkles down one hand as if to smooth them away. |
79 |
8 |
1.062 |
59.01 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
30.37 |
30.37 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 356. |
#1971940 |
I knew I'd never forget that place. |
35 |
4 |
1.062 |
21.10 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.87 |
19.87 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 357. |
#1970559 |
The Hoover Dam was built to last two thousand years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another five hundred years. |
132 |
12 |
1.062 |
62.38 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
35.67 |
35.67 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 358. |
#470 |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of the planet, taking what they needed from the land and producing more and more waste materials with little regard for the future. |
188 |
4 |
1.062 |
35.96 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.23 |
26.23 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 359. |
#492 |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the vermin of the world inhabit it. And its morals aren't worth what a pig could spit. And it goes by the name of London. |
177 |
2 |
1.061 |
65.53 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
46.88 |
46.88 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 360. |
#1970768 |
Guinness World Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. |
99 |
1 |
1.061 |
15.87 — tyler (sharkfin) |
15.87 |
15.87 |
November 27, 2012 |
| 361. |
#365 |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a bridge, where the bridge offers a contrast to the verse but is not the place where the song is summarized. |
165 |
1 |
1.061 |
33.25 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.25 |
33.25 |
November 26, 2012 |
| 362. |
#583 |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through the roof of your mouth, through the mouth of your eye, through the eye of the needle, it's easier for me to get closer to heaven than ever feel whole again. |
217 |
2 |
1.061 |
33.27 — Martin (de_jesus) |
31.46 |
31.46 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 363. |
#1970989 |
Potential energy is due to the position of the object and kinetic energy is due to its movement. |
96 |
1 |
1.061 |
33.23 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.23 |
33.23 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 364. |
#388 |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a personal motive for revenge so overpowering that it ensures complete dedication to the cause. Or, through intensive training and psychological manipulation, an elite team of fanatic followers can be trained to sacrifice even their own lives to accomplish a given mission. |
325 |
1 |
1.060 |
70.86 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
70.86 |
70.86 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 365. |
#1970934 |
In the northern hemisphere, the best time to see the Milky Way is between the months of July and September. |
107 |
3 |
1.060 |
36.14 — Martin (de_jesus) |
32.30 |
32.30 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 366. |
#1970481 |
Every episode of Seinfeld contains a Superman reference in it somewhere. |
72 |
4 |
1.060 |
33.58 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.73 |
29.73 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 367. |
#1971392 |
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. |
61 |
6 |
1.060 |
31.96 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
23.90 |
23.90 |
August 3, 2012 |
| 368. |
#1971190 |
She pushed open the gate and walked down the drive. |
51 |
4 |
1.059 |
37.95 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.36 |
24.36 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 369. |
#75 |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born, and followed the boy. |
168 |
5 |
1.058 |
60.80 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
51.86 |
51.86 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 370. |
#1970404 |
It came without ribbons. |
24 |
3 |
1.057 |
19.35 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
17.79 |
17.79 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 371. |
#263 |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by putting them in all capital letters. The only problem is that when all capital letters are used, the ability to read the words is reduced dramatically because all the letters are rectangles. A more effective way to emphasize words is sparingly to use bold, italics, underline, and combinations of these styles. |
369 |
2 |
1.057 |
79.59 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
66.95 |
66.95 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 372. |
#1971186 |
We were lost in contagious laughter. |
36 |
2 |
1.057 |
21.00 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.19 |
18.19 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 373. |
#1971512 |
The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in the inner ear. |
88 |
4 |
1.056 |
37.10 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.98 |
27.98 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 374. |
#1971221 |
Jess leaned back and drank in the rich, clear color of the sky. |
63 |
2 |
1.056 |
32.75 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.95 |
24.95 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 375. |
#1970770 |
People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other people in the world. |
80 |
3 |
1.056 |
25.60 — surena (cookiekrum) |
20.02 |
20.02 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 376. |
#1971076 |
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. |
104 |
1 |
1.055 |
34.12 — David (cuddlecricket) |
34.12 |
34.12 |
April 17, 2013 |
| 377. |
#1970230 |
Temperature refers to the average kinetic energy (energy due to motion) of particles in an object. |
98 |
4 |
1.055 |
39.55 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.47 |
33.47 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 378. |
#1970518 |
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly. |
107 |
1 |
1.055 |
29.53 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
29.53 |
29.53 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 379. |
#1971563 |
Two and five are the only prime numbers that end in two or five. |
64 |
6 |
1.054 |
78.28 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
31.02 |
31.02 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 380. |
#1970716 |
I'm not just a mouse. I'm a member of this family. |
50 |
5 |
1.054 |
19.36 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.43 |
15.43 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 381. |
#1970218 |
The word force in science refers to a push or a pull that causes or prevents motion. |
84 |
5 |
1.054 |
38.39 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.82 |
24.82 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 382. |
#1970369 |
I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war, where everyone hugs instead of tugs, where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins. |
227 |
5 |
1.054 |
75.90 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.81 |
53.81 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 383. |
#1970848 |
The end of the Revolutionary War in America did not guarantee that the states would unite under one government. |
111 |
1 |
1.054 |
18.90 — diana (fahter) |
18.90 |
18.90 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 384. |
#296 |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player's regime of competence. That is, they feel doable but challenging. This makes them pleasantly frustrating - a flow state for human beings. |
199 |
1 |
1.054 |
33.02 — Martin (de_jesus) |
33.02 |
33.02 |
December 19, 2012 |
| 385. |
#1970144 |
Scientific notation is a method used to express a number written as a product of a number greater than or equal to one and less than ten times a power 0. |
153 |
8 |
1.054 |
64.76 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
46.94 |
46.94 |
August 21, 2012 |
| 386. |
#1970715 |
Mr. and Mrs. Little, we try to discourage couples from adopting outside of their own... species. It rarely works out. |
117 |
3 |
1.053 |
40.81 — David (cuddlecricket) |
23.70 |
23.70 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 387. |
#1971583 |
Armadillos have four babies at a time, and they are always the same sex. |
72 |
1 |
1.053 |
15.75 — tyler (sharkfin) |
15.75 |
15.75 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 388. |
#367 |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocative first lines that grab the listener's attention. Often thinking of a good first line can make the rest of the lyric flow. |
182 |
1 |
1.053 |
61.93 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.93 |
61.93 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 389. |
#1970780 |
The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly faster than 190 miles per hour. |
84 |
1 |
1.052 |
20.90 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.90 |
20.90 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 390. |
#558 |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into the air. As he was falling face down, somehow all the years of training in martial arts at once possessed him. His body instinctively adjusted itself and even his arms spread out, swinging to ensure that he wouldn't hurt himself fatally. With a thump his feet landed on the ground. |
341 |
2 |
1.052 |
61.86 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.71 |
58.71 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 391. |
#1971088 |
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. |
97 |
9 |
1.051 |
34.28 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.95 |
25.95 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 392. |
#1971372 |
Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the soil. |
70 |
3 |
1.050 |
24.81 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
23.00 |
23.00 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 393. |
#126 |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about? |
373 |
2 |
1.050 |
71.87 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
66.07 |
66.07 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 394. |
#1971918 |
It was a perfect Marshfield morning, sunny and warm. The air had a salty tang that tasted like the ocean. At this time of day it would be so beautiful at the beach. |
164 |
5 |
1.049 |
38.37 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.19 |
25.19 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 395. |
#1971185 |
Yet just one glance at each other and we were lost, slumping on the table in helpless, contagious laughter. |
107 |
2 |
1.049 |
39.31 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.47 |
27.47 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 396. |
#1971063 |
It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring. Bumped his head and he went to bed and he couldn't get up in the morning. |
125 |
3 |
1.049 |
42.26 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.01 |
26.01 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 397. |
#1970176 |
Gravity refers to the natural force of attraction related to the mass of an object. |
83 |
4 |
1.048 |
28.72 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.38 |
24.38 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 398. |
#1970724 |
He lay that way for almost an hour and when he recovered his senses he looked around him and saw nothing but water. |
115 |
6 |
1.048 |
36.99 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.39 |
25.39 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 399. |
#359 |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause for love that I can't hide. For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide. Because you're mine, I walk the line. |
171 |
3 |
1.047 |
35.16 — mercedez (sadiemb) |
31.18 |
31.18 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 400. |
#348 |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start with Logic. Days will be spent to let you know that what you once did at one blow, like eating and drinking so easy and free, can only be done with One, Two, Three. |
224 |
1 |
1.047 |
61.56 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.56 |
61.56 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 401. |
#1970511 |
The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill about twenty-two hundred people. |
80 |
6 |
1.046 |
38.41 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
27.86 |
27.86 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 402. |
#1971632 |
An armadillo can walk underwater. |
33 |
4 |
1.046 |
23.44 — Dillon (windcave) |
17.61 |
17.61 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 403. |
#1970732 |
Stuart rose from the ditch, climbed into his car, and started up the road that led toward the north. |
100 |
6 |
1.045 |
36.28 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.81 |
30.81 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 404. |
#1971516 |
The Apollo 11 only had twenty seconds of fuel left when it landed. |
66 |
12 |
1.045 |
37.18 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.17 |
26.17 |
October 24, 2012 |
| 405. |
#133 |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox. |
437 |
1 |
1.045 |
61.46 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.46 |
61.46 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 406. |
#1971105 |
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails, that's what little boys are made of. |
74 |
6 |
1.044 |
20.06 — tyler (sharkfin) |
17.74 |
17.74 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 407. |
#1971546 |
All organic compounds contain carbon. |
37 |
4 |
1.044 |
20.05 — diana (fahter) |
15.41 |
15.41 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 408. |
#1971573 |
A baby baleen whale depends on its mother's milk for at least six months. |
73 |
5 |
1.044 |
24.03 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.57 |
19.57 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 409. |
#145 |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh... |
371 |
3 |
1.044 |
61.80 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
41.15 |
41.15 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 410. |
#1971154 |
The boys dug until each hole was well over six feet deep and wide. Still, it was easier for two boys to dig a six-foot hole than it was for one boy to dig a five-foot hole. |
172 |
7 |
1.044 |
62.52 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
30.40 |
30.40 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 411. |
#1971064 |
It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring. |
51 |
7 |
1.044 |
22.72 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.17 |
17.17 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 412. |
#1971134 |
He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. |
56 |
7 |
1.044 |
31.13 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.15 |
21.15 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 413. |
#1970490 |
A funambulist is also known as a tightrope walker. |
50 |
2 |
1.044 |
25.76 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.34 |
23.34 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 414. |
#1971371 |
The only real food that US astronauts are allowed in space are pecan nuts. |
74 |
2 |
1.043 |
17.63 — tyler (sharkfin) |
17.49 |
17.49 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 415. |
#1970508 |
Butterflies taste with their hind feet. |
39 |
5 |
1.043 |
26.11 — Aidan (9255) |
20.80 |
20.80 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 416. |
#1971600 |
A scallop has a total of thirty five eyes, which are all blue. |
62 |
2 |
1.043 |
40.55 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.14 |
28.14 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 417. |
#326 |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Getting fired, despite sometimes coming as a surprise and leaving you scrambling to recover, is often a godsend: someone else makes the decision for you, and it's impossible to sit in the wrong job for the rest of your life. |
281 |
1 |
1.042 |
61.32 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.32 |
61.32 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 418. |
#1971133 |
Stanley was not a bad kid. |
26 |
5 |
1.042 |
39.31 — David (cuddlecricket) |
22.59 |
22.59 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 419. |
#1971074 |
The Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts and took them clean away. |
66 |
4 |
1.042 |
37.13 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.33 |
24.33 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 420. |
#1970992 |
Energy is the ability to do work. |
33 |
8 |
1.042 |
30.07 — David (kiddodavie) |
20.87 |
20.87 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 421. |
#1970175 |
Geologic time scale refers to the timeline of the geologic history of the Earth and the history of life on Earth. |
113 |
7 |
1.041 |
57.82 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
30.65 |
30.65 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 422. |
#1970843 |
In 1775 the British Army was one of the best in the world. |
58 |
3 |
1.041 |
25.60 — Mikey (barbiekiller) |
17.65 |
17.65 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 423. |
#1971929 |
We made our final trip to Rexhame Beach. Jimmy found a dead sand shark that had washed up on shore. He ran back to our blanket to get his pocket knife and cut open the shark's belly to see what it had eaten before it died. |
222 |
2 |
1.040 |
72.04 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
48.72 |
48.72 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 424. |
#1970797 |
Every time that Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured cold water over his head. |
86 |
6 |
1.040 |
37.80 — mercedez (mjbz) |
27.27 |
27.27 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 425. |
#1970932 |
When you look at a galaxy, you see the combined light of its billions of stars. |
79 |
3 |
1.040 |
43.00 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.67 |
25.67 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 426. |
#418 |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more successful they will be. Work is part of life. You work to earn money, put food on the table, and keep your homes orderly and clean. For your kids, work involves schoolwork, homework, and teamwork at home and in the community. |
286 |
1 |
1.039 |
61.14 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.14 |
61.14 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 427. |
#1970228 |
Properties refers to the description of an object that tells you about its physical and chemical characteristics. |
113 |
4 |
1.039 |
56.47 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
35.91 |
35.91 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 428. |
#1970512 |
Certain frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and then continue living. |
73 |
5 |
1.039 |
38.39 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.46 |
27.46 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 429. |
#1971370 |
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. |
47 |
4 |
1.039 |
29.59 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.54 |
21.54 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 430. |
#281 |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak is flawed and incomplete. First, the claims for the superiority of the Dvorak keyboard are suspect. The most dramatic claims are traceable to Dvorak himself, and the best-documented experiments, as well as recent ergonomic studies, suggest little or no advantage for the Dvorak keyboard. |
348 |
2 |
1.038 |
61.08 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
52.03 |
52.03 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 431. |
#1971112 |
There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. |
36 |
6 |
1.038 |
26.89 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
20.70 |
20.70 |
September 5, 2012 |
| 432. |
#251 |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, just as a company needs a manager. And that is what DOS is. A manager. |
127 |
2 |
1.038 |
17.58 — diana (fahter) |
16.98 |
16.98 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 433. |
#565 |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sleep. And the lovesick rejections that accompany the company I keep. All the razor perceptions that cut just a little too deep. Hey I can bleed as well as anyone, but I need someone to help me sleep. |
257 |
1 |
1.037 |
61.02 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
61.02 |
61.02 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 434. |
#1970892 |
The closest star to Earth is the Sun. It is about 94 million miles away. |
72 |
1 |
1.037 |
27.21 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
27.21 |
27.21 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 435. |
#575 |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that years of evidence point to the conclusion that you will be single for the rest of your life. That night you meet someone, and a year later you're engaged to be married. |
229 |
2 |
1.037 |
36.50 — Mercedez (sadiezb) |
34.04 |
34.04 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 436. |
#1971523 |
The first computer ever made was called ENIAC. |
46 |
10 |
1.037 |
24.47 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.42 |
18.42 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 437. |
#1970900 |
Comets are like huge, dirty icebergs orbiting the Sun. |
54 |
6 |
1.036 |
30.37 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.14 |
19.14 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 438. |
#1971073 |
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts all on a summer's day. |
63 |
12 |
1.036 |
34.80 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.69 |
23.69 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 439. |
#1970961 |
Hummingbirds are among the few birds that can fly backwards and even upside down! |
81 |
7 |
1.036 |
41.45 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.20 |
28.20 |
August 2, 2012 |
| 440. |
#1971137 |
If it weren't for that, Stanley's family would be living in a mansion on a beach in California. |
95 |
6 |
1.036 |
31.18 — mercedez (mjbz) |
23.44 |
23.44 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 441. |
#1971117 |
Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You won't die. Usually. |
119 |
2 |
1.035 |
58.71 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
56.05 |
56.05 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 442. |
#19 |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in France? Royale with cheese. Do you know why they call it a Royale with cheese? Because of the metric system. |
168 |
5 |
1.035 |
67.55 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.69 |
47.69 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 443. |
#1971635 |
To keep from being separated while sleeping, sea otters tie themselves together with kelp. |
90 |
8 |
1.035 |
31.19 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.25 |
25.25 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 444. |
#1971569 |
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes more than twenty minutes to stop. |
92 |
2 |
1.035 |
29.25 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
21.34 |
21.34 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 445. |
#154 |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmosphere is being thickened by huge quantities of human-caused carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. And as it thickens, it traps a lot of the infrared radiation that would otherwise escape the atmosphere and continue out to the universe. |
296 |
2 |
1.034 |
72.52 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
51.67 |
51.67 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 446. |
#375 |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be most helpful. Check out your local uniform store for a wide range of clothes that will get you in, and especially out, of all kinds of stores. |
200 |
1 |
1.034 |
58.62 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
58.62 |
58.62 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 447. |
#587 |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. We make a little history, baby, every time you come around. |
118 |
4 |
1.034 |
35.18 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
29.21 |
29.21 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 448. |
#1971913 |
The kitchen was the heart of our house, and the baby's playpen stood in the center of the kitchen. |
98 |
9 |
1.034 |
40.73 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.16 |
28.16 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 449. |
#1970993 |
The main types of bridges that engineers build are either arch, suspension or beam bridges. |
91 |
2 |
1.033 |
37.82 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.87 |
25.87 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 450. |
#1970913 |
The Earth is about 94 million miles away from the Sun. |
54 |
7 |
1.033 |
29.39 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.70 |
20.70 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 451. |
#1970480 |
There are more than thirty-three thousand radio stations around the world. |
74 |
2 |
1.032 |
19.60 — Mikey (barbiekiller) |
15.60 |
15.60 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 452. |
#451 |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whole world blue and stop your tears from stinging. Hear the cavemen singing. Good news they're bringing. Seven seas, swimming them so well. Glad to see my face among them kissing the tortoise shell. |
255 |
1 |
1.032 |
60.68 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
60.68 |
60.68 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 453. |
#1971150 |
He kept changing his grip on the shovel to try to avoid the pain. |
65 |
8 |
1.032 |
