01-14-2008, 11:38 AM
'Stewardesses' []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. [][]
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
(Are you doubting this?)
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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?)
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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 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 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. []
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.!)
Almonds are a member of the peach []family.
An ostrich's eye[] is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also)
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. []
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 []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, QE 2, []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 Fall s []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.
Now you know more than you did before!!
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. [][]
'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 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 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. []
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.!)
Almonds are a member of the peach []family.
An ostrich's eye[] is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also)
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. []
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
[]
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
[]
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
[]
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, QE 2, []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 Fall s []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.
Now you know more than you did before!!