| 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 >>The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. >>Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. >>Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump." >>Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot. >>If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. >>Women blink nearly twice as much as men. >>Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do. >>The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the Alphabet. >>The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. >>The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. >>A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. >>It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. >>The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. >>Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself. >>In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. >>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." >>On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag. >>All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20. >>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". >>All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. >>Almonds are members of the peach family. >>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. >>Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. >>The youngest pope was 11 years old. >>The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. >>A snail can sleep for 3 years. >>American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. >>China has more English speakers than the United States. >>The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. >>A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. >>Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother. |
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