27.47 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
20.02 |
20.02 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 454. |
#318 |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional writes three times what's needed, rewrites, discards, rewrites some more, then finally settles on the twenty which work best for that specific audience. |
209 |
1 |
1.030 |
23.64 — Zach (zeus_12) |
23.64 |
23.64 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 455. |
#1970774 |
Did you know that loud, fast music makes termites chew faster? |
62 |
3 |
1.029 |
20.45 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.96 |
15.96 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 456. |
#1970419 |
This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. |
72 |
3 |
1.029 |
28.95 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
23.54 |
23.54 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 457. |
#1971168 |
I shook my head, realizing now that Miss Crocker did not even know what I was talking about. She had looked at the page and had understood nothing. |
147 |
5 |
1.029 |
56.00 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
35.84 |
35.84 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 458. |
#1971142 |
As he watched the boy turn and walk away, he couldn't for the life of him figure out why anyoone would want to be called Armpit. |
128 |
2 |
1.029 |
31.51 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
30.35 |
30.35 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 459. |
#550 |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your heart to be near. And we kissed as the sky fell in holding you close how I always held close in your fear. |
166 |
3 |
1.028 |
56.66 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
41.06 |
41.06 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 460. |
#1971937 |
Bits of light danced in the deep forest shadows around me. I knew I'd never forget that place. |
94 |
13 |
1.027 |
43.72 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.26 |
29.26 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 461. |
#1971197 |
Of course he had gotten up early to run. He had gotten up early everyday all summer to run. |
91 |
3 |
1.027 |
42.08 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.09 |
25.09 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 462. |
#1970359 |
All I need is for some jerk to catch me carrying this book around and get the wrong idea. |
89 |
7 |
1.027 |
37.39 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.37 |
27.37 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 463. |
#1970954 |
Bald Eagles are raptors that are quite good at catching fish, which they pluck from just below the surface of the water. |
120 |
4 |
1.027 |
43.26 — Martin (de_jesus) |
32.05 |
32.05 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 464. |
#214 |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first time you've ever come to me for counsel or for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is Godmother to your only child. |
246 |
1 |
1.027 |
32.28 — David (kiddodavie) |
32.28 |
32.28 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 465. |
#1971598 |
Walking catfish of Florida can stay out of water for eighty days. |
65 |
4 |
1.027 |
25.04 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
19.31 |
19.31 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 466. |
#1970409 |
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? |
43 |
1 |
1.027 |
20.40 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.40 |
20.40 |
September 15, 2012 |
| 467. |
#1970849 |
Several years of labor, debate, and negotiations were required before a US Constitution was drafted that all the states in the unions could accept. It finally went into effect in 1789, as the fundamental law of a new nation. |
224 |
1 |
1.027 |
68.61 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
68.61 |
68.61 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 468. |
#66 |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone home? Come on, come on, out, I hear you're feeling down. I can ease your pain and get you on your feet again. Relax, relax, relax, I need some information first. Just the basic facts, can you show me where it hurts? |
308 |
1 |
1.026 |
60.36 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
60.36 |
60.36 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 469. |
#1970958 |
To divert attention from their nest, an adult Killdeer will pretend it has a broken wing and lead the predator away from its babies. |
132 |
6 |
1.026 |
36.12 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.46 |
25.46 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 470. |
#1971382 |
Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures. |
68 |
6 |
1.026 |
30.44 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.39 |
24.39 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 471. |
#466 |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human language. Much as language has words, sentences, and stories, music has tones, melodies, and songs. |
153 |
3 |
1.026 |
67.09 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
49.52 |
49.52 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 472. |
#1970785 |
To scare off enemies, the horned lizard squirts blood from its eyelids. |
71 |
2 |
1.026 |
29.12 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
27.74 |
27.74 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 473. |
#1971936 |
Bits of light danced in the deep forest shadows around me. I knew I'd never forget that place. Then I stood up and stepped into my new life, whatever that might be. |
164 |
3 |
1.026 |
40.85 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.44 |
29.44 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 474. |
#1971141 |
Stanley could see some kids dressed in orange and carrying shovels dragging themselves toward the tents. |
104 |
4 |
1.025 |
26.24 — David (kiddodavie) |
20.20 |
20.20 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 475. |
#1970720 |
One cold afternoon Mrs. Little was shaking her dustcloth out of the window when she noticed a small bird lying on her windowsill, apparently dead. |
146 |
3 |
1.025 |
68.54 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
41.68 |
41.68 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 476. |
#513 |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch. I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song with nothing on my tongue but hallelujah. |
227 |
2 |
1.025 |
71.84 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
64.58 |
64.58 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 477. |
#1970840 |
In the early days in America, the colonials were proud to be British subjects, and for years they had been left alone to manage their own affairs. |
146 |
2 |
1.025 |
65.44 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
59.29 |
59.29 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 478. |
#22 |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not the quickest of cats at the best of times. So just do as I say and keep the cage locked! |
149 |
2 |
1.025 |
21.10 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
18.37 |
18.37 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 479. |
#379 |
There are still some places where you can get all you can eat for a fixed price. Fried chicken is the best and the easiest to pocket, or should we say bag. Another trick is to pour your second free cup of hot coffee into the plastic bag sewed inside your pocket and take it with you. |
283 |
2 |
1.025 |
32.16 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.39 |
30.39 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 480. |
#1970473 |
No president of the US has been an only child. |
46 |
4 |
1.025 |
23.65 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.56 |
19.56 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 481. |
#1970206 |
Reproduction is the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring. |
79 |
9 |
1.024 |
37.21 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.41 |
22.41 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 482. |
#1970515 |
It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as ten thousand insects in the course of a summer. |
111 |
3 |
1.024 |
35.74 — David (kiddodavie) |
28.97 |
28.97 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 483. |
#1970719 |
He said model boats were his hobby and that he'd be delighted to have Stuart take command of his vessel at any time. |
116 |
3 |
1.024 |
54.36 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
39.14 |
39.14 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 484. |
#328 |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - entails relocating to one place for one to six months before going home or moving to another locale. Rather than seeking to see the world, we aim to experience it at a speed that lets it change us. |
253 |
1 |
1.023 |
31.94 — mercedez (mjbz) |
31.94 |
31.94 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 485. |
#1971373 |
The oldest known vegetable is the pea. |
38 |
4 |
1.022 |
21.92 — diana (fahter) |
18.88 |
18.88 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 486. |
#1971922 |
The tide was coming in fast and the castle was in big trouble. |
62 |
3 |
1.022 |
25.85 — Jake (rangeraccon) |
17.19 |
17.19 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 487. |
#109 |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. Smelled like victory. Someday this war's gonna end. |
229 |
2 |
1.022 |
30.45 — mercedez (mjbz) |
30.18 |
30.18 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 488. |
#1970727 |
Nix on swiping anything. |
24 |
3 |
1.022 |
20.30 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.83 |
14.83 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 489. |
#217 |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies then they would become my enemies. And then, they would fear you. |
130 |
4 |
1.022 |
29.57 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.50 |
23.50 |
September 27, 2012 |
| 490. |
#1970439 |
Then we saw him step in on the mat. |
35 |
1 |
1.021 |
32.00 — Martin (de_jesus) |
32.00 |
32.00 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 491. |
#1971394 |
Each of us generates five pounds of garbage a day; most of it is paper. |
71 |
1 |
1.021 |
19.52 — surena (cookiekrum) |
19.52 |
19.52 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 492. |
#1970495 |
A group of toads is called a knot. |
34 |
7 |
1.021 |
23.95 — austin (austinleeb) |
21.95 |
21.95 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 493. |
#118 |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articulable date essentially guarantees that the schedule will be missed. Even the strategy of picking the "most likely date" is not particularly safe, as the area to the left of the peak of the curve is barely a third. That says there is a two-thirds chance of missing the deadline. |
335 |
1 |
1.021 |
68.21 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
68.21 |
68.21 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 494. |
#1971207 |
It must be embarassing to be new on the first day of school. |
60 |
4 |
1.021 |
24.63 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.43 |
19.43 |
August 3, 2012 |
| 495. |
#1971574 |
A baby blue whale is twenty-five feet long at birth. |
52 |
4 |
1.021 |
26.07 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.36 |
21.36 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 496. |
#1971923 |
When that arrow brushed past my ear it made a soft hissing sound, as if my ancestors were trying to whisper to me. |
114 |
3 |
1.021 |
44.92 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
37.48 |
37.48 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 497. |
#1971226 |
Jess would know how things went in a magic kingdom - how the animals and the trees must be protected and how a ruler must behave. |
129 |
7 |
1.020 |
72.42 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
30.16 |
30.16 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 498. |
#1971575 |
A baby caribou is so swift it can outrun its mother when it is only three days old. |
83 |
4 |
1.020 |
37.84 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.64 |
26.64 |
September 18, 2012 |
| 499. |
#1971155 |
The boys dug until each hole was well over six feet deep and wide. |
66 |
5 |
1.020 |
21.64 — Dillon (windcave) |
16.17 |
16.17 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 500. |
#415 |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. Whether you want to succeed in business, school, or social circles, a strong command of vocabulary is absolutely necessary. |
198 |
2 |
1.019 |
76.32 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
64.53 |
64.53 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 501. |
#1970890 |
The Earth is one of eight planets that travel around, or orbit, the Sun. |
72 |
5 |
1.019 |
32.19 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.06 |
25.06 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 502. |
#1970920 |
It takes 28 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth once. |
54 |
6 |
1.018 |
29.46 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.33 |
23.33 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 503. |
#1970897 |
Asteroids are large chunks of rock, or rock and metal. They also orbit the Sun. |
79 |
7 |
1.017 |
39.69 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.35 |
24.35 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 504. |
#1971179 |
He crossed the street sullenly then, his hands jammed in his pockets. |
69 |
9 |
1.017 |
28.71 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
16.45 |
16.45 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 505. |
#1970556 |
New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. That happened in 1890. |
102 |
2 |
1.017 |
27.89 — Aidan (9255) |
22.00 |
22.00 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 506. |
#1971152 |
Stanley did as he was told. He carefully looked through all the dirt dug up by Zero, as he shoveled it into a wheelbarrow, though he knew he wouldn't find anything. |
164 |
7 |
1.017 |
61.68 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
31.66 |
31.66 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 507. |
#1971470 |
The Titanic was running at twenty-two knots when she hit the iceberg. |
69 |
2 |
1.016 |
29.44 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.39 |
29.39 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 508. |
#1970844 |
In 1776 the colonies were ready for independence, but an official document was needed to set out the reasons for separating from England. |
137 |
3 |
1.016 |
32.02 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.00 |
25.00 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 509. |
#1970535 |
Dinner guests during medieval times in England were expected to bring their own dinner knives. |
94 |
6 |
1.016 |
35.31 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.19 |
27.19 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 510. |
#1971067 |
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a mincemeat pie. |
59 |
5 |
1.016 |
19.33 — tyler (sharkfin) |
16.95 |
16.95 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 511. |
#1971608 |
The killer whale, or orca, is the fastest sea mammal. It can reach speeds up to thirty four miles per hour in pursuit of prey. |
126 |
5 |
1.015 |
57.89 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
34.35 |
34.35 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 512. |
#1971101 |
Yankee Doodle came to town, riding on a pony. |
45 |
8 |
1.015 |
27.65 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
21.77 |
21.77 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 513. |
#374 |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you are wearing the correct uniform. You should always have one suit or fashionable dress outfit hanging in the closet for the proper heists. Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be most helpful. Check out your local uniform store for a wide range of clothes that will get you in, and especially out, of all kinds of stores. |
396 |
1 |
1.015 |
59.71 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
59.71 |
59.71 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 514. |
#1970918 |
The moon does not make its own light, but it reflects the Sun's rays. |
69 |
6 |
1.015 |
30.16 — David (cuddlecricket) |
20.88 |
20.88 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 515. |
#1971607 |
Tuna need a continual flow of water across their gills to breathe, even while they rest. |
88 |
3 |
1.015 |
21.33 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.30 |
18.30 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 516. |
#1971087 |
Teddy bear, Teddy bear, turn out the light. Teddy bear, Teddy bear, say good night! |
83 |
5 |
1.015 |
27.69 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.33 |
24.33 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 517. |
#1970366 |
On the first day of school, you got to be real careful where you sit. |
69 |
3 |
1.015 |
36.06 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.80 |
28.80 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 518. |
#446 |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, sometime in the early hours, in a restless world, on the open highways. My home is where the heart is, sweet to surrender, to you only - I send my love to you. |
213 |
3 |
1.014 |
58.63 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.72 |
39.72 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 519. |
#1971203 |
When he was in first grade, he told his dad that he wanted to be an artist when he grew up. |
91 |
5 |
1.013 |
55.29 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
33.86 |
33.86 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 520. |
#1970524 |
A group of rhinos is called a crash. |
36 |
3 |
1.013 |
29.97 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.40 |
26.40 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 521. |
#354 |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. |
212 |
4 |
1.013 |
57.16 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
38.04 |
38.04 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 522. |
#1971565 |
Iron nails cannot be used in oak because the acid in the wood corrodes them. |
76 |
6 |
1.013 |
33.82 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.57 |
21.57 |
October 16, 2012 |
| 523. |
#1971466 |
The world's youngest parents were eight and nine and lived in China in 1910. |
76 |
4 |
1.013 |
33.39 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.08 |
25.08 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 524. |
#1971487 |
The largest object ever found in the Los Angeles sewer system was a motorcycle. |
79 |
4 |
1.013 |
36.23 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.28 |
24.28 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 525. |
#1971935 |
My friends picked up big clumps of pine needles and started sprinkling them over my body until my limbs and body were covered, and I could feel them like a lightweight blanket. |
176 |
2 |
1.013 |
59.28 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.49 |
58.49 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 526. |
#1970761 |
The first female monster to appeaar on the big screen was the Bride of Frankenstein. |
84 |
1 |
1.012 |
27.37 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
27.37 |
27.37 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 527. |
#1970725 |
The highways and byways are where you'll find me, always looking for Margalo. |
77 |
4 |
1.012 |
34.20 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
29.76 |
29.76 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 528. |
#253 |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to type without looking at your fingers. If you turn your head back and forth between the keyboard and the copy, you will not only give yourself a stiff neck but will also slow down, make errors, and lose your place. |
273 |
1 |
1.012 |
59.51 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
59.51 |
59.51 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 529. |
#1971220 |
Jess leaned back and drank in the rich, clear color of the sky. He was drifting, drifting like a fat white lazy cloud back and forth across the blue. |
149 |
4 |
1.010 |
70.52 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
49.55 |
49.55 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 530. |
#1970421 |
I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them sam I am. |
61 |
11 |
1.009 |
31.61 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
18.70 |
18.70 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 531. |
#510 |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord, but you don't really care for music, do you? |
124 |
3 |
1.008 |
26.44 — Aidan (9255) |
19.81 |
19.81 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 532. |
#1971586 |
Kangaroos young are called joeys. |
33 |
3 |
1.008 |
28.85 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
23.30 |
23.30 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 533. |
#452 |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see if you're cowardly. Burning the witches with modern religions, you'll strike the matches and shower me. In water games washing the rocks below. Taught and tamed in time with tear flow. |
243 |
4 |
1.008 |
31.69 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.42 |
28.42 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 534. |
#1971595 |
The mudskipper fish can actually walk on land. |
46 |
7 |
1.006 |
27.07 — austin (austinleeb) |
20.78 |
20.78 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 535. |
#473 |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point in human civilization. The first wheels, disks carved from solid wood, may have been built as early as 3500 BC. The earliest use of this device was the potter's wheel, used to spin and shape clay pottery. |
265 |
1 |
1.006 |
57.03 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
57.03 |
57.03 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 536. |
#1970497 |
The most used letter in the English alphabet is E. Q is the least used. |
71 |
6 |
1.006 |
37.04 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.73 |
23.73 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 537. |
#1971832 |
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty... |
116 |
2 |
1.006 |
51.14 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
33.87 |
33.87 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 538. |
#1971615 |
Sharks' fossil records date back more than twice as far as those of the dinosaurs. |
82 |
6 |
1.005 |
69.83 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
33.07 |
33.07 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 539. |
#107 |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. |
150 |
7 |
1.004 |
32.37 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.20 |
27.20 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 540. |
#1971368 |
A can of Diet Coke will float in water, while a can of regular Coke sinks. |
74 |
4 |
1.004 |
30.28 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.52 |
22.52 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 541. |
#1970851 |
Congress adopted a new flag with a field of stars on blue to represent each of the states. |
90 |
6 |
1.003 |
28.94 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.04 |
24.04 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 542. |
#1971107 |
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. |
62 |
3 |
1.003 |
22.59 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.79 |
19.79 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 543. |
#1970368 |
Now it's about the kind of clothes you wear or how rich you are or if you have a cute butt or whatever. |
103 |
4 |
1.002 |
37.28 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.16 |
26.16 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 544. |
#1970789 |
A fox will sometimes nip the heels of cattle to make the cattle run. The cattle's stomping sends mice and other rodents out of the ground for the fox to eat. |
157 |
4 |
1.002 |
33.91 — Aidan (9255) |
21.68 |
21.68 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 545. |
#1970957 |
Some birds make a call that sounds like their name. The Bobwhite is one of them. |
80 |
4 |
1.002 |
56.12 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
27.12 |
27.12 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 546. |
#1970893 |
Most scientists believe that the universe began with a huge explosion. They call this idea the Big Bang Theory. |
111 |
5 |
1.000 |
56.14 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
33.72 |
33.72 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 547. |
#1970332 |
The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink. |
60 |
3 |
1.000 |
35.98 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.60 |
25.60 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 548. |
#114 |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "he's going to change the world." That was his instinctive feeling, and the manager of a band like U2 is a man who knows music. But the people whose world Kenna was supposed to be changing, it seemed, couldn't disagree more, and when the results of all of the consumer research came in, Kenna's once promising career suddenly stalled. |
393 |
1 |
1.000 |
58.82 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.82 |
58.82 |
January 31, 2013 |
| 549. |
#1970548 |
The full name of Barbie the doll is Barbara Millicent Roberts. By the way, there are more Barbie dolls in the country of Italy than there are Canadians in Canada. |
162 |
2 |
1.000 |
65.34 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
57.87 |
57.87 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 550. |
#1970998 |
Tension is a force in construction which tends to lengthen or pull on something. |
80 |
6 |
0.999 |
