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Fun Facts.........
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left
>>>hand
>>> and "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out
>>> mentally, didn't you?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll
>>> bet you're going to check this out.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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".
>>> (Are you doubting this?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
>>> ears never stop growing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether
>>> they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep,
>>> I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 is the longest word that can be made using the letters
>>> only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to
>>> test this out)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>>>
>>> (Some days that's about what my memory span is)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could
>>> do this too.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the
>>> child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
>>> full moon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,
>>>
>>> the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will
>>> spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
>>> Parliament building is an American flag.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of
>>> diesel that it burns.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar
>>> tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did
>>> that)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
>>> completely solid.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are more chickens than people in the world.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>>>
>>>hand
>>> and "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out
>>> mentally, didn't you?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll
>>> bet you're going to check this out.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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".
>>> (Are you doubting this?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
>>> ears never stop growing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether
>>> they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep,
>>> I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 is the longest word that can be made using the letters
>>> only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to
>>> test this out)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>>>
>>> (Some days that's about what my memory span is)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could
>>> do this too.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the
>>> child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
>>> full moon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,
>>>
>>> the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will
>>> spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
>>> Parliament building is an American flag.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of
>>> diesel that it burns.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar
>>> tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did
>>> that)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
>>> completely solid.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are more chickens than people in the world.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>>>
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