Unimportant Facts

THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK. YAY me!

So, I got this email from Sally (my neighbor, Patrick's mom) and in it was a crapload of useless information. Yet at the same time some of it is fun to know. I just figured id share with everyone. Hehe.


"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

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. {Such a lie, don't the people who made this watch Drake and Josh? Door hinge, hello!}

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

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 typed 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. {Somedays 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.


So, what did you guys think? Interesting? Yay or nay?