FUN FACTS

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts.

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people,50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.

The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees.

American adults have been educated for the longest time.

The ten most generous countries are all in Europe.

The top 8 most developed countries all speak Germanic languages. Every such country is in the top 20.

All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.

The average person spends 2 weeks of it's life waiting for a traffic light to change.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year, so don't stick it in your mouth!

The average person laughs 13 times a day!

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Maine is the only state in the US whose name is just one syllable.

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

The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "strengths" and "screeched".

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. (How would they know)

Antarctica is a desert.

Typewriter, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

An average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies.

Your nose smells best when you are about 10 years old.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.

Bamboo can grow up to 36 inches a day.

[Veiled Princess 1]

"On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year, so don't stick it in your mouth!"

WHAT??????

[one...two...tree 2,762]

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies.

[heishe 2]

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people,50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people.

That IS a fun fact!!

[mawilson 2,133]

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

I can think of more. How about

iodous (resembling iodine)

cynopodous (of dogs, having claws that do not retract)

and derivatives, such as

biohazardous

nonhazardous

etc

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

This one's probably true, unless you count proper nouns (e.g. Gustav Klimt)

[LuzyC 0]

1.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

2.)The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

3.)Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.

4.)Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

5.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

6.)Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

7.)It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

8.)Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

9.)A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

10.)A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

11.)Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

12.)Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

13.)Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

14.)Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.

15.)Almonds are members of the peach family.

[Perseverance 1]

9.)A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

I worked with a lady like that...oddly enough she looked like a goldfish too...often refered to herself as a goldfish...

[mawilson 2,133]

1.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

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5.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Er..... how about dermatoglyphics?

Edited November 7, 2006 by mawilson

[LuzyC 0]

1.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

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5.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Er..... how about dermatoglyphics?

Oppps..my bad..I double that mistake there haha.. sorry..

Yeah ...,your right!! Thanks for that!

Edited November 7, 2006 by LuzyC

[mawilson 2,133]

1.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

...

5.)The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Er..... how about dermatoglyphics?

Yeah ...,your right!! Thanks for that!

I bet I can find more words like that, especially if prefixes are allowed.

unhypsometrical