39.07 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.46 |
27.46 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 551. |
#1970555 |
During the Middle Ages, few people were able to read or write. The clergy were virtually the only ones who could. |
113 |
4 |
0.999 |
22.29 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.67 |
16.67 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 552. |
#360 |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Trenchtown. Observing the hypocrites as they would mingle with the good people we meet. Good friends we had, good friends we lost along the way. In this bright future you can't forget your past, so dry your tears, I say. |
277 |
1 |
0.998 |
58.71 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.71 |
58.71 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 553. |
#1970503 |
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. |
77 |
5 |
0.998 |
34.14 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
28.39 |
28.39 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 554. |
#1971202 |
There wasn't a muscle in his body that didn't ache. |
51 |
3 |
0.997 |
32.37 — David (cuddlecricket) |
26.48 |
26.48 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 555. |
#1970168 |
The Asthenosphere is the molten rock layer within the upper mantle containing convection currents. |
98 |
6 |
0.996 |
34.82 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.31 |
25.31 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 556. |
#362 |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue. It's no problem of mine but it's a problem I find, living a life that I can't leave behind. There's no sense in telling me the wisdom of a fool won't set you free. But that's the way that it goes, and it's what nobody knows, while every day my confusion grows. |
333 |
1 |
0.996 |
58.61 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.61 |
58.61 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 557. |
#1970361 |
So this book is gonna come in handy. |
36 |
3 |
0.996 |
27.41 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.85 |
21.85 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 558. |
#1971205 |
Jess shoved his art pad and pencils under his mattress. |
55 |
3 |
0.996 |
27.28 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
18.13 |
18.13 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 559. |
#1970211 |
A chemical change is a change in a substance that alters its chemical composition so that a new substance is created. |
117 |
2 |
0.995 |
50.65 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
42.46 |
42.46 |
November 13, 2012 |
| 560. |
#1971907 |
School was fine for a kid like me, because I knew how to shut up and listen. |
76 |
6 |
0.995 |
35.96 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.11 |
23.11 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 561. |
#1970731 |
And don't forget - a person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast. |
82 |
5 |
0.995 |
40.97 — David (cuddlecricket) |
28.03 |
28.03 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 562. |
#1970184 |
Sea floor spreading is the process that adds new rock to the ocean floor where lithospheric plates move apart. |
110 |
5 |
0.994 |
68.11 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
32.44 |
32.44 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 563. |
#1970773 |
Did you know that a mammal's blood is red, an insect's blood is yellow and a lobster's blood is blue? |
101 |
2 |
0.994 |
29.43 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.39 |
29.39 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 564. |
#500 |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agree, but only on the condition that you refrain from reading such notions as "fictive", "fabricated", and "untrue to life" in the word "novelistic". Because human lives are composed in precisely such a fashion. |
269 |
1 |
0.993 |
66.38 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
66.38 |
66.38 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 565. |
#49 |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fear of physical pain drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. The insincerity was clear to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice. |
254 |
2 |
0.993 |
68.81 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
62.52 |
62.52 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 566. |
#1970808 |
The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 12 letters. |
50 |
2 |
0.993 |
19.63 — surena (cookiekrum) |
16.98 |
16.98 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 567. |
#1971164 |
He glanced downward and had to force himself to suppress a scream. |
66 |
5 |
0.992 |
31.38 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
25.88 |
25.88 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 568. |
#1971601 |
The largest species of seahorse measures eight inches long. |
59 |
7 |
0.992 |
31.26 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.51 |
22.51 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 569. |
#178 |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone, that everyone was shrinking away from me, avoiding me. You are, of course, right to ask who that everyone is, for although I've lived in Petersburg for eight years now, I haven't managed to make a single friend. |
273 |
2 |
0.992 |
63.64 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
45.27 |
45.27 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 570. |
#282 |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportunity to succeed. There was even going to be a party for you. A big party that all your friends were invited to. I invited your best friend the companion cube. Of course, he couldn't come because you murdered him. All your other friends couldn't come either because you don't have any other friends. |
358 |
1 |
0.991 |
58.30 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.30 |
58.30 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 571. |
#1970794 |
Sharks do not have bones. Their skeleton is made of cartilage. |
62 |
3 |
0.991 |
26.43 — Aidan (9255) |
24.11 |
24.11 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 572. |
#1971209 |
She ran as if it was her nature. |
32 |
6 |
0.990 |
27.78 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.68 |
18.68 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 573. |
#1970929 |
Uranus spins on its side. No other planet does this. |
52 |
3 |
0.990 |
19.61 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.78 |
17.78 |
August 30, 2012 |
| 574. |
#41 |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every game and con there's always an opponent, and there's always a victim. The trick is to know when you're the latter, so you can become the former. |
201 |
1 |
0.990 |
66.14 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
66.14 |
66.14 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 575. |
#1971211 |
Running wasn't fun anymore and it was all Leslie's fault. |
57 |
2 |
0.990 |
24.18 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
22.75 |
22.75 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 576. |
#412 |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available men (and more than enough who are not "available," but will still try) of varying quality, that you can choose from, but the odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them. |
242 |
6 |
0.989 |
61.12 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.45 |
47.45 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 577. |
#1971529 |
A jumbo jet uses four thousand gallons of fuel to take off. |
59 |
4 |
0.989 |
30.36 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.15 |
24.15 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 578. |
#363 |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue. It's no problem of mine but it's a problem I find, living a life that I can't leave behind. |
164 |
2 |
0.989 |
37.03 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.42 |
23.42 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 579. |
#1971938 |
Then I stood up and stepped into my new life, whatever that might be. |
69 |
6 |
0.989 |
28.09 — Zach (zeus_12) |
22.81 |
22.81 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 580. |
#1971498 |
It takes three thousand cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. |
100 |
6 |
0.989 |
34.68 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.49 |
25.49 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 581. |
#1971510 |
A hockey puck is one inch thick. |
32 |
3 |
0.989 |
28.14 — David (cuddlecricket) |
20.86 |
20.86 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 582. |
#1970970 |
Unfortunately, the influx of Starlings has helped reduce the population of many of our native birds. |
100 |
5 |
0.988 |
31.94 — David (kiddodavie) |
23.18 |
23.18 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 583. |
#357 |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. Wandering, I am lost as I travel along the white cliffs of Dover. |
124 |
1 |
0.988 |
18.32 — Dillon (windcave) |
18.32 |
18.32 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 584. |
#1971902 |
But today I'm glad to know that something of mine was left behind in Marshfield. |
80 |
3 |
0.988 |
30.10 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.44 |
21.44 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 585. |
#1971537 |
Bamboo is the world's tallest grass and can grow up to ninety centimeters in a day. |
83 |
6 |
0.988 |
38.29 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
26.35 |
26.35 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 586. |
#1970955 |
Spotting a flash of silver at the water's surface, the Osprey folds its great wings and dives toward the fish, often going completely underwater to capture it. |
159 |
2 |
0.988 |
58.11 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.74 |
54.74 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 587. |
#80 |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaws out. This is the mighty WOOD - the musical voice of Lumberton. At the sound of the falling tree, it's 9:30. There's a whole lotta wood waiting out there, so let's get going. |
235 |
1 |
0.988 |
58.10 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
58.10 |
58.10 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 588. |
#617 |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce section, or a half dozen different kinds of mushrooms, or kiwis and passion fruit and durians and mangoes. |
163 |
1 |
0.987 |
17.70 — diana (fahter) |
17.70 |
17.70 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 589. |
#1970537 |
The Southern dish "chitlins" is made up of the small intestines of pigs. |
72 |
2 |
0.987 |
28.51 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.61 |
21.61 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 590. |
#1971384 |
Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls every day for most of her adult life. |
96 |
1 |
0.987 |
26.50 — Aidan (9255) |
26.50 |
26.50 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 591. |
#1971507 |
Fish have been clocked at sixty-eight miles per hour. |
53 |
4 |
0.987 |
32.85 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.88 |
23.88 |
November 7, 2012 |
| 592. |
#1970183 |
Rotation refers to the Earth spinning on its axis. |
50 |
4 |
0.986 |
26.08 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
22.48 |
22.48 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 593. |
#1970759 |
In the comic strip Peanuts, Charlie Brown's father is a barber. |
63 |
8 |
0.986 |
34.37 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.12 |
23.12 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 594. |
#250 |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, meaning "work," and the English word economics. Simply stated, it is "the study and management of the relationship between the worker and the environment." |
212 |
1 |
0.985 |
30.97 — David (kiddodavie) |
30.97 |
30.97 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 595. |
#1971472 |
The Civil War was the first war in which news from the front was published within hours of it occurrence. |
105 |
4 |
0.985 |
70.59 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
37.19 |
37.19 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 596. |
#1971505 |
A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only four miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at sixty-eight miles per hour. |
137 |
8 |
0.985 |
27.80 — mercedez (mjbz) |
18.04 |
18.04 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 597. |
#1971397 |
About three hundred years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were thirty. |
80 |
15 |
0.984 |
35.35 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
23.99 |
23.99 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 598. |
#1971469 |
When the Titanic sunk there were seventy-five hundred pounds of ham on it. |
74 |
4 |
0.984 |
25.92 — Aidan (9255) |
21.99 |
21.99 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 599. |
#421 |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated quickly in a flat cardboard box, which is immediately closed and often taped shut. There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that edge can be ignored and we can treat the pizza, for thermal purposes, as an infinite plane. |
293 |
1 |
0.983 |
57.85 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
57.85 |
57.85 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 600. |
#573 |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I came to see my friends in the city for what they were: my personal community, my urban tribe. |
152 |
3 |
0.983 |
57.47 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
38.48 |
38.48 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 601. |
#137 |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audience. And so hackers, like painters, must have empathy to do really great work. You have to be able to see things from the user's point of view. |
201 |
1 |
0.983 |
20.66 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
20.66 |
20.66 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 602. |
#1970960 |
Most owls senses are refined for darkness and their bodies for silence. |
71 |
6 |
0.983 |
33.67 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.68 |
24.68 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 603. |
#464 |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was written and the first browser was published. The World Wide Web was born. |
131 |
2 |
0.982 |
30.19 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
28.97 |
28.97 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 604. |
#1971494 |
Home plate in baseball is seventeen inches wide. |
48 |
3 |
0.981 |
23.17 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.20 |
19.20 |
September 18, 2012 |
| 605. |
#420 |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do well. Your job as parent is to bring out this quality and cherish it until the day your kids leave home, and then some. |
179 |
4 |
0.981 |
25.90 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
19.28 |
19.28 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 606. |
#299 |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked up the telephone and taken an order for bonds that had brought him a fifty thousand dollar commission, just like that, this very phrase had bubbled up into his brain. On Wall Street he and a few others had become precisely that - Masters of the Universe. |
314 |
2 |
0.980 |
60.68 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
44.85 |
44.85 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 607. |
#1971581 |
It takes twenty four hours for a tiny newborn swan to peck its way out of its shell. |
84 |
6 |
0.979 |
29.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.60 |
24.60 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 608. |
#224 |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting, he thought, as he looked again at the position of the sun, and hurried his pace. He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old woman who interpreted dreams. |
249 |
1 |
0.978 |
57.53 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
57.53 |
57.53 |
January 31, 2013 |
| 609. |
#140 |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe target for the entire school. If I remember correctly, the most popular kids don't persecute nerds; they don't need to stoop to such things. Most of the persecution comes from kids lower down, the nervous middle classes. |
281 |
3 |
0.978 |
61.58 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
50.38 |
50.38 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 610. |
#1971834 |
...a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
103 |
5 |
0.977 |
31.92 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.28 |
20.28 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 611. |
#1971631 |
The giraffe's heart is huge; it weighs twenty five pounds, is two feet long, and has walls up to three inches thick. |
116 |
1 |
0.977 |
30.60 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.60 |
30.60 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 612. |
#1971208 |
She ran as if it was her nature. It reminded him of a flight of wild ducks in the autumn. So smooth. The word "beautiful" came to his mind, but he shook it away and hurried up toward the house. |
193 |
2 |
0.977 |
58.66 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
56.35 |
56.35 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 613. |
#1971118 |
But you don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. That's the worst thing that can happen to you. You will die a slow and painful death. |
145 |
4 |
0.976 |
33.68 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.66 |
26.66 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 614. |
#338 |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong. |
131 |
4 |
0.976 |
53.98 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
35.85 |
35.85 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 615. |
#1971153 |
Stanley did as he was told. |
27 |
4 |
0.976 |
24.22 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.75 |
18.75 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 616. |
#1971377 |
The most widely eaten fruit in America is the banana. |
53 |
8 |
0.976 |
29.79 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
22.10 |
22.10 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 617. |
#301 |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber. |
205 |
4 |
0.976 |
34.32 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.32 |
22.32 |
November 15, 2012 |
| 618. |
#54 |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think of so many cooler things to do that night. I might pumice my feet, I might go to Bren's Unitarian Church, maybe get hit by a truck full of hot garbage juice, you know? 'Cause all those things, would be exponentially cooler than going to prom with you. |
310 |
2 |
0.974 |
78.04 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
61.16 |
61.16 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 619. |
#368 |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A word like "fire" is a good example. Before you know it you're reaching for desire, or to get higher, or calling someone a liar, or putting them on a pyre, even if that wasn't what you were going to say. |
262 |
1 |
0.974 |
33.34 — Mercedez (sadiezb) |
33.34 |
33.34 |
December 19, 2012 |
| 620. |
#373 |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but never finished. He'd been to jail, but never prison. And it was his first day off in forever, man. The festival seemed like a pretty good plan: cruise some chicks and get a suntan. And his friend gave him four, but said only take one. But then he got bored and he ended up taking all four, so now my man ain't that bored anyways. The paramedics found him, he was shaking on the side of the stage. |
452 |
1 |
0.974 |
57.31 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
57.31 |
57.31 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 621. |
#520 |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from this hour. So long? The storm comes, or is it just another shower? |
123 |
3 |
0.974 |
33.70 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.41 |
26.41 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 622. |
#1970519 |
A newly hatched crocodile is three times as large as the egg from which it hatched! |
83 |
1 |
0.974 |
14.56 — tyler (sharkfin) |
14.56 |
14.56 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 623. |
#1970807 |
The Cambodian alphabet is the largest. It has 74 letters. |
57 |
1 |
0.974 |
14.56 — tyler (sharkfin) |
14.56 |
14.56 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 624. |
#1970362 |
Like I said, I'll be famous one day, but right now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons. |
101 |
3 |
0.973 |
33.96 — Mercedez (sadiezb) |
26.56 |
26.56 |
November 14, 2012 |
| 625. |
#236 |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater progress, provided they always follow the right path, than those who hurry and stray from it. |
150 |
5 |
0.973 |
31.02 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
25.19 |
25.19 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 626. |
#1970169 |
Convection refers to the heat transfer within a fluid. |
54 |
9 |
0.973 |
30.23 — Martin (de_jesus) |
18.24 |
18.24 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 627. |
#620 |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to follow the intricate and increasingly obscure lines of connection linking the Twinkie, or the nondairy creamer, to a plant growing in the earth some place, but it can be done. |
272 |
1 |
0.972 |
57.19 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
57.19 |
57.19 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 628. |
#1970212 |
A closed system is a system that does not allow any exchange of matter with its surrounding. |
92 |
4 |
0.972 |
37.56 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.30 |
19.30 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 629. |
#1970914 |
Earth's gravity makes the Moon spin. |
36 |
7 |
0.972 |
24.93 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
20.24 |
20.24 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 630. |
#1971539 |
The Siberian Larch accounts for more than 20 percent of all the world's trees. |
78 |
2 |
0.971 |
19.59 — tyler (sharkfin) |
18.10 |
18.10 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 631. |
#1970896 |
The planets closest to the Sun, called the inner planets, are small, rocky and compact. These are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. |
129 |
1 |
0.971 |
30.53 — David (kiddodavie) |
30.53 |
30.53 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 632. |
#1971182 |
Once inside the house, I leaned against the latch. |
50 |
2 |
0.971 |
19.30 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.22 |
17.22 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 633. |
#1970394 |
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. |
45 |
5 |
0.970 |
23.85 — austin (austinleeb) |
19.10 |
19.10 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 634. |
#1970529 |
Bats are voracious insect eaters, devouring as many as six hundred bugs per hour for four to six hours a night. |
111 |
4 |
0.969 |
28.68 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.73 |
22.73 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 635. |
#1971145 |
They hadn't exactly fallen from the sky. He had just walked out from under a freeway overpass when the shoe hit him on the head. |
128 |
6 |
0.969 |
58.00 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
29.60 |
29.60 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 636. |
#1970018 |
A hippo sandwich is easy to make. All you do is simply take one slice of bread, one slice of cake, some mayonnaise, one onion ring, one hippopotamus, one piece of string, a dash of pepper-- that ought to do it. And now comes the problem... biting into it! |
255 |
2 |
0.969 |
29.43 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.69 |
28.69 |
December 19, 2012 |
| 637. |
#1971508 |
Professional hockey players skate at average speeds of twenty to twenty-five miles per hour. |
92 |
2 |
0.968 |
30.34 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.18 |
27.18 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 638. |
#1970919 |
The Moon has no atmosphere to protect it. |
41 |
8 |
0.967 |
41.23 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
27.67 |
27.67 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 639. |
#1970974 |
Cowbirds have the audacity to lay their eggs in smaller songbirds' nests! |
73 |
3 |
0.967 |
34.91 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
25.22 |
25.22 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 640. |
#1971160 |
Stanley looked out through the haze of heat and dirt at the other boys, lowering and raising their shovels. |
107 |
2 |
0.966 |
40.22 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.55 |
27.55 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 641. |
#1970506 |
Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles. |
46 |
6 |
0.964 |
32.27 — Martin (de_jesus) |
17.06 |
17.06 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 642. |
#485 |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very closely approaches the idea of that which is called art. Into it enter all the elements which go to form art - vocation, inspiration, fantasy, inventiveness, ambition, and a long and arduous apprenticeship to the science. |
276 |
2 |
0.964 |
64.85 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
59.58 |
59.58 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 643. |
#1971228 |
Leslie's favorite place besides the castle stronghold was the pine forest. There the trees grew so thick at the top that the sunshine was veiled. |
145 |
1 |
0.964 |
56.69 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.69 |
