Odd Facts
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Here are some tidbits of info that you may or may
not know. I thought some of them were very
interesting.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only
the left hand .
And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your
right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally,
didn't you?)
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.
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 typists are going to test
this out)
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.!)
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that also)
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.
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.
The microwave was invented after a researcher
walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted
in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls
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 more than you did before!!
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Being a Leader isn't about ability, it's about responsibility. You are not just responsible for making good decisions. You have to be responsible for the bad ones. You got to be able to make the shitty call.
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| QUOTE (|RSC| Corax @ Aug 18 2008, 04:29 PM) | No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver, or purple. |
My blade is made of a dark silver I hit it on you makinga blood river My armour is shiny and orange No one can get me from that range My crossbow cannot shoot through dark purpple But it can easily go through an apple ...
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Raven Shadow Clan Leader

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Joined: 1-April 05

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| QUOTE ([MarduK] @ Aug 18 2008, 05:09 PM) | | QUOTE (|RSC| Corax @ Aug 18 2008, 04:29 PM) | No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver, or purple. |
My blade is made of a dark silver I hit it on you makinga blood river My armour is shiny and orange No one can get me from that range My crossbow cannot shoot through dark purpple But it can easily go through an apple ... |
Those words don't rhyme
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Being a Leader isn't about ability, it's about responsibility. You are not just responsible for making good decisions. You have to be responsible for the bad ones. You got to be able to make the shitty call.
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Forum Gaffer
     
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| QUOTE ([MarduK) | ,Aug 19 2008, 01:09 AM]| QUOTE (|RSC| Corax @ Aug 18 2008, 04:29 PM) | No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver, or purple. |
My blade is made of a dark silver I hit it on you makinga blood river My armour is shiny and orange No one can get me from that range My crossbow cannot shoot through dark purpple But it can easily go through an apple ...  |
I have to agree they don't rhyme. The ends just sound the same! Nice try though.
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