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Saturday, May 03, 2008

DG - Interesting Facts : One Should Know

Interesting...Facts...one should know....


'Stewardesses'   www.FunAndFunOnly.net is the longest word typed with only the left hand .

 
And 'lollipop'    is the longest word typed with your right hand.  
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)

 

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
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'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
? (Are you doubting this?)
   
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Our eyes  
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The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.  
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)

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The words 'racecar,'  
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There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

(You're not doubting this, are you?)


 

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
TYPEWRITER  
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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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A goldfish  
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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A shark  
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A snail  
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Almonds are a member of the peach  www..FunAndFunOnly.net  family.

 
An ostrich's eye
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(I know some people like that also)


 

Babies
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.  
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In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

                                                    
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If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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Leonardo Da Vinci invented
the scissors
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Peanuts  
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Rubber bands
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The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.




 

The cruise liner, QE 2,
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The microwave  
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The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls  
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There are more chickens
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Winston Churchill
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Women blink
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Now you know more than you did before!!

 

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