56.69 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 644. |
#1970185 |
Subduction refers to a tectonic plate moving below another tectonic plate. |
74 |
3 |
0.964 |
30.54 — Aidan (9255) |
21.98 |
21.98 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 645. |
#1971176 |
I gazed at the pond, glassy grey and calm, until she was ready to go on. |
72 |
6 |
0.964 |
31.52 — David (cuddlecricket) |
27.34 |
27.34 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 646. |
#1971496 |
Anise is the scent on the artificial rabbit that is used in greyhound races. |
76 |
6 |
0.963 |
26.10 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.83 |
20.83 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 647. |
#1971597 |
Many types of fish - called mouthbrooders - carry their eggs in their mouths until the babies hatch and can care for themselves. |
128 |
1 |
0.963 |
56.67 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.67 |
56.67 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 648. |
#1971163 |
He glanced downward and had to force himself to suppress a scream. He was standing in a lizard nest. He felt a scream explode inside him. |
137 |
1 |
0.963 |
13.32 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
13.32 |
13.32 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 649. |
#1971234 |
Something whirled around inside Jess's head. He opened his mouth, but it was dry and no words came out. He jerked his head from one face to the next for someone to help him. |
173 |
2 |
0.963 |
39.91 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
25.87 |
25.87 |
October 22, 2012 |
| 650. |
#1971603 |
Shrimp swim backward. |
21 |
10 |
0.963 |
40.01 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.28 |
20.28 |
August 28, 2012 |
| 651. |
#1971614 |
You can cut up a starfish into pieces, and each piece will grow into a completely new starfish. |
95 |
13 |
0.963 |
36.57 — David (kiddodavie) |
24.02 |
24.02 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 652. |
#1971125 |
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. That was what some people thought. |
140 |
6 |
0.963 |
70.50 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.50 |
39.50 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 653. |
#384 |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives by accepting the judgment of others that they are of low intelligence. This is not so. Just because one does not process sensory information and replay it the same way as everyone else does not mean that there is a lack of comprehension or interest. |
308 |
2 |
0.962 |
56.59 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.62 |
55.62 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 654. |
#1970483 |
Pokemon stands for "pocket monster." |
36 |
3 |
0.962 |
19.11 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.83 |
15.83 |
September 27, 2012 |
| 655. |
#317 |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional writes three times what's needed, as many as sixty different bits, keeps trying them out on small groups (but never your own family), rewrites discards, rewrites some more, then finally settles on the twenty which work best for that specific audience. |
308 |
1 |
0.961 |
64.22 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
64.22 |
64.22 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 656. |
#1971095 |
Three blind mice, see how they run! |
35 |
1 |
0.961 |
17.81 — Dillon (windcave) |
17.81 |
17.81 |
October 16, 2012 |
| 657. |
#1971235 |
Something whirled around inside Jess's head. |
44 |
4 |
0.959 |
32.85 — David (cuddlecricket) |
21.26 |
21.26 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 658. |
#77 |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted to hear, or did you think about what I said and answer 'cause you truly believe that to be right? |
156 |
1 |
0.958 |
30.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
30.03 |
30.03 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 659. |
#1970945 |
Gannets will soar over 100 feet above the ocean surface, then fold their wings back and divebomb headfirst into the water to get a fish. |
136 |
1 |
0.958 |
18.32 — surena (cookiekrum) |
18.32 |
18.32 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 660. |
#1971119 |
But you don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. |
59 |
3 |
0.958 |
22.86 — Amy (fatjustin) |
16.69 |
16.69 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 661. |
#1970504 |
Tarantulas cannot spin webs. |
28 |
4 |
0.958 |
38.35 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.82 |
22.82 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 662. |
#1971161 |
One hundred and ten years ago, Green Lake was the largest lake in Texas. It was full of clear cool water, and it sparkled like a giant emerald in the sun. |
154 |
3 |
0.957 |
48.34 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
37.30 |
37.30 |
August 3, 2012 |
| 663. |
#1970371 |
At night when Fred goes back to bed, he deftly plucks it off his head. His mother switches off the light and softly croons, "Good night! Good night!" And then, for reasons no one knows, Fred's underwear goes on his toes. |
220 |
1 |
0.957 |
30.07 — David (kiddodavie) |
30.07 |
30.07 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 664. |
#1971215 |
Nobody would make up scuba diving to be their favorite hobby if it wasn't so. That meant Leslie had gone scuba diving a lot. |
124 |
6 |
0.957 |
51.05 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
26.80 |
26.80 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 665. |
#340 |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now, 'cause there's too many places I've got to see. But if I stayed here with you, girl, things just couldn't be the same. 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now, and this bird you cannot change. |
272 |
2 |
0.956 |
56.24 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
51.35 |
51.35 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 666. |
#613 |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow leaves falling (but from what? Were there even trees on West Fifty-seventh Street?), a shower of gold, spangled, very fast, a falling of the bright. |
207 |
3 |
0.956 |
28.73 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
27.85 |
27.85 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 667. |
#1970516 |
The gecko lizard can run on the ceiling without falling because its toes have flaps of skin that act like suction cups. |
119 |
1 |
0.956 |
29.95 — Martin (de_jesus) |
29.95 |
29.95 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 668. |
#1970762 |
C3PO is first character to speak in Star Wars. |
46 |
4 |
0.955 |
33.21 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.65 |
22.65 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 669. |
#169 |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. |
209 |
4 |
0.955 |
14.02 — jacob (jacob2001) |
12.97 |
12.97 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 670. |
#1971628 |
The giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet. |
80 |
3 |
0.955 |
32.68 — David (kiddodavie) |
27.43 |
27.43 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 671. |
#283 |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way affected by every other piece of matter in the Universe, it is in theory possible to extrapolate the whole of creation - every sun, every planet, their orbits, their composition and their economic and social history from, say, one small piece of fairy cake. |
316 |
1 |
0.954 |
56.14 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
56.14 |
56.14 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 672. |
#1970432 |
The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. |
51 |
5 |
0.954 |
23.52 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.75 |
16.75 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 673. |
#37 |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but I know he was really named after a famous 19th century ballet dancer. |
129 |
5 |
0.953 |
64.63 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.03 |
39.03 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 674. |
#128 |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been since antiquity a place of romance, exotic beings, haunting memories and landscapes, remarkable experiences. Now it was disappearing; in a sense it had happened, its time was over. |
237 |
2 |
0.952 |
56.02 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.64 |
53.64 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 675. |
#1970795 |
The youngest college graduate was ten years, five months old when he got his bachelor's degree in 1994. |
103 |
3 |
0.952 |
24.58 — Aidan (9255) |
19.84 |
19.84 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 676. |
#472 |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concerned about the growing problems of pollution and the destruction of natural habitats. This movement led to the formation of groups like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The primary goal of the environmental movement as a whole is to make sure that the environment is safe and intact for future generations to enjoy. |
383 |
1 |
0.952 |
55.99 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.99 |
55.99 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 677. |
#1971476 |
The actors in the first English play to be performed in America were arrested, as acting was considered evil. |
109 |
5 |
0.952 |
69.43 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
30.37 |
30.37 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 678. |
#1971184 |
Stacey and I carried cans of milk and butter. |
45 |
6 |
0.951 |
35.59 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.30 |
21.30 |
August 1, 2012 |
| 679. |
#193 |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkness, a hero emerged who not only succeeded in getting the feuding tribes to work together against their common enemy, but led them in a series of smashing victories that established him as a figure of great power and importance - a figure ripe for developing into the myth-laden king of later accounts. |
362 |
1 |
0.951 |
55.93 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.93 |
55.93 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 680. |
#1970367 |
It used to be a whole lot simpler back in elementary school. |
60 |
5 |
0.950 |
31.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.24 |
22.24 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 681. |
#38 |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Because he makes stupid bets with dangerous people, and when he doesn't pay up, they give him the chop, Doug. And I'm not talking about his foreskin either. |
214 |
1 |
0.949 |
55.85 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.85 |
55.85 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 682. |
#1970216 |
An element is a substance made up of only one kind of atom that cannot be broken down any further. |
98 |
5 |
0.949 |
31.85 — David (cuddlecricket) |
24.69 |
24.69 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 683. |
#1970472 |
More presidents have been born in the state of Virginia. |
56 |
3 |
0.949 |
21.78 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
18.55 |
18.55 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 684. |
#1970907 |
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, blotting out the sunlight to part of our planet. |
124 |
1 |
0.949 |
18.85 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.85 |
18.85 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 685. |
#1970554 |
A typical double mattress contains as many as two million house dust mites. |
75 |
12 |
0.948 |
28.68 — David (cuddlecricket) |
18.97 |
18.97 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 686. |
#1971388 |
In certain parts of India and ancient China, mouse meat was considered a delicacy. |
82 |
1 |
0.948 |
21.75 — Zach (zeus_12) |
21.75 |
21.75 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 687. |
#119 |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first time with a sense of hope, because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can, too. |
176 |
4 |
0.947 |
52.04 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
25.32 |
25.32 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 688. |
#262 |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important to be able to make it look professional. Making the text readable involves positioning, style, and size. |
163 |
4 |
0.947 |
55.09 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.42 |
39.42 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 689. |
#1970939 |
Stars are classified by their color. The hottest stars are blue or white, and the coolest are red. |
98 |
4 |
0.946 |
24.48 — Aidan (9255) |
18.29 |
18.29 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 690. |
#1971545 |
The average life of a nuclear power plant is forty years. |
57 |
9 |
0.946 |
35.35 — Aidan (9255) |
19.76 |
19.76 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 691. |
#194 |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its message much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of a cup. |
273 |
1 |
0.946 |
63.22 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
63.22 |
63.22 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 692. |
#1971097 |
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, home again, home again, jiggety jig. |
76 |
4 |
0.946 |
34.04 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.21 |
25.21 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 693. |
#276 |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyboard. These competitions are somewhat underplayed in the conventional history. They involved many different machines, with various manufacturers claiming to hold the speed record. |
239 |
1 |
0.945 |
26.45 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.45 |
26.45 |
February 14, 2013 |
| 694. |
#1970179 |
Plate tectonics refers to the theory that explains the formation and movement of the lithospheric plates of the Earth. |
118 |
5 |
0.945 |
38.34 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.83 |
20.83 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 695. |
#1971198 |
Of course he had gotten up early to run. |
40 |
7 |
0.945 |
27.05 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.83 |
19.83 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 696. |
#1970846 |
The early flag of the United States had 13 stripes to represent each of the states, and it displayed the Union Jack to honor the colonies' British heritage. |
156 |
5 |
0.945 |
63.00 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
35.35 |
35.35 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 697. |
#43 |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures! |
242 |
1 |
0.944 |
33.17 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
33.17 |
33.17 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 698. |
#1970796 |
The record for holding one's breath under water is 7.5 minutes. |
63 |
8 |
0.944 |
30.00 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.51 |
23.51 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 699. |
#1970968 |
Everyone loves to see the first Robin in their yard in the spring! |
66 |
4 |
0.944 |
33.95 — David (kiddodavie) |
23.16 |
23.16 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 700. |
#1970765 |
Sleeping Beauty slept for one hundred years. |
44 |
6 |
0.944 |
21.02 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.94 |
17.94 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 701. |
#1971200 |
He figured if he worked at it he could be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. |
80 |
2 |
0.944 |
21.58 — Aidan (9255) |
21.56 |
21.56 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 702. |
#1971206 |
It must be embarassing to sit in front when you find yourself dressed funny on the first day of school. And you don't know anybody. |
131 |
3 |
0.943 |
36.86 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.38 |
26.38 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 703. |
#74 |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your clothes were stolen. This is the coastal town that they forgot to close down. Armageddon - come Armageddon, come. |
173 |
2 |
0.943 |
57.63 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
35.89 |
35.89 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 704. |
#1970904 |
The sun blows a constant stream of invisible particles out into space, in all directions. This is called the solar wind. |
120 |
2 |
0.942 |
22.63 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
22.59 |
22.59 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 705. |
#1971195 |
I cried for those things which had happened that night. |
55 |
4 |
0.942 |
19.78 — Dillon (windcave) |
17.70 |
17.70 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 706. |
#1970778 |
Did you know that camels have three eyelids to protect their eyes from blown sand? |
82 |
11 |
0.942 |
39.24 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.85 |
25.85 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 707. |
#1971840 |
That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance... |
249 |
3 |
0.941 |
56.71 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.52 |
39.52 |
November 28, 2012 |
| 708. |
#1970952 |
The productive, sheltered waters of the Boston area provide excellent wintering habitat for the Red-breasted Merganser. |
119 |
6 |
0.941 |
85.24 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
33.41 |
33.41 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 709. |
#1971231 |
There was no mistaking the delight in Leslie's eyes. She dropped to her knees on the cold ground, picked the puppy up, and held it close to her face. |
149 |
3 |
0.940 |
67.19 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
45.36 |
45.36 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 710. |
#1970530 |
Dinosaurs were among the most sophisticated animals that ever lived on Earth. They survived for nearly 150 million years -- seventy-five times longer than humans have now lived on Earth! |
186 |
2 |
0.940 |
57.32 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.31 |
54.31 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 711. |
#424 |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated quickly in a flat cardboard box, which is immediately closed and often taped shut. |
142 |
1 |
0.939 |
25.40 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
25.40 |
25.40 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 712. |
#51 |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
217 |
3 |
0.939 |
58.97 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
37.20 |
37.20 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 713. |
#1971169 |
I shook my head, realizing now that Miss Crocker did not even know what I was talking about. |
92 |
1 |
0.939 |
18.66 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.66 |
18.66 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 714. |
#559 |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some umbrellas appeared on Kissena Boulevard. When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped across the puddles gathering at the curbs. |
203 |
1 |
0.938 |
53.22 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
53.22 |
53.22 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 715. |
#1971530 |
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the distance of the Wright Brothers' first flight. |
89 |
3 |
0.938 |
40.27 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
29.27 |
29.27 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 716. |
#1970227 |
Potential energy is stored energy in an object because of its position or location. |
83 |
2 |
0.938 |
31.58 — David (cuddlecricket) |
29.87 |
29.87 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 717. |
#1971091 |
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none, and this little piggy cried, "Wee, wee, wee." All the way home. |
190 |
2 |
0.937 |
28.41 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
27.67 |
27.67 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 718. |
#1971839 |
The Constitution of the United States consists of the original, framed in 1787, and twelve subsequently framed amendments. |
122 |
1 |
0.937 |
12.96 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
12.96 |
12.96 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 719. |
#483 |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves under the necessity of protesting against such an unjust and serious accusation, before the face of the whole of intellectual society. |
195 |
4 |
0.937 |
30.51 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.02 |
26.02 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 720. |
#1970398 |
Only you can control your future. |
33 |
6 |
0.936 |
25.74 — David (cuddlecricket) |
19.94 |
19.94 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 721. |
#1970196 |
Evolution is the gradual change in a species over time. |
55 |
6 |
0.936 |
30.84 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.88 |
23.88 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 722. |
#436 |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, or spirit, or poetry - a narrow belt. |
209 |
2 |
0.936 |
57.58 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
42.74 |
42.74 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 723. |
#153 |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and warmer air holds more moisture. When storm conditions trigger a downpour, more of it falls in the form of big, one-time rainfalls and snowfalls. Partly as a result, the number of large flood events has increased decade by decade, on every continent. |
308 |
1 |
0.935 |
55.01 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
55.01 |
55.01 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 724. |
#443 |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the Gods? |
126 |
3 |
0.935 |
17.40 — Amy (fatjustin) |
15.94 |
15.94 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 725. |
#135 |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor. Where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well. |
339 |
1 |
0.934 |
54.92 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.92 |
54.92 |
January 24, 2013 |
| 726. |
#1970837 |
After the French War ended in 1763, peace and prosperity came to the Thirteen Colonies, which had profited from supplying the empire's military efforts. |
152 |
1 |
0.934 |
13.96 — tyler (sharkfin) |
13.96 |
13.96 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 727. |
#1971178 |
I had a good mind to go back in and find out what what had made Mr. Barnett so mad. |
83 |
1 |
0.934 |
18.55 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.55 |
18.55 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 728. |
#200 |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of forms, took a multiple choice personality test, underwent two interviews and a drug test. The first interview was general, designed to eliminate obvious sociopaths. During the second interview we were asked why we wanted to be elves. |
292 |
1 |
0.933 |
54.87 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.87 |
54.87 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 729. |
#1970154 |
Correlation is the trend in a set of data. A positive correlation tends to grow upward from left to right, a negative correlation tends to go downward from left to right, and no correlation means the data is random. |
215 |
2 |
0.932 |
31.36 — mercedez (mjbz) |
29.19 |
29.19 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 730. |
#20 |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Yes, and how many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind; the answer is blowin' in the wind. |
302 |
1 |
0.931 |
54.75 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.75 |
54.75 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 731. |
#1971113 |
The campers are forbidden to lie in the hammock. It belongs to the Warden. The Warden owns the shade. |
101 |
3 |
0.931 |
22.94 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
19.39 |
19.39 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 732. |
#1971212 |
Why did two grown people want to leave a comfortable life in the suburbs for a place like this? |
95 |
8 |
0.931 |
33.78 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.53 |
21.53 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 733. |
#208 |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only I don't go. I'm too worried to go. I'm too worried to interrupt my worrying to go. |
214 |
2 |
0.930 |
28.31 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.55 |
27.55 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 734. |
#517 |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary falls from grace. Hear the thunder in your brain. Not enough sunshine, too much rain. |
143 |
3 |
0.930 |
51.29 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
37.11 |
37.11 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 735. |
#1971478 |
Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they threw beautiful young women into a volcano it would stop erupting. |
122 |
4 |
0.929 |
51.02 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
32.96 |
32.96 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 736. |
#293 |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - they're about armies and shooting. Ninety percent of games are not what I consider provocative for a broad audience." This seems to be a common concern. |
211 |
1 |
0.929 |
54.62 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.62 |
54.62 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 737. |
#1971177 |
I had learned that at times like these it was better to just sit and wait than to go asking disrupting questions which might vex her. |
133 |
3 |
0.929 |
58.31 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
44.29 |
44.29 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 738. |
#1970339 |
