did you know that Ohio was not in fact the 17th state to become part of the United States! It was acctualy the 47! Congress forgot to vote its addmission! XD Be sure to comment if you would like me to add another one to this little collection! ^-^
theres only one word in the English lang. with three S's in a row. Godessship!
a moment is defined as exactly zero seconds long.
the longest letter you can type using only the top rows of letters on the keyboard is " typwriter" go figure?
the first couple to sleep in the same bed on TV is Fred Flinstone and his wife
Desperate to increase veggie intake among children in Britain, researchers have developed chocolate-flavored carrots, pizza-flavored corn and baked-bean-flavored peas.
Thomas Edison was deaf, but it was not all because of his condition at birth. It is true that he was born partially deaf, but he actually became totally deaf when he was conducting an experiment on the back of a train caboose which caused the train’s conductor to become very upset. The conductor then “boxed” Edison’s ears, meaning that he hit both of Edison’s ears at the same time. This blow caused him to become totally deaf for the rest of his life.
Samuel Morse, the inventor of the morse code, was a painter as well. One of his portraits is of the first governor of Arkansas and hangs in the governor’s mansion of that state.
The Toilet Lid Lock, to prevent unauthorized access to the toilet.
Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Goodyear rubber company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the rightfoot than the left.
The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”
The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used!
Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
The sentence “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs” uses every letter of the alphabet and uses the least letters to do so!
There is a lawsuit every 30 seconds in the U.S.
More than 50% of time spent in U.S courtrooms is over automobile cases.
The world’s longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg).
In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.
“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
The longest word in the English language is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ which describes a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of volcanic matter or a similar fine dust.
In the English language there are only three words that have a letter that repeats six times. Degenerescence (six e’s), Indivisibility (six i’s), and nonannouncement (six n’s).
The only word in the English language that has 4 sets of double letters in a row is balloonneer.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month!
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
Charles Dickens slept facing North. He thought it improved his writing.
A golden razor removed from King Tut’s Tomb was still sharp enough to be used.
The house where Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence was replaced with a hamburger stand.
Dr. Seuss pronounced his name so that it rhymed with “rejoice.”
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