Something you may not know
02-21-2011, 05:51 PM
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Subject: FW: Stuff you may not know
Some interesting facts for you to ponder.
"Stewardesses"
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
And "lollipop"
is the longest word typed with your right hand.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears Never stop growing.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak,' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":tremendous,horrendous,stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
TYPEWRITER is the longest word
that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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.
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.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Fallsfroze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
And lastly,All the ants in Africa weigh more than ALL the Elephants!!
Now you know (a little) more than you did before!!
HAVE A GOOD DAY!
Subject: FW: Stuff you may not know
Some interesting facts for you to ponder.
"Stewardesses"
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
And "lollipop"
is the longest word typed with your right hand.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears Never stop growing.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak,' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":tremendous,horrendous,stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
TYPEWRITER is the longest word
that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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.
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.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors
rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Fallsfroze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
And lastly,All the ants in Africa weigh more than ALL the Elephants!!
Now you know (a little) more than you did before!!
HAVE A GOOD DAY!
02-21-2011, 10:01 PM
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My goldfish remembered for days after a raccoon ate most of his friends one night. He wouldn't come out to eat or swim around in his pond. But I too like to read all of those fun little facts : :thumbup:
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