But I haven't yet told you about the one awful thing that tortured little Charlie, the lover of chocolate, more than anything else. |
131 |
3 |
0.928 |
60.01 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
29.73 |
29.73 |
September 7, 2012 |
| 739. |
#1971053 |
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone. When she got there the cupboard was bare so the poor little dog had none. |
141 |
4 |
0.928 |
61.94 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
51.45 |
51.45 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 740. |
#1971480 |
It costs more to buy a car today than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to the New World. |
121 |
4 |
0.928 |
22.77 — Aidan (9255) |
15.25 |
15.25 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 741. |
#298 |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my future. The locked and rusted gate that stood before us, with wisps of river fog threading its spikes like the mountain paths, remains in my mind now as the symbol of my exile. |
234 |
3 |
0.927 |
57.79 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
55.93 |
55.93 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 742. |
#121 |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It would never hurt him or shout at him or get drunk and hit him or say it was too busy to spend time with him. And it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers that came over the years, this thing, this machine, was the only thing that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice. |
363 |
1 |
0.927 |
54.55 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
54.55 |
54.55 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 743. |
#1970991 |
A simple machine is any of the various basic mechanisms including the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and the screw. |
138 |
4 |
0.927 |
54.45 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
27.01 |
27.01 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 744. |
#53 |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my rules and I drank vodka. Tomorrow I will translate it, and then I will bring what I've done to your home. |
166 |
6 |
0.927 |
69.01 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
36.12 |
36.12 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 745. |
#62 |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from mind forms, and it then becomes what we call the watcher or the witness. When consciousness frees itself from identification with physical and mental forms, it becomes what we may call pure or enlightened consciousness, or presence. |
293 |
2 |
0.927 |
57.90 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
42.00 |
42.00 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 746. |
#1970769 |
Mary Shelley wrote the book Frankenstein at the age of nineteen. |
64 |
2 |
0.927 |
27.56 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
26.85 |
26.85 |
August 26, 2012 |
| 747. |
#1970513 |
Frogs drink and breathe through their skin. |
43 |
3 |
0.926 |
23.56 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
20.04 |
20.04 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 748. |
#1970492 |
The ball on the top of a flagpole is called the truck. |
54 |
1 |
0.926 |
18.40 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.40 |
18.40 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 749. |
#1971474 |
Olive oil was used for washing the body in the ancient Mediterranean world. |
75 |
2 |
0.926 |
29.00 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.92 |
21.92 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 750. |
#1970417 |
It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air. |
46 |
3 |
0.925 |
19.41 — Dillon (windcave) |
16.19 |
16.19 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 751. |
#621 |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to follow the intricate and increasingly obscure lines of connection linking the Twinkie to a plant growing in the earth some place. |
188 |
5 |
0.925 |
29.49 — David (kiddodavie) |
25.60 |
25.60 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 752. |
#1970406 |
It came without packages, boxes or bags. |
40 |
2 |
0.924 |
23.59 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.99 |
19.99 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 753. |
#1971501 |
Before 1850, golf balls were made of leather and stuffed with feathers. |
71 |
2 |
0.924 |
22.99 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.83 |
21.83 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 754. |
#1970482 |
Mr. Spock was second in command of the Starship Enterprise. His blood type was T-negative. |
90 |
2 |
0.924 |
20.75 — Zach (zeus_12) |
19.76 |
19.76 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 755. |
#507 |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever. |
174 |
3 |
0.924 |
30.77 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.27 |
27.27 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 756. |
#1970541 |
Just as no two snowflakes look alike, it is said that no two cornflakes look alike! |
83 |
1 |
0.923 |
29.83 — David (cuddlecricket) |
29.83 |
29.83 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 757. |
#1971151 |
He could see the outline of a heart, with the letters K B etched inside it. |
75 |
2 |
0.923 |
28.38 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.34 |
27.34 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 758. |
#1970172 |
An eclipse is sunlight blocked by a celestial body. |
51 |
6 |
0.923 |
22.76 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.08 |
20.08 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 759. |
#136 |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage our own work, but how to work together. A lot of the great art of the past is the work of multiple hands, though there may only be one name on the wall next to it in the museum. |
237 |
1 |
0.922 |
32.39 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
32.39 |
32.39 |
November 28, 2012 |
| 760. |
#21 |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to; Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, in the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. |
192 |
2 |
0.922 |
18.06 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
16.39 |
16.39 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 761. |
#1970994 |
Beam bridges are the most simple type of bridge. |
48 |
3 |
0.922 |
18.32 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.08 |
17.08 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 762. |
#1970967 |
The male Eastern Bluebird looks like a piece of pure sky come to life. |
70 |
1 |
0.922 |
25.79 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
25.79 |
25.79 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 763. |
#1971385 |
During your lifetime, you will eat approximately sixty thousand pounds of food - the weight of six elephants. |
109 |
2 |
0.921 |
27.72 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.85 |
24.85 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 764. |
#1970190 |
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things. |
68 |
3 |
0.921 |
24.91 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
20.75 |
20.75 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 765. |
#1971580 |
It takes forty-two days for an ostrich egg to hatch. |
52 |
7 |
0.921 |
27.37 — David (cuddlecricket) |
18.02 |
18.02 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 766. |
#1971904 |
I liked having the same name as my father, but it did cause confusion in the house. |
83 |
3 |
0.920 |
33.35 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.01 |
25.01 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 767. |
#401 |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found the 25-pound bag of low-fart dog biscuits the vet had prescribed for him, which had made him fart more. Even though he knew they made him fart more, he couldn't resist. He ate the entire bag. |
252 |
2 |
0.920 |
54.09 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.70 |
53.70 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 768. |
#554 |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still in circulation, the gold on my finger could have been mined in Persia six thousand years ago, or worn by Cleopatra. |
176 |
1 |
0.919 |
28.80 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.80 |
28.80 |
September 22, 2012 |
| 769. |
#579 |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot day and into San Francisco is to feel like you're landing on another planet. |
134 |
1 |
0.919 |
17.04 — Dillon (windcave) |
17.04 |
17.04 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 770. |
#598 |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe in some kind of path that we can walk down, me and you. So keep your candles burning and make her journey bright and pure. |
183 |
2 |
0.919 |
28.78 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.73 |
27.73 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 771. |
#1970505 |
The original name for butterfly was the flutterby. |
50 |
2 |
0.918 |
21.39 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.74 |
17.74 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 772. |
#323 |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a repeat performance of a similar situation we've experienced before. But, in the strictest sense, there are no repeat performances. Every situation is unique, and we must be alert to its uniqueness. |
254 |
1 |
0.918 |
53.97 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.97 |
53.97 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 773. |
#449 |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while because she wouldn't take her kings out of the back row. But I didn't kid her much though. You never wanted to kid Jane too much. I think I really like it best when you can kid the pants off a girl when the opportunity arises, but it's a funny thing. The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kidding. |
373 |
1 |
0.916 |
32.17 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
32.17 |
32.17 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 774. |
#1970494 |
According to author Dougals Adams, a salween is the faint taste of dishwashing liquid in a cup of fresh tea. |
108 |
5 |
0.916 |
33.87 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
20.57 |
20.57 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 775. |
#1971484 |
There was once a town named 6 in West Virginia. |
47 |
4 |
0.915 |
18.19 — austin (austinleeb) |
13.67 |
13.67 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 776. |
#1970921 |
Mars looks like a bright, orange-red star. |
42 |
4 |
0.915 |
25.73 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
19.75 |
19.75 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 777. |
#1970936 |
New stars form within vast clouds of gas and dust, called nebulae. |
66 |
4 |
0.915 |
28.62 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.18 |
21.18 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 778. |
#385 |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives by accepting the judgment of others that they are of low intelligence. This is not so. |
145 |
2 |
0.914 |
29.64 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
20.57 |
20.57 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 779. |
#1970199 |
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot make its own food. |
59 |
5 |
0.914 |
28.18 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
20.57 |
20.57 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 780. |
#1971085 |
I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. |
59 |
4 |
0.914 |
25.44 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.65 |
21.65 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 781. |
#1970415 |
My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. |
48 |
6 |
0.913 |
32.04 — David (cuddlecricket) |
19.66 |
19.66 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 782. |
#1970948 |
Virginia Rails prefer to build their raised nests in dense vegetation. They often add a roof and even a runway to their nest. |
125 |
6 |
0.913 |
40.28 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
28.93 |
28.93 |
August 21, 2012 |
| 783. |
#1970926 |
Astronomers know of at least 28 moons that orbit around Jupiter. |
64 |
3 |
0.913 |
24.79 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
19.86 |
19.86 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 784. |
#1970533 |
In eighteenth century France, visitors to the royal palace in Versailles were allowed to stand in a roped-off section of the amin dining room and watch the king and queen eat. |
175 |
4 |
0.912 |
32.42 — David (kiddodavie) |
27.41 |
27.41 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 785. |
#1971605 |
Tuna will suffocate if they ever stop swimming. They need a continual flow of water across their gills to breathe, even while they rest. |
136 |
1 |
0.912 |
28.58 — Martin (de_jesus) |
28.58 |
28.58 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 786. |
#1971173 |
When we neared the house, the dull glow of a kerosene lamp was shining faintly from the boys' room. |
99 |
4 |
0.912 |
33.67 — mercedez (mjbz) |
26.35 |
26.35 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 787. |
#1971526 |
When CBS broadcast the first television show in color, no one other than CBS owned a color television set. |
106 |
6 |
0.912 |
31.39 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.27 |
26.27 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 788. |
#302 |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked him if he'd been drunk the night before, he would always answer off-handedly, "Oh, I imagine." I've always liked that answer. It acknowledges life as a dream. |
216 |
2 |
0.912 |
54.35 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.76 |
39.76 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 789. |
#1971849 |
To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. |
89 |
8 |
0.910 |
31.08 — David (kiddodavie) |
25.59 |
25.59 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 790. |
#70 |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom - teachers leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. |
176 |
2 |
0.910 |
27.75 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.75 |
24.75 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 791. |
#335 |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy. |
270 |
2 |
0.908 |
29.41 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.99 |
26.99 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 792. |
#399 |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguing interlude, we might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been a source of continued fascination throughout the centuries. |
193 |
1 |
0.908 |
28.36 — mercedez (mjbz) |
28.36 |
28.36 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 793. |
#1970338 |
And in this way, Charlie would make his ten-cent bar of chocolate last him for more than a month. |
97 |
2 |
0.908 |
28.10 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.76 |
26.76 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 794. |
#1971465 |
Slaves under the last emperors of China wore pigtails so they could be picked out quickly. |
90 |
2 |
0.908 |
24.56 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
19.29 |
19.29 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 795. |
#1970328 |
Determined to save her friend, Charlotte spins a web that reads "Some Pig," convincing the farmer and surrounding community that Wilbur is no ordinary animal and should be saved. |
178 |
1 |
0.907 |
29.32 — David (cuddlecricket) |
29.32 |
29.32 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 796. |
#1970334 |
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. |
111 |
4 |
0.907 |
30.75 — David (kiddodavie) |
25.38 |
25.38 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 797. |
#553 |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy literally everything. And the majority of us live lifestyles undreamed of only a generation or two ago. |
159 |
1 |
0.906 |
24.51 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
24.51 |
24.51 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 798. |
#67 |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. When I was a child, I had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I've got that feeling once again. I can't explain you will not understand. This is not how I am. |
336 |
2 |
0.906 |
46.50 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.26 |
39.26 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 799. |
#1971833 |
...a new nation, conceived in Liberty... |
40 |
2 |
0.906 |
15.97 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.96 |
14.96 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 800. |
#1971491 |
There are 3,900 islands in Japan, the country of islands. |
57 |
4 |
0.906 |
15.73 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
11.38 |
11.38 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 801. |
#390 |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can learn from men's perspective about life and personal identity. To refuse to learn anything that could prove beneficial to yourself is a working definition of stupid. |
225 |
1 |
0.905 |
53.22 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.22 |
53.22 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 802. |
#1970941 |
Boston, MA is strategically located within a major north-south bird migration path known as the Atlantic Flyway. |
112 |
4 |
0.905 |
33.13 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.48 |
23.48 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 803. |
#1971532 |
The condensed water vapor left by jets in the sky is called a contrail. |
71 |
4 |
0.904 |
22.27 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
16.92 |
16.92 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 804. |
#1971561 |
An iceberg contains more heat than a match. |
43 |
4 |
0.904 |
26.51 — Zach (zeus_12) |
17.37 |
17.37 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 805. |
#1971613 |
An octopus will eat its own arms if it gets really hungry. |
58 |
1 |
0.904 |
17.96 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.96 |
17.96 |
November 1, 2012 |
| 806. |
#1970721 |
She brought it in and put it near the radiator, and in a short while it fluttered its wings and opened its eyes. |
112 |
4 |
0.903 |
32.36 — mercedez (mjbz) |
26.76 |
26.76 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 807. |
#1971906 |
School was fine for a kid like me, because I knew how to shut up and listen. But it seemed wrong to take an outside kid like Jimmy and lock him inside for six hours a day. |
171 |
5 |
0.903 |
53.90 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
25.78 |
25.78 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 808. |
#530 |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alcohol - either because there wasn't enough sugar in the juice to attain a higher alcohol level, or because the yeasts died off when the alcohol reached 14 percent, halting the fermentation. |
247 |
1 |
0.902 |
53.05 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
53.05 |
53.05 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 809. |
#1971071 |
One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to GO! |
72 |
1 |
0.902 |
16.72 — Dillon (windcave) |
16.72 |
16.72 |
December 10, 2012 |
| 810. |
#1971514 |
The two hottest months at the equator are March and September. |
62 |
1 |
0.902 |
25.24 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
25.24 |
25.24 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 811. |
#1971054 |
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone. |
67 |
2 |
0.902 |
24.63 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
23.92 |
23.92 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 812. |
#1971080 |
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. |
42 |
3 |
0.901 |
23.14 — Aidan (9255) |
19.06 |
19.06 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 813. |
#344 |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories, where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky. Now and then when I see her face she takes me away to that special place and if I'd stare too long I'd probably break down and cry. |
259 |
1 |
0.901 |
60.21 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
60.21 |
60.21 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 814. |
#1971132 |
Stanley was not a bad kid. He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. He'd just been in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
136 |
2 |
0.901 |
47.57 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
36.71 |
36.71 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 815. |
#346 |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see. I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy. Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low. Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me. |
287 |
2 |
0.900 |
65.63 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
56.89 |
56.89 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 816. |
#1970414 |
Just tell yourself, Duckie, your really quite lucky. |
52 |
3 |
0.900 |
22.34 — Aidan (9255) |
17.26 |
17.26 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 817. |
#1971531 |
The tail section of an airplane gives the bumpiest ride. |
56 |
2 |
0.900 |
26.37 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
21.37 |
21.37 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 818. |
#40 |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken too many disco biscuits in the heat of Russian disputations. He's got as many of these nuts as he has those nuts. |
174 |
2 |
0.899 |
27.15 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.56 |
26.56 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 819. |
#1971528 |
The billionth digit of pi is nine. |
34 |
4 |
0.899 |
21.90 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
17.86 |
17.86 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 820. |
#1970895 |
The largest telescope to be placed in space so far is the Hubble Space Telescope which was launched in 1990. |
108 |
4 |
0.899 |
28.17 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.35 |
22.35 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 821. |
#1970207 |
Respiration refers to the process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain. |
117 |
6 |
0.898 |
69.84 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
30.22 |
30.22 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 822. |
#1970422 |
For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. |
50 |
1 |
0.898 |
17.84 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.84 |
17.84 |
October 2, 2012 |
| 823. |
#1970501 |
Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions. |
82 |
5 |
0.897 |
40.39 — David (cuddlecricket) |
24.83 |
24.83 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 824. |
#44 |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong. I've learned me lesson, sir. I've seen now what I've never seen before. I'm cured! Praise Bog! I'm cured! |
240 |
1 |
0.897 |
52.76 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
52.76 |
52.76 |
January 31, 2013 |
| 825. |
#1970474 |
A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes. |
37 |
2 |
0.897 |
17.82 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.18 |
16.18 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 826. |
#528 |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the winemaker added alcohol during or after the fermentation. That's an unusual way of making wine, but some parts of the world, like the Sherry region in Spain and the Port region in Portugal, have made quite a specialty of it. Dessert wine is the legal U.S. terminology for these wines, probably because they're usually sweet and often enjoyed after dinner. |
412 |
1 |
0.897 |
52.74 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
52.74 |
52.74 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 827. |
#1971057 |
The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell, Hi-ho, the derry-o, the farmer in the dell. |
91 |
4 |
0.896 |
26.78 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.17 |
22.17 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 828. |
#182 |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of where I was, when I suddenly realized I'd reached the city limits. I immediately felt happy and, without hesitation, passed beyond the barrier and found myself walking between cultivated fields and meadows. |
266 |
2 |
0.896 |
26.82 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
26.47 |
26.47 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 829. |
#1971568 |
If we had the same mortality rate as in the 1900's, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive. |
116 |
3 |
0.895 |
58.14 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
40.89 |
40.89 |
August 3, 2012 |
| 830. |
#487 |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory, sharpness and accuracy of eye, presence of mind, dexterity of hand, and above all a subtle sense of touch, who are as it were born into God's world for the sole and special purpose of becoming distinguished card-sharpers. |
282 |
1 |
0.895 |
52.62 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
52.62 |
52.62 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 831. |
#48 |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. |
190 |
2 |
0.894 |
31.87 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
30.39 |
30.39 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 832. |
#1970221 |
Mass is the amount of stuff in an object. |
41 |
5 |
0.894 |
24.26 — austin (austinleeb) |
18.92 |
18.92 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 833. |
#1970912 |
At some times of the year, you can easily see Venus with the naked eye, just before sunrise, or just after sunset. |
114 |
2 |
0.893 |
29.98 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.13 |
