Just something to pass the time away on a cold day
Thought you
knew everything?
Stewardesses is
the longest word
typed with only the left hand.
typed with only the left hand.
And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed
with your right hand.
(Bet you just tried these out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the
English language rhymes with
month, orange, silver, or purple.
month, orange, silver, or purple.
' Dreamt' is
the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
(Are you doubting this?)
(Are you doubting this?)
Our
eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears
never stop growing.
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?)
(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.)
(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 possibly still doubting any of this, are you ?)
(You're not possibly still doubting any of this, are you ?)
There are two
words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious'
and 'facetious.'
(Okay, admit it, you just went through ⤘a-e-i-o-u⤙ in your head)
(Okay, admit it, you just went through ⤘a-e-i-o-u⤙ in your head)
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
(And, some days I think I⤙m right there with them.)
(And, some days I think I⤙m right there with them.)
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time, 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 . Actually I know A LOT of people like this!)
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.
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.
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 didn⤙t have dynamite.)
(Good thing he didn⤙t have dynamite.)
The winter of
1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls
froze completely solid .
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 a
lot more than you did before!!
The Rain-
Thomas Kinkade
This is a Thomas Kinkade painting It's rumored to carry a miracle!
They say if you pass this on, you will receive a miracle.
I am passing this on because I thought it was neat
and besides,
who couldn't use a miracle?!
Now you know everything
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