►►►Here are some 35 facts for you:
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only State whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. The characters "Bert" and "Ernie" on Sesame Street were named after "Bert the cop" and "Ernie the taxi driver" in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
This is awesome - I bet you didn't know this...
► Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99
(Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred)
►Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
(Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand)
►Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999
(Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion)
&
►Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in in the spellings of entire English Counting
Few More .....
╚►Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
╚►The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
╚►The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
╚►A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
╚►No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with "MONTH".
╚►The human brain is 80% water.
╚►Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
╚►The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.
╚►Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
╚►There are 86,400 seconds in day.
╚►A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds.
╚►Singapore has only one train station.
╚►The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
╚►The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
╚►The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)
╚►Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
╚►Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
╚►The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
╚►Des Moines has the highest per capita Jello consumption in the U.S.
╚►Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
╚►In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
╚►Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin.
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 States are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only State whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. The characters "Bert" and "Ernie" on Sesame Street were named after "Bert the cop" and "Ernie the taxi driver" in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
This is awesome - I bet you didn't know this...
► Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99
(Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred)
►Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
(Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand)
►Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999
(Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion)
&
►Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in in the spellings of entire English Counting
Few More .....
╚►Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
╚►The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
╚►The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
╚►A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
╚►No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with "MONTH".
╚►The human brain is 80% water.
╚►Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
╚►The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.
╚►Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
╚►There are 86,400 seconds in day.
╚►A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds.
╚►Singapore has only one train station.
╚►The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
╚►The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
╚►The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)
╚►Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
╚►Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
╚►The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
╚►Des Moines has the highest per capita Jello consumption in the U.S.
╚►Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
╚►In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
╚►Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin.
Again with Some English Facts ...
►►► The Maximum Alphabet used in English Language is 'E'...
Other top Ten Alphabets are .....
T, A, I, N, S, H, O, R, D
The least alphabet used is 'Z'.
►►► Now we all know that 'E' is used the Maximum in English.
However Ernest Vincent Wright, an American author, wrote a book 'Gadsby' [Download it]
(A story of over 50,000 words) that does not contain a single 'E' in it!!
Truly awesome.
Just imagine how the verbs must have been managed- majority of the verbs have '-ed' in their past tense. Not to mention that he had to use the word - 'SAID' many a times to replace the words as 'ASKED', 'REPLIED', or 'ANSWERED'.
►►► The Maximum Alphabet used in English Language is 'E'...
Other top Ten Alphabets are .....
T, A, I, N, S, H, O, R, D
The least alphabet used is 'Z'.
►►► Now we all know that 'E' is used the Maximum in English.
However Ernest Vincent Wright, an American author, wrote a book 'Gadsby' [Download it]
(A story of over 50,000 words) that does not contain a single 'E' in it!!
Truly awesome.
Just imagine how the verbs must have been managed- majority of the verbs have '-ed' in their past tense. Not to mention that he had to use the word - 'SAID' many a times to replace the words as 'ASKED', 'REPLIED', or 'ANSWERED'.
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