Fun Facts (page 3) ~First rule to stand firm against life. Deny deny deny~ |
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Want to boost your skill in typing? Try this 1. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. This sentence used 32 words, but already but all 26 alphabets in it. So you better learn this for typing. 2. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Also used 32 words. 3. The five voxing wizards jump quickly. Less, only 31 words. If you want to use less words in a phrase, sometimes you have to use "specific nouns" to do it. 4. quick wafting zephers vex bold Jim. (only used 29 words) 5. Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud. (only used 28 words) The following sentence only used 26 words to fit-it-all. Unfortunately they used some people names and nouns, so comparing to it doesn't really make sense. Have a look: 6. J.Q. Schwartz flung D.V. Pike my box. amazing huh? |
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Units intoduced from a person's name ampere (Andre-Marie Ampere) coulomb ( Charles augustin de Coulumb ) farad ( Michael Faraday ) henry ( Joseph Henry ) hertz ( Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ) joule ( James Prescott Joule ) kelvin ( William Thomson Kelvin ) newton ( Sir Isaac Newton ) ohm (Georg Simon Ohm) pascal ( Blaise Pascal ) tesla (Nikola Tesla) volt (Alessandro Volta) watt ( James Watt ) weber ( Wilhelm Eduard Weber ) |
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Weapon names named from a person's name Big Bertha Bowie knife Colt revolver Derringer Garand rifle (M-1) Gatling gun Mauser rifle Maxim gun Thompson submachine gun Winchester rifer |
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Drinks named from a person's name alexander bendictine Bloody Mary bourbon Bronx cocktail Dom P'erignon Gibson gimet gin rickey grog Harvey Wallbanger Kickapoo joy juice Manhattan cocktail martini mickey finn Rob Roy Scotch Tom Collins |
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English nouns changed from Trademarks 1. aspirin 2. cellophane 3. corn flakes 4. cube steak 5. dry ice 6. escalator 7. kerosence 8. lanolin 9. linoleum 10. mimeograph 11. nylon 12. raisin bran 13. thermos 14. trampoline 15. yo-yo 16. zipper |
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