26.13 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 834. |
#1970400 |
I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues. |
91 |
2 |
0.892 |
31.34 — David (cuddlecricket) |
26.35 |
26.35 |
December 14, 2012 |
| 835. |
#1971845 |
Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them. |
124 |
1 |
0.891 |
16.52 — Dillon (windcave) |
16.52 |
16.52 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 836. |
#1971127 |
That was what some people thought. |
34 |
6 |
0.891 |
38.98 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.01 |
19.01 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 837. |
#1971543 |
Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees. |
65 |
2 |
0.889 |
28.72 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
19.71 |
19.71 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 838. |
#129 |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that urban herding and its concomitant technologies are not the proper way to partake of this planet's hospitality. (Actually, there are countless ways to live upon this tremorous sphere in mirth and good health, and probably only one way - the industrialized, urbanized, herding way - to live here stupidly, and man has hit upon that one wrong way.) |
404 |
2 |
0.889 |
49.64 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
37.88 |
37.88 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 839. |
#586 |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. We make a little history, baby, every time you come around. Come loose your dogs upon me and let your hair hang down. You are a little mystery to me every time you come around. We talk about it all night long, we define our moral ground. But when I crawl into your arms everything comes tumbling down. |
360 |
1 |
0.888 |
52.26 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
52.26 |
52.26 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 840. |
#431 |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we knew the reflectance of mozzarella and the cardboard in the long-wavelength regions of interest. |
157 |
1 |
0.888 |
20.39 — Zach (zeus_12) |
20.39 |
20.39 |
February 14, 2013 |
| 841. |
#1970813 |
Toilet paper was invented in New York in 1857. |
46 |
2 |
0.888 |
17.18 — tyler (sharkfin) |
14.83 |
14.83 |
October 2, 2012 |
| 842. |
#312 |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and German is spoken a little differently in northern and southern Germany. Sound complicated? Welcome to international business and politics. |
194 |
6 |
0.888 |
56.47 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
40.71 |
40.71 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 843. |
#1970217 |
The word energy refers to the ability to do work. |
49 |
3 |
0.888 |
24.86 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.90 |
15.90 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 844. |
#1971533 |
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class. |
103 |
5 |
0.887 |
26.54 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.55 |
22.55 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 845. |
#1971217 |
That meant Leslie had gone scuba diving a lot. |
46 |
4 |
0.887 |
17.47 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.34 |
14.34 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 846. |
#1971485 |
Harvard is the oldest university in the United States. |
54 |
6 |
0.887 |
18.28 — Jake (rangeraccon) |
15.58 |
15.58 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 847. |
#196 |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a theater, I either fold mine in my lap or throw it over my armrest, but Patsy always spreads hers out, acting as if the seat back were cold, and she couldn't possibly enjoy herself while it was suffering. |
264 |
2 |
0.886 |
70.00 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
47.74 |
47.74 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 848. |
#383 |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic sensitivity, Ninja customarily surprise their opponents slightly more than half the time. |
149 |
1 |
0.886 |
20.33 — Zach (zeus_12) |
20.33 |
20.33 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 849. |
#1971196 |
His dad had the pickup going. He could get up now. |
50 |
2 |
0.886 |
17.60 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.28 |
17.28 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 850. |
#1970445 |
I am Yertle the Turtle! |
23 |
4 |
0.885 |
16.52 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.90 |
12.90 |
August 28, 2012 |
| 851. |
#1970423 |
I like green eggs and ham! I like them Sam I Am! |
48 |
3 |
0.885 |
25.67 — David (kiddodavie) |
18.79 |
18.79 |
November 20, 2012 |
| 852. |
#1971492 |
Japan's currency is the most difficult to counterfeit. |
54 |
3 |
0.885 |
19.81 — Aidan (9255) |
19.05 |
19.05 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 853. |
#1970550 |
The yo-yo originated in the Phillipines, where it was used as a weapon in hunting. |
82 |
2 |
0.884 |
32.02 — David (cuddlecricket) |
28.20 |
28.20 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 854. |
#1971058 |
Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, and down he run. Hickory, dickory, dock. |
114 |
7 |
0.884 |
35.20 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.67 |
24.67 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 855. |
#1970845 |
On July 4, 1776, the 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress approved and signed what we now know as the Declaration of Independence. |
141 |
3 |
0.884 |
59.50 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.50 |
39.50 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 856. |
#1971104 |
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of. |
74 |
8 |
0.883 |
26.66 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.39 |
19.39 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 857. |
#593 |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I'm older now than he ever was by twenty years. So in a sense he's the younger man. |
142 |
4 |
0.883 |
33.64 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
26.22 |
26.22 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 858. |
#1970171 |
Deposition refers to sediments laid down in a new place by erosion. |
67 |
3 |
0.883 |
18.58 — surena (cookiekrum) |
17.18 |
17.18 |
November 14, 2012 |
| 859. |
#1970192 |
Classification is the process of grouping things based on their similarities. |
77 |
5 |
0.882 |
28.99 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.99 |
19.99 |
August 3, 2012 |
| 860. |
#427 |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-content material with a large number of nonconnecting small air spaces. Second, the tomato paste dehydrates, and third, the mozzarella transitions from regular liquid crystal to more disordered states. |
257 |
4 |
0.881 |
26.17 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.64 |
22.64 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 861. |
#212 |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, in the cauldron boil and bake, eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, lizard's leg and owlet's wing, for a charm of powerful trouble, like a hell-broth boil and bubble. |
317 |
1 |
0.880 |
51.74 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
51.74 |
51.74 |
December 20, 2012 |
| 862. |
#538 |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. |
186 |
1 |
0.878 |
28.39 — David (cuddlecricket) |
28.39 |
28.39 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 863. |
#1520000 |
The need for food creates a relationship of fundamental importance between people and the environment. If we do not understand this relationship, we remain unaware of the critical dynamics that exist among human populations, culture, and nature. |
245 |
1 |
0.878 |
51.63 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
51.63 |
51.63 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 864. |
#564 |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings. |
116 |
2 |
0.877 |
13.11 — tyler (sharkfin) |
11.72 |
11.72 |
October 16, 2012 |
| 865. |
#1971075 |
Ring around the roses, a pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes we all fall down! |
78 |
11 |
0.877 |
31.89 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.10 |
21.10 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 866. |
#59 |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the Computer Science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs. |
193 |
2 |
0.876 |
50.18 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
39.18 |
39.18 |
November 20, 2012 |
| 867. |
#1971585 |
Kangaroos usually give birth to one young annually. |
51 |
2 |
0.876 |
29.32 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.08 |
26.08 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 868. |
#1971077 |
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. |
47 |
4 |
0.875 |
22.39 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.50 |
14.50 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 869. |
#1971193 |
Papa left us then and went back on to the porch. |
48 |
4 |
0.875 |
23.14 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.75 |
14.75 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 870. |
#274 |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the original continues to thrive. It is a telling demonstration of the power of inertia and the reward of being first. |
170 |
1 |
0.875 |
24.49 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.49 |
24.49 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 871. |
#534 |
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. |
62 |
2 |
0.875 |
21.50 — surena (cookiekrum) |
20.54 |
20.54 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 872. |
#1970226 |
Physical change refers to a change in a substance that only changes its physical properties/appearance without changing its chemical composition (make-up). No new substance is created in this change. |
199 |
1 |
0.875 |
27.49 — David (kiddodavie) |
27.49 |
27.49 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 873. |
#463 |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous orbit is connected by cable to a stationary or mobile platform somewhere on Earth's equator. An elevator would ride up and down the cable at a fraction of present costs. Many sane and sober people believe that a space elevator will be constructed within this century. |
326 |
2 |
0.874 |
50.07 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
42.59 |
42.59 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 874. |
#1970901 |
Small pieces of debris floating around in the Solar System are called meteoroids. |
81 |
4 |
0.874 |
26.64 — David (kiddodavie) |
20.28 |
20.28 |
November 9, 2012 |
| 875. |
#1971365 |
McDonald's in New Zealand serves apricot pies instead of cherry ones. |
69 |
4 |
0.874 |
26.41 — mercedez (mjbz) |
22.21 |
22.21 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 876. |
#1971059 |
Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock. |
51 |
5 |
0.874 |
20.58 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.96 |
15.96 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 877. |
#24 |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. Anyone like jewelry? |
234 |
1 |
0.873 |
23.45 — Aidan (9255) |
23.45 |
23.45 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 878. |
#1970996 |
A drawbridge is a moveable bridge with a deck that can be raised or lowered. |
76 |
4 |
0.873 |
27.69 — David (cuddlecricket) |
21.63 |
21.63 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 879. |
#1970510 |
Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. |
91 |
3 |
0.873 |
30.97 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.19 |
23.19 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 880. |
#494 |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum. Brod discovered 613 sadnesses, each perfectly unique, each a singular emotion, no more similar to any other sadness than to anger, ecstasy, guilt, or frustration. |
365 |
1 |
0.872 |
58.29 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
58.29 |
58.29 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 881. |
#1971593 |
Humans have only about six hundred muscles. |
43 |
7 |
0.872 |
22.59 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.98 |
17.98 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 882. |
#65 |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and deep beneath the rolling waves, in labyrinths of coral caves - the echo of a distant tide comes willowing across the sand, and everything is green and submarine. |
218 |
2 |
0.871 |
32.45 — mercedez (sadiemb) |
28.00 |
28.00 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 883. |
#1971227 |
For the first time in his life he got up every morning with something to look forward to. |
89 |
1 |
0.870 |
13.01 — tyler (sharkfin) |
13.01 |
13.01 |
September 18, 2012 |
| 884. |
#1970553 |
The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle Blue. |
65 |
4 |
0.869 |
23.92 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.10 |
21.10 |
December 14, 2012 |
| 885. |
#1970894 |
Unmanned space probes are sent to investigate deep space and transmit their findings back to Earth. |
99 |
3 |
0.869 |
32.04 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.13 |
22.13 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 886. |
#1971123 |
Most campers weren't given a choice. Camp Green Lake is a camp for bad boys. |
76 |
1 |
0.869 |
28.08 — David (cuddlecricket) |
28.08 |
28.08 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 887. |
#504 |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled your eyes as the world burned. The heavens fell, the earth quaked. I thought you must be, but you weren't awake. |
172 |
2 |
0.868 |
14.11 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
12.41 |
12.41 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 888. |
#79 |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from "The Wizard of Oz." But I warn you, my dog is always with me. Woof! |
205 |
3 |
0.868 |
48.33 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
33.73 |
33.73 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 889. |
#1970479 |
A penny whistle has six finger holes. |
37 |
3 |
0.867 |
33.27 — Aidan (9255) |
19.64 |
19.64 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 890. |
#1970545 |
For a deck of cards to be mixed up enough to play with properly, it should be shuffled at least seven times. |
108 |
1 |
0.867 |
28.03 — David (cuddlecricket) |
28.03 |
28.03 |
December 13, 2012 |
| 891. |
#1971069 |
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. |
53 |
2 |
0.867 |
19.41 — tyler (sharkfin) |
14.04 |
14.04 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 892. |
#1970810 |
The word 'news' is actually an acronym for the four points of the compass (north, east, west and south). |
104 |
6 |
0.866 |
29.46 — David (kiddodavie) |
25.69 |
25.69 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 893. |
#1971139 |
The apartment smelled the way it did because Stanley's father was trying to invent a way to recycle old sneakers. |
113 |
4 |
0.865 |
46.06 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
28.98 |
28.98 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 894. |
#1971584 |
Kangaroos usually give birth to one young annually. Their young are called joeys. |
81 |
4 |
0.865 |
25.45 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
17.06 |
17.06 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 895. |
#1970528 |
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky. |
59 |
1 |
0.865 |
15.51 — diana (fahter) |
15.51 |
15.51 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 896. |
#1970484 |
The four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after famous artists - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello. |
117 |
7 |
0.864 |
28.35 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.90 |
22.90 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 897. |
#1970198 |
Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
60 |
1 |
0.864 |
17.16 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.16 |
17.16 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 898. |
#1970839 |
There was little industry in the colonial days in America, so manufactured goods, such as textiles, hats and ironware, were imported from Britain. |
146 |
4 |
0.863 |
30.61 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.62 |
23.62 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 899. |
#1970540 |
There are more than fifteen thousand kinds of rice. Rice is grown on more than 10 percent of the farmable surface of the Earth and is the main food for half of the people of the world. |
184 |
1 |
0.863 |
27.03 — Martin (de_jesus) |
27.03 |
27.03 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 900. |
#477 |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed documents, not only from the standpoint of speed and accuracy, but also by enabling anyone to mass-produce the printed word. |
182 |
2 |
0.862 |
27.78 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.69 |
19.69 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 901. |
#1970441 |
Because Horton was faithful, he sat and he sat! |
47 |
2 |
0.862 |
17.13 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.09 |
16.09 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 902. |
#1970905 |
As the Earth and Moon move in space, they sometimes block each other from the Sun's light. This is called an eclipse. |
117 |
4 |
0.862 |
26.31 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
18.30 |
18.30 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 903. |
#123 |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted like oatmeal, or tuna fish. That makes you wonder about a lot of things. You take chicken, for example: maybe they couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like, which is why chicken tastes like everything. |
271 |
1 |
0.862 |
50.68 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
50.68 |
50.68 |
November 30, 2012 |
| 904. |
#341 |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now, 'cause there's too many places I've got to see. |
134 |
3 |
0.862 |
27.28 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
20.80 |
20.80 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 905. |
#468 |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." Reflecting the interesting (and often) tragic parts of "life" on the stage was an important part of the ancient world, and helped to shape our modern culture. |
230 |
1 |
0.861 |
12.88 — tyler (sharkfin) |
12.88 |
12.88 |
October 31, 2012 |
| 906. |
#376 |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you are wearing the correct uniform. You should always have one suit or fashionable dress outfit hanging in the closet for the proper heists. |
195 |
1 |
0.861 |
26.98 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.98 |
26.98 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 907. |
#1971690 |
If cars had been around in T. rex's day, its bite could have dented the metal. |
78 |
3 |
0.861 |
35.65 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
31.16 |
31.16 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 908. |
#1971062 |
All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again. |
81 |
2 |
0.861 |
26.97 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.52 |
23.52 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 909. |
#1970396 |
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent! |
88 |
9 |
0.861 |
30.32 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.77 |
23.77 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 910. |
#450 |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kidding. Sometimes I think they'd like it if you kidded them - in fact I know they would - but it's hard to get started, once you've known them a pretty long time and never kidded them. |
239 |
1 |
0.860 |
26.95 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.95 |
26.95 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 911. |
#1970507 |
Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles. Humans, by comparison, have only about six hundred. |
98 |
7 |
0.859 |
29.39 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.96 |
21.96 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 912. |
#1971146 |
They hadn't exactly fallen from the sky. |
40 |
6 |
0.859 |
30.25 — Aidan (9255) |
20.27 |
20.27 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 913. |
#501 |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I beg you to observe these girls: one has just now lost her mind; the other, it seems, has never had a mind at all. |
174 |
3 |
0.859 |
45.10 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
32.92 |
32.92 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 914. |
#1970777 |
Did you know that the whistle of a blue whale is the loudest noise made by an animal? |
85 |
3 |
0.859 |
14.23 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
11.47 |
11.47 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 915. |
#1971933 |
I had lived in that house in Marshfield practically my whole life, and it never occurred to me that we might end up living anywhere else. |
137 |
5 |
0.859 |
34.73 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
26.55 |
26.55 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 916. |
#1971495 |
The first formal rules for playing baseball required the winning team to score twenty-one runs. |
95 |
3 |
0.858 |
29.69 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.08 |
23.08 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 917. |
#1970771 |
Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter. |
55 |
2 |
0.858 |
19.07 — Dillon (windcave) |
16.37 |
16.37 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 918. |
#1971229 |
Leslie's favorite place besides the castle stronghold was the pine forest. |
74 |
4 |
0.858 |
26.37 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.68 |
21.68 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 919. |
#82 |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Stephen, if you don't like books, why did you write one?" You just asked yourself a trick question. I didn't write it. I dictated it. I shouted it into a tape recorder over the Columbus Day weekend, then handed it to my agent and said, "Sell this." |
305 |
1 |
0.858 |
30.13 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
30.13 |
30.13 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 920. |
#1971393 |
The average lead pencil can draw a line thirty-five miles long or write approximately fifty thousand English words. |
115 |
4 |
0.857 |
24.69 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.13 |
23.13 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 921. |
#1970195 |
Ecology is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environments. |
90 |
8 |
0.857 |
38.75 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.49 |
22.49 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 922. |
#521 |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who thought he was a jerk was dead now. So I don't say nothing and he says, "What do ya think about that?" So I says, "Well, that don't sound like too good a deal for him then." |
227 |
2 |
0.856 |
26.69 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.38 |
25.38 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 923. |
#1971140 |
It was this latest project that led to Stanley's arrest. |
56 |
6 |
0.856 |
24.60 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.38 |
16.38 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 924. |
#610 |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of immigration and food continues to upset and redefine the meanings of local, regional, and global identity. |
167 |
3 |
0.855 |
30.79 — David (kiddodavie) |
25.89 |
25.89 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 925. |
#1970487 |
Sleeping Beauty slept one hundred years. |
40 |
6 |
0.855 |
23.11 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
16.79 |
16.79 |
September 14, 2012 |
| 926. |
#1971386 |
The amount of potato chips Americans eat each year weighs six times more than the weight of the ship, the Titanic. |
114 |
4 |
0.854 |
38.26 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
29.47 |
29.47 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 927. |
#1970153 |
A constant is a quantity assumed to be unchanged. |
49 |
1 |
0.851 |
11.77 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
11.77 |
11.77 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 928. |
#1971396 |
Ra was the sun god on ancient Egypt. |
36 |
1 |
0.851 |
16.91 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.91 |
16.91 |
September 13, 2012 |
| 929. |
#1971128 |
Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. |
35 |
1 |
0.850 |
16.88 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.88 |
16.88 |
October 2, 2012 |
| 930. |
#1971841 |
That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries... |
136 |
4 |
0.849 |
32.79 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.11 |
24.11 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 931. |
#393 |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength of his commonsense suggestion that the army could save lots of cargo space by deboning beef before shipping it overseas. |
181 |
4 |
0.849 |
26.49 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
19.92 |
19.92 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 932. |
#1971588 |
The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs. |
97 |
1 |
0.849 |
13.74 — Mikey (barbiekiller) |
13.74 |
13.74 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 933. |
#104 |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in which its electrons are arranged in the atom. Such arrangements are the basis of the modern periodic classification of the elements: the Periodic Table. |
211 |
1 |
0.848 |
11.73 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
11.73 |
11.73 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 934. |
