Note: I removed A LOT of false myths from the email I received, thanks to this page:
http://www.jefflewis.net/factoids.htmlThe remainings are still quite interesting, though. Oh, and I reccomend you to visit the site to check to which extent the ones presented below are actually true... enjoy!
== General ==
* Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
* The microwavewas invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)
* Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
* A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.!)
* An ostrich's eyeis bigger than its brain.
== Typing ==
* "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?)
* 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)
* The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
== Words ==
* 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?)
* 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)
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Now you know more than you did before!
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From: Nídia Pimenta Lima <nlima@...>
Date: Nov 14, 2007 11:24 AM
Subject: FW: SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
