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Interesting Facts
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
A snail can sleep
for 3 years.
· Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in
the world.
Birds don't sweat!
No
piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
"Bookkeeper"
is the only word in English language with three consecutive double
letters.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
Napoleon III suffered from ailurophobia, which is a fear of cats.
If you hate our "QWERTY" keyboard layout, blame Christopher Sholes. He changed it from the original in 1873 to lessen the chances of the keys jamming.
Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
"The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
"Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Every year, Mexico sinks about 10 inches
If you travel across Russia, you will cross 7 time zones
The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law that stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
>A group of owls is called a parliament.
Birds
do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they
actually sleep in other places.
Why
is "number" abbreviated as "no"? When there is no
"o" in number?
A
Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee
Ants
don't sleep.
1/100
of a second is called a "jiffy".
Latin
is a dead language.
The
average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
There
are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
The
longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakitnatahu,
a New Zealand hill.
The
only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.
"The
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet.
The
floppy disk "save" icon on Microsoft word has its shutter on
backwards.
One
year contains 31,557,600 seconds.
The
University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones.
It
is against the law to urinate in an elevator, in Singapore.
Each
king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades -
King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds -
Julius Caesar.
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111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. |
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The liver,
not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern Morocco. When a Moroccan
girl falls in love she says, “Darling, you have stolen my liver.” |
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The
combination “ough” can be pronounced in nine different ways. The
following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced,
thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after
falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.” |
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Even if you
cut off a cockroach’s head, it can live for several weeks. |
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The Windows
in an empty house will never frost, no matter how low the temperature. |
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The Computer
Program that makes email possible was designed by American Engineer, Ray
Tomlinson, in 1971. Tomlinson says he can’t remember what the first
message sent by email was about; all that he can remember is that it was all
in capital letters. |
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Male
dogs have one bone, extra than females. The females have 310 bones whereas
males have 311 bones in their body. |
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The
Substance “Caffeine” found in tea & coffee is used in medicines. It
is used as a remedy for poisoning by drugs like opium and as a stimulant of
the heart and nervous system in certain disorders. |