Did You Know
The longest
one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched."
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
Parliament
Building is an American flag.
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver or
purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in
the letters "mt".
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which
end in"-dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest place-name still in use is:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenua
kitanatahu, is a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra
Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to
3.63% of its size, "L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time
displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
dealer.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh
Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football
at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest
city.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named
after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank
Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the
upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in
the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front
upper right-hand corner.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Paul Reiser plays the piano for the "Mad About
You" theme.
The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin
female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. (pretty good
trick)
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to
speak.
The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was
thought up when the creator
Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and
O-Z, hence "Oz."
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a
radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with
only the left hand.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman
court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their
testicles.
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