Very Unimportant Facts

"Very Unimportant Facts"

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed
with only the left hand and "lollipop" with
your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally,
didn't you?)

Maine is the only state whose name is just
one syllable. {I'll bet you're going to check
this out.}

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. {Too bad...}

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 typing people are
going to test this out}

All 50 states are listed across the top of the
Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

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.}

Al Capone's business card said he
was a used furniture dealer.
Received on Wed Jun 21 09:06:02 2006