Interesting Facts
- All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
- If she were life size, Barbie's measurements are: 39-23-33.
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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".
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All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
- Almonds are members of the peach family.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The longest place-name still in use is:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu,
a New Zealand hill.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,
"L.A."
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a
watch is 10:10.
- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who
fathered over 160 children.
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The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand
corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the
front upper right-hand corner.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Why it's Paul
Reiser himself.
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The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8
miles away.
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The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator,
Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence
"Oz."
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The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
- John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left
hand.
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