#441 |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest hope. His soil is still rich enough. But one day this soil will be poor and domesticated, and no tall tree will be able to grow in it. |
193 |
3 |
0.848 |
28.52 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.40 |
23.40 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 935. |
#1970811 |
The first word spoken on the moon was - "Okay." |
47 |
11 |
0.848 |
23.34 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.25 |
15.25 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 936. |
#1971102 |
He stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni. |
53 |
5 |
0.848 |
22.68 — Aidan (9255) |
18.10 |
18.10 |
July 31, 2012 |
| 937. |
#215 |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a good living, the police protected you and there were courts of law and you didn't need a friend like me. But, now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. |
337 |
2 |
0.846 |
49.79 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.94 |
47.94 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 938. |
#523 |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like this: 1. Pick a large quantity of ripe grapes from grapevines (you could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.9 percent of all the wine in the world is made from grapes, because they make the best wines). 2. Put the grapes into a clean container that doesn't leak. 3. Crush the grapes somehow to release their juice. (Once upon a time, feet performed this step.) 4. Wait. |
443 |
1 |
0.846 |
49.77 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
49.77 |
49.77 |
January 24, 2013 |
| 939. |
#1971143 |
Because of the scarcity of water, each camper was only allowed a four-minute shower. |
84 |
3 |
0.846 |
29.14 — David (cuddlecricket) |
25.36 |
25.36 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 940. |
#1970364 |
You got kids like me who haven't hit their growth spurt yet mixed in with gorillas who need to shave twice a day. |
113 |
2 |
0.846 |
26.98 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.71 |
24.71 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 941. |
#1970766 |
Bambi was originally published in 1929 in German. |
49 |
3 |
0.846 |
23.12 — Aidan (9255) |
16.33 |
16.33 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 942. |
#1970485 |
Scooby-Doo's real first name is Scoobert. |
41 |
2 |
0.845 |
20.43 — Zach (zeus_12) |
18.16 |
18.16 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 943. |
#1970756 |
Mickey Mouse's ears are always turned to the front. |
51 |
5 |
0.844 |
18.65 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.22 |
16.22 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 944. |
#1971930 |
We made our final trip to Rexhame Beach. |
40 |
8 |
0.844 |
29.99 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
19.19 |
19.19 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 945. |
#95 |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominated by a couple of university degrees and thirteen years of white-collar employment. My identity was defined by my career. I now planned a radical shift, a big leap into the unknown: from corporate executive to unemployed guy setting up libraries in the Himalayas. |
322 |
1 |
0.843 |
49.59 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
49.59 |
49.59 |
December 17, 2012 |
| 946. |
#347 |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see. |
137 |
5 |
0.843 |
23.89 — Aidan (9255) |
18.63 |
18.63 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 947. |
#1971130 |
He had never been to camp before. |
33 |
2 |
0.843 |
20.75 — austin (austinleeb) |
17.27 |
17.27 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 948. |
#1970956 |
The large Red-tailed Hawk is constantly harassed by smaller birds like crows and bluejays. |
90 |
5 |
0.842 |
28.01 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.36 |
21.36 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 949. |
#1970521 |
Snakes do not have eyelids, so even when they're asleep, they cannot close their eyes. |
86 |
4 |
0.842 |
31.11 — David (cuddlecricket) |
18.27 |
18.27 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 950. |
#1971473 |
Before the 1800's, there were no separately designed shoes for right and left feet. |
83 |
7 |
0.841 |
28.59 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.48 |
19.48 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 951. |
#1971236 |
He opened his mouth, but it was dry and no words came out. |
58 |
1 |
0.840 |
19.29 — Zach (zeus_12) |
19.29 |
19.29 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 952. |
#1970486 |
Rocky Raccoon lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota. |
55 |
6 |
0.840 |
27.01 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
16.27 |
16.27 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 953. |
#429 |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, is the obvious source of trauma to the roof of the mouth and from the point of view of medical physics is clearly the key agent in the etiology of pizza burn. |
217 |
3 |
0.838 |
50.32 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
32.83 |
32.83 |
September 5, 2012 |
| 954. |
#1971928 |
This neighborhood felt like my bones, my skin. |
46 |
4 |
0.838 |
17.20 — Dillon (windcave) |
14.42 |
14.42 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 955. |
#1971060 |
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again! |
141 |
3 |
0.838 |
52.10 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
40.05 |
40.05 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 956. |
#1970758 |
Popeye is five feet, six inches tall. He has a anchor tattooed on his arm. |
74 |
1 |
0.837 |
21.96 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
21.96 |
21.96 |
December 14, 2012 |
| 957. |
#1970219 |
Gravity is a force that tries to pull two objects toward each other. |
68 |
9 |
0.837 |
29.24 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
18.75 |
18.75 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 958. |
#1971513 |
Pole vaults used to be stiff. Now they bend, which allows the vaulter to go much higher. |
88 |
1 |
0.837 |
47.45 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
47.45 |
47.45 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 959. |
#246 |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. Bad posture is the root of many physical problems. So sit upright and don't slouch. Your back should be straight to support the upper part of your body. |
212 |
4 |
0.836 |
26.49 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
24.97 |
24.97 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 960. |
#1970910 |
The second planet from the Sun is Venus, which is similar in size to Earth. |
75 |
3 |
0.836 |
37.51 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.70 |
24.70 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 961. |
#1970757 |
Popeye's adopted son is named Swee'pea. |
39 |
3 |
0.835 |
24.39 — David (cuddlecricket) |
21.38 |
21.38 |
November 26, 2012 |
| 962. |
#1970412 |
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. |
102 |
2 |
0.834 |
25.64 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.26 |
21.26 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 963. |
#78 |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man's attitude goes some ways - the way his life will be. Is that something you agree with? So since you agree, you must be someone who does not care about the good life. |
226 |
1 |
0.834 |
26.12 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.12 |
26.12 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 964. |
#1971374 |
Eating raw onions is good for unblocking a stuffed nose. |
56 |
4 |
0.834 |
30.45 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
20.12 |
20.12 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 965. |
#1971468 |
Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors. |
42 |
5 |
0.833 |
29.00 — David (cuddlecricket) |
21.23 |
21.23 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 966. |
#325 |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things and events are objective facts. A subjective fact is one that is limited to the subject experiencing it. |
163 |
1 |
0.833 |
26.10 — Martin (de_jesus) |
26.10 |
26.10 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 967. |
#1970853 |
Medicines in early America ranged from herbal remedies to prepared mixtures of powdered drugs and chemicals. |
108 |
1 |
0.833 |
49.00 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
49.00 |
49.00 |
December 6, 2012 |
| 968. |
#1971576 |
A baby platypus remains blind after birth for eleven weeks. |
59 |
1 |
0.833 |
16.55 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.55 |
16.55 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 969. |
#1970718 |
Stuart jumped for the halyards, and the jib and the forestaysail came rippling down. |
84 |
1 |
0.833 |
14.93 — diana (fahter) |
14.93 |
14.93 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 970. |
#1971522 |
The first computer ever made was called ENIAC. A silicon chip a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block. |
166 |
3 |
0.832 |
23.16 — Zach (zeus_12) |
22.35 |
22.35 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 971. |
#1971499 |
Rudyard Kipling, living in Vermont in the 1890's, invented the game of snow golf. He painted his golf balls red so he could locate them in the snow. |
148 |
1 |
0.832 |
47.19 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
47.19 |
47.19 |
August 28, 2012 |
| 972. |
#1971124 |
Camp Green Lake is a camp for bad boys. |
39 |
3 |
0.831 |
25.12 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
17.64 |
17.64 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 973. |
#1971521 |
A syzygy occurs when three astronomical bodies line up. |
55 |
8 |
0.830 |
30.80 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.00 |
21.00 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 974. |
#1970852 |
America desperately needed military supplies, cash and a navy to fight of the British. That meant finding allies. |
113 |
3 |
0.830 |
48.88 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
27.95 |
27.95 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 975. |
#619 |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from a steer born in South Dakota and fattened in a Kansas feedlot on grain grown in Iowa. |
145 |
2 |
0.830 |
26.53 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
18.19 |
18.19 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 976. |
#1970924 |
Contrary to belief, Martians have not been found on Mars! |
57 |
2 |
0.828 |
16.45 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.41 |
12.41 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 977. |
#1970966 |
Once the first fall chill arrives, we're likely to see and hear chickadees around our birdfeeders. |
98 |
2 |
0.828 |
25.54 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.53 |
24.53 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 978. |
#1970426 |
I box in yellow Gox box socks. |
30 |
2 |
0.827 |
16.44 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.56 |
12.56 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 979. |
#1970491 |
A klazomaniac is someone who feels like shouting. |
49 |
1 |
0.827 |
16.44 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.44 |
16.44 |
September 27, 2012 |
| 980. |
#1970427 |
Gray day. Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today. |
63 |
4 |
0.827 |
22.29 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
16.75 |
16.75 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 981. |
#1970209 |
Acceleration is the act of speeding up, slowing down or changing direction in a moving object. |
94 |
4 |
0.826 |
27.62 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.14 |
20.14 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 982. |
#1970552 |
It takes an average of 48 to 100 tries to solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle. If done perfectly, any Rubik's Cube combination can be solved in seventeen turns. |
152 |
1 |
0.824 |
25.91 — David (kiddodavie) |
25.91 |
25.91 |
February 7, 2013 |
| 983. |
#1971541 |
The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees. |
106 |
5 |
0.824 |
21.20 — Martin (de_jesus) |
15.48 |
15.48 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 984. |
#1971550 |
Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. |
67 |
7 |
0.822 |
32.89 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.41 |
22.41 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 985. |
#541 |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really used it after that. I didn't enjoy doing it that way. But it was interesting to know that things worked much differently from how I was brought up. |
206 |
1 |
0.822 |
46.59 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
46.59 |
46.59 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 986. |
#12 |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage. It's more like... suicide. |
143 |
2 |
0.821 |
59.84 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.63 |
47.63 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 987. |
#1970802 |
In Boston, MA in the nineteenth century, it was illegal to bathe without a doctor's prescription! |
97 |
7 |
0.821 |
30.25 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.18 |
20.18 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 988. |
#1970493 |
The two ends of a magnet are called poles. |
42 |
1 |
0.820 |
16.29 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.29 |
16.29 |
September 13, 2012 |
| 989. |
#1971199 |
He had gotten up early everyday all summer to run. |
50 |
2 |
0.819 |
25.26 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
19.34 |
19.34 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 990. |
#405 |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can be conceived and that being exists in the mind and in reality, the ninja exists in reality. |
152 |
1 |
0.819 |
25.66 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.66 |
25.66 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 991. |
#1971066 |
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a mincemeat pie. He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!" |
138 |
1 |
0.819 |
12.24 — tyler (sharkfin) |
12.24 |
12.24 |
November 2, 2012 |
| 992. |
#1971376 |
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient for waking you up in the morning. |
74 |
4 |
0.818 |
26.14 — Martin (de_jesus) |
20.76 |
20.76 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 993. |
#1970953 |
With their long wings, Turkey Vultures soar high up in the sky in rising thermal currents searching for carrion. |
112 |
3 |
0.818 |
24.56 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.27 |
21.27 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 994. |
#1970779 |
Did you know that only female mosquitos bite? |
45 |
2 |
0.816 |
16.21 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.82 |
15.82 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 995. |
#1970964 |
Blue Jays wake up neighborhoods and forests with their noisy calls. |
67 |
1 |
0.816 |
16.21 — austin (austinleeb) |
16.21 |
16.21 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 996. |
#1971587 |
The female blue crab can lay up to one million eggs in a day. |
61 |
4 |
0.816 |
24.89 — Martin (de_jesus) |
16.70 |
16.70 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 997. |
#1971149 |
Stanley's blisters had ripped open, and new blisters formed. |
60 |
3 |
0.815 |
15.64 — surena (cookiekrum) |
13.85 |
13.85 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 998. |
#578 |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot day and into San Francisco is to feel like you're landing on another planet. Over our two-hour drive, the temperature went from nearly a hundred to the middle sixties. |
225 |
3 |
0.814 |
46.40 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
31.82 |
31.82 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 999. |
#177 |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright, and there were so many stars. |
136 |
2 |
0.812 |
17.99 — Zach (zeus_12) |
15.80 |
15.80 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 1000. |
#533 |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. |
213 |
4 |
0.810 |
53.36 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
30.03 |
30.03 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 1001. |
#1971366 |
On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonald's Big Mac bun. |
70 |
3 |
0.809 |
30.18 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.21 |
23.21 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 1002. |
#1971078 |
Simple Simon met a pieman, going to the fair. |
45 |
4 |
0.808 |
19.08 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
15.89 |
15.89 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1003. |
#1970838 |
In the colonial days in America, seaports in New York, Boston, and Charleston were booming, but most people in the late 1700's lived on family farms, and agricultural products were the main export. |
197 |
2 |
0.808 |
42.67 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
35.33 |
35.33 |
November 29, 2012 |
| 1004. |
#1971079 |
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, they all began to sing. Now, wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King? |
146 |
2 |
0.806 |
23.96 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
23.81 |
23.81 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 1005. |
#1970776 |
Did you know that the tongue of a blue whale is larger than an elephant? |
72 |
3 |
0.805 |
25.14 — Zach (zeus_12) |
19.03 |
19.03 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 1006. |
#1971108 |
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away. |
139 |
5 |
0.804 |
60.56 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
41.30 |
41.30 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1007. |
#1970420 |
One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish! |
37 |
4 |
0.804 |
18.70 — Zach (zeus_12) |
15.69 |
15.69 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 1008. |
#1970809 |
The name 'jeep' comes from the abbreviation used in the army for the general purpose vehicle: GP. |
97 |
3 |
0.804 |
25.59 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
18.06 |
18.06 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 1009. |
#1970729 |
Well now, if I'm going to be Chairman of the World this morning, we've got to have some rules. |
94 |
5 |
0.804 |
19.57 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.08 |
14.08 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 1010. |
#1971082 |
Now, wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King? |
54 |
3 |
0.802 |
23.36 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.78 |
14.78 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 1011. |
#1970478 |
The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep. |
68 |
4 |
0.802 |
25.50 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.34 |
19.34 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1012. |
#101 |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes - they call me on and on across the universe. Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box - they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe. |
234 |
1 |
0.801 |
47.13 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
47.13 |
47.13 |
January 28, 2013 |
| 1013. |
#195 |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. |
145 |
1 |
0.801 |
22.41 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
22.41 |
22.41 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1014. |
#602 |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking at you I wonder if that's true. But if I did I would summon them together, and ask them to watch over you. |
165 |
2 |
0.801 |
21.20 — Martin (de_jesus) |
16.99 |
16.99 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 1015. |
#218 |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you were a serious man. A man to be treated with respect but I must say no to you and I will give you my reasons. It's true, I have a lot of friends in politics. But they wouldn't be so friendly if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling which they consider a harmless vice, but drugs, that's a dirty business. |
375 |
2 |
0.800 |
55.87 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
50.43 |
50.43 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1016. |
#27 |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Just as I'm about to kiss her, she looks at me and she says, "What's your name?" Gogol Ganguli. End of seduction 101. |
174 |
2 |
0.799 |
26.66 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.79 |
23.79 |
December 7, 2012 |
| 1017. |
#572 |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those two decades, but there are many things I wish I had known. |
118 |
2 |
0.798 |
21.98 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
19.05 |
19.05 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 1018. |
#1970340 |
In the town itself, actually within sight of the house in which Charlie lived, there was an ENORMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY! |
119 |
1 |
0.798 |
25.00 — Martin (de_jesus) |
25.00 |
25.00 |
September 19, 2012 |
| 1019. |
#491 |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into the prose of honest vegetation by any gingerbread reward, or by the offer of a secure position, or by the gift of money, or by a woman's love: because there is here a permanent beauty of risk, a fascinating abyss of danger, the delightful sinking of the heart, the impetuous pulsation of life, the ecstasy! |
366 |
1 |
0.798 |
46.92 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
46.92 |
46.92 |
December 3, 2012 |
| 1020. |
#600 |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darling, that you do. But if I did I would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you. |
158 |
1 |
0.797 |
24.98 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.98 |
24.98 |
September 19, 2012 |
| 1021. |
#88 |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. |
201 |
2 |
0.797 |
35.40 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
35.13 |
35.13 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 1022. |
#372 |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but never finished. He'd been to jail, but never prison. And it was his first day off in forever, man. The festival seemed like a pretty good plan. |
199 |
1 |
0.797 |
24.97 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.97 |
24.97 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 1023. |
#248 |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons and semicolons always go outside quotation marks. |
109 |
2 |
0.792 |
24.79 — Martin (de_jesus) |
23.49 |
23.49 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 1024. |
#309 |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. |
149 |
2 |
0.790 |
19.50 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
16.36 |
16.36 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 1025. |
#1971503 |
Tug-of-war was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920. |
54 |
10 |
0.790 |
27.99 — David (cuddlecricket) |
19.60 |
19.60 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 1026. |
#527 |
You can't get away with saying "I don't like green food!" much beyond your sixth birthday, but you can express a general preference for white, red, or pink wine for all your adult life. |
185 |
2 |
0.790 |
24.94 — David (cuddlecricket) |
18.51 |
18.51 |
October 24, 2012 |
| 1027. |
#1971387 |
The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933. |
47 |
5 |
0.788 |
25.07 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
16.45 |
16.45 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1028. |
#1971590 |
A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to ten feet in length. |
67 |
1 |
0.787 |
14.11 — diana (fahter) |
14.11 |
14.11 |
September 5, 2012 |
| 1029. |
#1971486 |
No white man saw the Grand Canyon until after the Civil War in 1869. |
68 |
5 |
0.787 |
26.60 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
21.24 |
21.24 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 1030. |
#1970806 |
"Go" is the shortest sentence in the English language. |
54 |
4 |
0.786 |
16.46 — surena (cookiekrum) |
12.79 |
12.79 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1031. |
#18 |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please with sugar on top. Clean the car! |
191 |
3 |
0.785 |
44.28 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
27.59 |
27.59 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 1032. |
#366 |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as the music's energy. In the chorus you declare what the song is really about. |
134 |
3 |
0.785 |
19.26 — Justin (tacosforjustin) |
14.49 |
14.49 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 1033. |
#1970775 |
Did you know that the eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain? |
65 |
3 |
0.784 |
28.57 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.03 |
21.03 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 1034. |
#186 |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thousand in all, spread along the equator between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. |
135 |
4 |
0.784 |
28.13 — Aidan (9255) |
19.94 |
19.94 |
August 13, 2012 |
| 1035. |
#23 |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling over one hundred pound? What do you do when you're not buying stereos, Nick? Finance revolutions? You've got Liberia's deficit in your skyrocket! |
206 |
3 |
0.780 |
61.16 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
47.95 |
47.95 |
October 29, 2012 |
| 1036. |
#1970200 |
Homeostasis refers to the maintenance of stable internal conditions. |
68 |
1 |
0.780 |
21.83 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.83 |
21.83 |
February 6, 2013 |
| 1037. |
#1970856 |
After leading the Patriots in battle against the British, George Washington served as the first President of the United States. |
127 |
1 |
0.780 |
24.44 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.44 |
24.44 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 1038. |
#1970946 |
Great Blue Herons nest communally, building bulky stick nests at the top of trees found in swamps. This is called a rookery. |
124 |
4 |
0.779 |
31.13 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.39 |
22.39 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1039. |
#1971596 |
Minnows have teeth in their throats. |
36 |
6 |
0.779 |
26.46 — Martin (de_jesus) |
16.41 |
16.41 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 1040. |
#1970509 |
A large swarm of locusts can eat eighty thousand tons of corn a day! |
68 |
1 |
0.779 |
15.47 — austin (austinleeb) |
15.47 |
15.47 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 1041. |
#1971181 |
Once inside the house, I leaned against the latch while waves of sick terror swept over me. |
91 |
2 |
0.778 |
31.96 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.30 |
21.30 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 1042. |
#1970971 |
A mockingbird can and will expertly mimic many of the calls of other birds. |
75 |
3 |
0.777 |
28.09 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
24.58 |
24.58 |
September 28, 2012 |
| 1043. |
#1970225 |
In chemistry the word "phases" refers to the states in which matter can exist, usually refers to solid, liquid, gas and plasma. |
127 |
5 |
0.777 |
31.50 — David (kiddodavie) |
24.13 |
24.13 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1044. |
#1971899 |
We found snake skins, real Indian arrowheads and box turtles. |
61 |
2 |
0.776 |
20.73 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.22 |
19.22 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1045. |
#1970358 |
First of all, let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. |
76 |
5 |
0.776 |
26.52 — Martin (de_jesus) |
18.85 |
18.85 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 1046. |
#1970854 |
Conditions in hospitals during the American Revolution were quite primitive: surgical tools for removing bullets, amputating limbs, and drawing blood were not sterilized or even washed. |
185 |
1 |
0.773 |
24.21 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.21 |
24.21 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 1047. |
#289 |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced by a few cues and questions. Memory can be contaminated. |
115 |
1 |
0.771 |
13.82 — diana (fahter) |
13.82 |
13.82 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 1048. |
#1971511 |
Three consecutive strikes in bowling are called a turkey. |
57 |
1 |
0.768 |
14.45 — Amy (fatjustin) |
14.45 |
14.45 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1049. |
#1971630 |
Of all the animals in the world only mice, whales, elephants, giraffes, and humans have seven neck vertebrae. |
109 |
6 |
0.766 |
25.14 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
21.28 |
21.28 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 1050. |
#1970723 |
It was a tired little mouse that crawled into bed a few minutes later - tired but ready for sleep at last. |
106 |
3 |
0.765 |
57.12 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
41.37 |
41.37 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 1051. |
#1971554 |
The metal part at the end of a pencil is 20 percent sulfur. |
59 |
4 |
0.765 |
28.49 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
19.94 |
19.94 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1052. |
#1971056 |
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe If he hollers let him go, Out goes Y-O-U! |
90 |
2 |
0.761 |
26.23 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
22.25 |
22.25 |
February 8, 2013 |
| 1053. |
#1971232 |
There was no mistaking the delight in Leslie's eyes. |
52 |
2 |
0.761 |
15.15 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.83 |
14.83 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 1054. |
#358 |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no baggage, you just get on board. All you need is faith to hear the diesels humming. Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord. |
189 |
2 |
0.760 |
12.92 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
12.29 |
12.29 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 1055. |
#1971367 |
Coca-Cola was originally green in color. |
40 |
2 |
0.759 |
15.08 — austin (austinleeb) |
13.77 |
13.77 |
August 30, 2012 |
| 1056. |
#63 |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from mind forms, and it then becomes what we call the watcher or the witness. |
133 |
1 |
0.759 |
10.49 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
10.49 |
10.49 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1057. |
#1970772 |
Did you know that dolphins sleep with one eye open? |
51 |
4 |
0.757 |
20.31 — austin (austinleeb) |
13.68 |
13.68 |
August 23, 2012 |
| 1058. |
#1900003 |
On my trip to Kien Giang Province, in the far south of Vietnam, I traveled to Kien Luong coastal district to see what is reputedly the most beautiful island in the Mekong Delta. To get to Hon Nghe Islet I took National Road 80 to Nga Ba Hon wharf and caught a boat. The cruise departed early in the afternoon and we seemed to get lost in a wonderland, a small Ha Long Bay in the south. The cruise glided past many islands. The famous mountainous Phu Tu Islet was to the north surrounded by many smaller islands. The little islands have weird shapes - a stone castle, a whale and there's the coconut tree covered Ba Lua Island. After two hours we arrived at Hon Nghe Islet and went ashore in a small wooden boat. The first thing I saw, halfway up Lau Chuong Mountain, was a 20-meter-high statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha. The limestone mountain has many stalactite caves. We decided to go to the old Lien Ton Co Tu Pagoda. We had to conquer hundreds of stone steps to get the sanctuary. On the way, we passed the statue of Sakyaminu Buddha and Chuong (Bell) giant rock which will made a "boong... boong" sound like a bell when I struck it with a small rock. Further up are beautifully carved Arahat statues. The pagoda is about 20 meters inside a stone cave. On the mountain walls are many statues of lion, tiger and dragons. Night time in the pagoda is really peaceful and still. It was a full moon, so the ocean that looked amazing. The pagoda was blanketed in mist. Sometimes, the monks struck the wooden bell while they prayed. The gongs of the bell resonated with the other sounds in the forest. Early in the morning, I got up to enjoy the dawn. It was a contrast to the stillness of the night; the islet was very busy with fishing boats, fishermen and traders. Hon Nghe Islet is 320 meters high and 380 hectares. Tourists can take a boat trip to a fish farm to buy fish and discover the lives of local fishermen. The islet is also home to many species of birds. Phat Co Don Cave can be accessed by a winding path. Inside, it is like a living room and there is a Buddha statue. Some other caves are also worth a visit. |
2120 |
1 |
0.757 |
44.51 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
44.51 |
44.51 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 1059. |
#1971210 |
Leslie continued to run against the boys at recess and she continued to win. |
76 |
5 |
0.755 |
15.59 — surena (cookiekrum) |
12.12 |
12.12 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 1060. |
#26 |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out war. The City of God was divided. You couldn't go from one section to the other, not even to visit a relative. The cops considered anyone living in the slum a hoodlum. People got used to living in Vietnam, and more and more volunteers signed up to die. |
311 |
1 |
0.755 |
24.40 — David (cuddlecricket) |
24.40 |
24.40 |
November 8, 2012 |
| 1061. |
#1970197 |
Genes refer to a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait. |
80 |
2 |
0.754 |
13.08 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.42 |
12.42 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 1062. |
#1970937 |
Since the earliest civilizations, people have noticed patterns of bright stars in the sky. These patterns are called constellations. |
132 |
2 |
0.753 |
50.10 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
33.40 |
33.40 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1063. |
#1970933 |
Compared with other galaxies, our galaxy, the Milky Way, is relatively large. |
77 |
3 |
0.747 |
29.01 — David (cuddlecricket) |
16.90 |
16.90 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 1064. |
#1970517 |
The tongue of a chameleon is twice the length of its body. |
58 |
1 |
0.746 |
14.83 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.83 |
14.83 |
September 2, 2012 |
| 1065. |
#1970335 |
He wins the trip of a lifetime - a magical tour around Mr. Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. |
96 |
2 |
0.745 |
14.45 — tyler (sharkfin) |
12.44 |
12.44 |
August 9, 2012 |
| 1066. |
#1970205 |
A protist is a eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus. |
92 |
1 |
0.745 |
20.15 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
20.15 |
20.15 |
October 26, 2012 |
| 1067. |
#1971070 |
On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed. |
92 |
3 |
0.742 |
23.09 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
18.41 |
18.41 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 1068. |
#1971515 |
Meteorologists claim they are right 85% of the time. |
52 |
4 |
0.741 |
15.96 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.76 |
12.76 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1069. |
#1970502 |
The words racecar and kayak are palindromes; they are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. |
116 |
1 |
0.739 |
11.05 — tyler (sharkfin) |
11.05 |
11.05 |
October 23, 2012 |
| 1070. |
#1970990 |
A machine is an assemblage of parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy in a predetermined manner. |
103 |
2 |
0.739 |
11.05 — tyler (sharkfin) |
10.54 |
10.54 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 1071. |
#277 |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888." |
316 |
1 |
0.739 |
43.44 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
43.44 |
43.44 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 1072. |
#1971116 |
Here's a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scropions: If you don't bother them, they won't bother you. Usually. |
122 |
4 |
0.738 |
32.15 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
23.22 |
23.22 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1073. |
#1971527 |
All snow crystals are hexagonal. |
32 |
8 |
0.738 |
22.10 — Dillon (windcave) |
15.24 |
15.24 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1074. |
#1970816 |
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined. |
74 |
2 |
0.737 |
19.74 — Aidan (9255) |
14.98 |
14.98 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1075. |
#1970714 |
Didn't your mother warn you that you shouldn't go out into Central Park at night? |
81 |
4 |
0.736 |
23.00 — Zach (zeus_12) |
16.01 |
16.01 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1076. |
#1970496 |
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." |
69 |
2 |
0.733 |
24.44 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.83 |
21.83 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1077. |
#1971560 |
Hot water is heavier than cold. |
31 |
8 |
0.732 |
22.50 — austin (austinleeb) |
14.77 |
14.77 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1078. |
#91 |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. |
189 |
2 |
0.729 |
41.12 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
32.45 |
32.45 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1079. |
#244 |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an invaluable skill. It's a skill that can open doors and enhance your career opportunities. |
148 |
4 |
0.728 |
26.05 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.85 |
21.85 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1080. |
#489 |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from their tenderest childhood they are attracted by the mysteries of every kind of complicated mechanism - bicycles, sewing machines, clock-work toys and watches. Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary animus against private property. |
307 |
1 |
0.726 |
42.72 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
42.72 |
42.72 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 1081. |
#1970951 |
Mallard ducks are the most common duck in the Northern Hemisphere. |
66 |
2 |
0.724 |
43.61 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
31.32 |
31.32 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1082. |
#260 |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every business had rooms full of secretaries whose job it was to type letters that had been hand-written. They were copying the writing into a more readable format. In the early 1980s, the personal computer became a common office machine. |
285 |
1 |
0.719 |
42.32 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
42.32 |
42.32 |
November 26, 2012 |
| 1083. |
#407 |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and find its optimum solution. Hence, intelligence is effectiveness. |
121 |
5 |
0.719 |
22.87 — Martin (de_jesus) |
16.41 |
16.41 |
August 31, 2012 |
| 1084. |
#1971572 |
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: one-hundreth of a second. |
60 |
4 |
0.719 |
23.52 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
15.74 |
15.74 |
September 23, 2012 |
| 1085. |
#615 |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescent tubes, the American supermarket doesn't present itself as having very much to do with Nature. And yet what is this place if not a landscape (manmade, it's true) teeming with plants and animals? |
255 |
1 |
0.718 |
42.25 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
42.25 |
42.25 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 1086. |
#1971571 |
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: one-hundreth of a second. Thus the saying, "I will be there in a jiffy!" |
107 |
1 |
0.718 |
25.22 — Angel (kiddoangel) |
25.22 |
25.22 |
January 17, 2013 |
| 1087. |
#159 |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. |
217 |
1 |
0.716 |
22.51 — David (kiddodavie) |
22.51 |
22.51 |
December 18, 2012 |
| 1088. |
#1970446 |
We have got to make noises in greater amounts! |
46 |
5 |
0.716 |
16.22 — austin (austinleeb) |
11.43 |
11.43 |
August 10, 2012 |
| 1089. |
#1970786 |
Lobsters can regenerate their legs, claws and antennae if these parts are pulled off by a predator. |
99 |
2 |
0.715 |
15.46 — diana (fahter) |
11.98 |
11.98 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 1090. |
#1970886 |
The universe is made of millions of stars and planets, and enormous clouds of gas, separated by empty spaces. |
109 |
3 |
0.715 |
24.69 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
19.24 |
19.24 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1091. |
#267 |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch from top to bottom. You should leave a top margin of one and a half inches (9 lines). |
142 |
1 |
0.713 |
22.42 — David (kiddodavie) |
22.42 |
22.42 |
January 18, 2013 |
| 1092. |
#339 |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sentence or a concept that you can illuminate for me. |
110 |
2 |
0.713 |
21.92 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.13 |
21.13 |
October 30, 2012 |
| 1093. |
#1970220 |
Heat refers to the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another due to differences in their temperatures. |
114 |
1 |
0.710 |
22.24 — Martin (de_jesus) |
22.24 |
22.24 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1094. |
#1970476 |
Abraham Lincoln's mother died when the family cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Mrs. Lincoln drank the milk. |
106 |
2 |
0.709 |
32.55 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
24.86 |
24.86 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 1095. |
#1971504 |
The five Olympic rings represent the continents. |
48 |
2 |
0.700 |
18.08 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
16.10 |
16.10 |
September 15, 2012 |
| 1096. |
#1970498 |
The only fifteen-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." |
97 |
2 |
0.699 |
15.39 — diana (fahter) |
11.43 |
11.43 |
August 17, 2012 |
| 1097. |
#150 |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the coal mine - regions that are especially sensitive to the effects of global warming. The first is the Arctic. The second is the Antarctic. |
197 |
2 |
0.699 |
20.70 — Paige (soccerocks101) |
20.65 |
20.65 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 1098. |
#1971835 |
...dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
63 |
1 |
0.693 |
10.37 — tyler (sharkfin) |
10.37 |
10.37 |
October 15, 2012 |
| 1099. |
#1971556 |
The 111th element is known at unnilenilenium. |
45 |
2 |
0.692 |
19.86 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
16.17 |
16.17 |
September 12, 2012 |
| 1100. |
#1970560 |
The slogan on New Hampshire state license plates reads "Live Free or Die." These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord, NH. |
161 |
2 |
0.692 |
20.24 — Martin (de_jesus) |
16.96 |
16.96 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1101. |
#1970798 |
The longest non-talking movie ever made was Andy Warhol's "Sleep". It consists solely of a man sleeping for eight hours. |
120 |
5 |
0.689 |
40.06 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
22.03 |
22.03 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1102. |
#1971558 |
Marie Curie discovered radium. |
30 |
6 |
0.687 |
21.08 — Martin (de_jesus) |
14.57 |
14.57 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1103. |
#529 |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubbles. Carbon dioxide gas is a natural byproduct of fermentation, and winemakers sometimes decide to trap it in the wine. |
177 |
1 |
0.686 |
45.87 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
45.87 |
45.87 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 1104. |
#1971172 |
When we neared the house, the dull glow of a kerosene lamp was shining faintly from the boys' room. |
99 |
1 |
0.686 |
13.64 — austin (austinleeb) |
13.64 |
13.64 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 1105. |
#1970558 |
The Hoover Dam was built to last two thousand years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another five hundred years. |
132 |
1 |
0.683 |
10.22 — tyler (sharkfin) |
10.22 |
10.22 |
October 19, 2012 |
| 1106. |
#1970815 |
A Blue Moon is the second full moon within a calendar month. |
60 |
1 |
0.679 |
18.36 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
18.36 |
18.36 |
October 25, 2012 |
| 1107. |
#1970433 |
You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant? |
38 |
3 |
0.674 |
17.25 — Martin (de_jesus) |
15.97 |
15.97 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 1108. |
#1971106 |
Jack be nimble. Jack be quick. Jack jump over the candlestick. |
62 |
1 |
0.673 |
10.07 — tyler (sharkfin) |
10.07 |
10.07 |
November 26, 2012 |
| 1109. |
#1970544 |
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David; clubs - Alexander the Great; hearts - Charlemagne; and diamonds - Julius Ceaser. |
176 |
1 |
0.673 |
44.98 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
44.98 |
44.98 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1110. |
#495 |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum. |
202 |
1 |
0.671 |
21.01 — Martin (de_jesus) |
21.01 |
21.01 |
August 25, 2012 |
| 1111. |
#1971375 |
Tomatoes and cucumbers are actually fruit. |
42 |
4 |
0.670 |
18.68 — David (kiddodavie) |
14.19 |
14.19 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1112. |
#1971094 |
This little piggy cried, "Wee, wee, wee." All the way home. |
59 |
2 |
0.669 |
14.57 — austin (austinleeb) |
11.39 |
11.39 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 1113. |
#1971238 |
Then Jess gave himself over to the numbness that was buzzing to be let out from a corner of his brain. |
102 |
1 |
0.664 |
13.19 — austin (austinleeb) |
13.19 |
13.19 |
August 29, 2012 |
| 1114. |
#1970988 |
Generally there are two kinds of energy in mechanical systems: potential energy and kinetic energy. |
99 |
2 |
0.651 |
22.83 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
15.70 |
15.70 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1115. |
#223 |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just do things. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. |
268 |
1 |
0.642 |
37.76 — Luke (brvhrt1005) |
37.76 |
37.76 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 1116. |
#1971180 |
Then Mr. Simms jumped into the street. I moved away from him, trying to get up. He was a mean-looking man, red in the face and bearded. |
135 |
2 |
0.641 |
29.20 — Martin (de_jesus) |
24.92 |
24.92 |
November 6, 2012 |
| 1117. |
#1970760 |
In the movie Fantasia, the sorcerer's name is Yesnid - Disney spelled backward. |
79 |
2 |
0.639 |
21.33 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.01 |
19.01 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 1118. |
#1971477 |
The first police force was established in paris in 1667. |
56 |
1 |
0.635 |
12.61 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.61 |
12.61 |
August 24, 2012 |
| 1119. |
#1970489 |
The word cop came from the English term "Constable on Patrol." |
62 |
3 |
0.619 |
19.95 — Gabe (ginnepigs) |
15.37 |
15.37 |
August 14, 2012 |
| 1120. |
#1970407 |
There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go! |
80 |
1 |
0.611 |
19.15 — Martin (de_jesus) |
19.15 |
19.15 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1121. |
#1971599 |
Sea sponges are used in drugs for treating asthma and cancer. |
61 |
1 |
0.610 |
12.13 — austin (austinleeb) |
12.13 |
12.13 |
August 15, 2012 |
| 1122. |
#1971389 |
In certain parts of India and ancient China, mouse meat was considered a delicacy. |
82 |
1 |
0.602 |
9.00 — tyler (sharkfin) |
9.00 |
9.00 |
September 11, 2012 |
| 1123. |
#1970801 |
The idea of a countdown before a rocket launch originated as a tension-building device in the 1929 movie "The Woman on the Moon." |
129 |
2 |
0.598 |
39.95 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
24.86 |
24.86 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1124. |
#1970177 |
The lithosphere is the rocky crust and top part of mantle. |
58 |
1 |
0.592 |
16.02 — spencer (yesimtaco) |
16.02 |
16.02 |
September 6, 2012 |
| 1125. |
#1971224 |
Leslie named their secret land "Terabithia." |
44 |
3 |
0.587 |
11.66 — austin (austinleeb) |
9.74 |
9.74 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1126. |
#1971500 |
Rudyard Kipling, living in Vermont in the 1890's, invented the game of snow golf. |
81 |
2 |
0.587 |
13.47 — Dillon (windcave) |
11.17 |
11.17 |
August 16, 2012 |
| 1127. |
#1971548 |
Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. |
61 |
1 |
0.570 |
11.32 — austin (austinleeb) |
11.32 |
11.32 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1128. |
#455 |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a classic, been nicked out of Lenny's house. And since you got more feet on the street than coppers on the beat, I'd like you to assist. I'll leave you a little livener. There's a large twenty to get some tongues wagging. |
277 |
1 |
0.569 |
38.02 — Melissa (mrswunschel) |
38.02 |
38.02 |
August 27, 2012 |
| 1129. |
#1970333 |
Fern couldn't take her eyes off the tiny pig. "Oh," she whispered, "Oh, look at him! He's absolutely perfect." |
110 |
2 |
0.567 |
21.69 — David (kiddodavie) |
17.80 |
17.80 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1130. |
#1971237 |
He jerked his head from one face to the next for someone to help him. |
69 |
1 |
0.566 |
11.24 — austin (austinleeb) |
11.24 |
11.24 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1131. |
#1971591 |
Caterpillars have about four thosand muscles. Humans, by comparison, have only about six hundred. |
97 |
1 |
0.564 |
17.68 — Martin (de_jesus) |
17.68 |
17.68 |
September 9, 2012 |
| 1132. |
#1971621 |
It is estimated that manatees live a maximum of fifty to sixty years. |
69 |
1 |
0.556 |
11.05 — austin (austinleeb) |
11.05 |
11.05 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1133. |
#1970499 |
"Skepticisms" is the longest typed word that alternates hands. |
62 |
2 |
0.550 |
12.62 — Amy (fatjustin) |
10.59 |
10.59 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1134. |
#1971083 |
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. |
110 |
2 |
0.537 |
24.16 — Chris (itssofluffy) |
18.08 |
18.08 |
August 6, 2012 |
| 1135. |
#1970402 |
ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, "Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!" |
72 |
2 |
0.536 |
14.24 — Dillon (windcave) |
10.14 |
10.14 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1136. |
#1970189 |
An autotroph is an organism that makes its own food. |
52 |
1 |
0.477 |
9.48 — austin (austinleeb) |
9.48 |
9.48 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1137. |
#1970488 |
Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" in his 1950 book if "I Ran the Zoo." |
69 |
1 |
0.453 |
9.00 — austin (austinleeb) |
9.00 |
9.00 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1138. |
#1971369 |
Coca-Cola owns the world's second largest truck fleet. |
54 |
1 |
0.440 |
6.09 — jesus (cheesytaco) |
6.09 |
6.09 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1139. |
#1971592 |
Caterpillars have about four thosand muscles. |
45 |
1 |
0.435 |
8.65 — austin (austinleeb) |
8.65 |
8.65 |
August 7, 2012 |
| 1140. |
#1970799 |
The first CD pressed in the USA was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA". |
74 |
1 |
0.425 |
8.45 — austin (austinleeb) |
8.45 |
8.45 |
August 8, 2012 |
| 1141. |
#259 |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fast as you can think so your thoughts can flow onto the screen. |
121 |
1 |
0.386 |
5.77 — tyler (sharkfin) |
5.77 |
5.77 |
August 14, 2012 |