Monday, October 23, 2006
TRIVIA (cuz I'm so darn bored)
-No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
-Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
-"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
-The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
-The word "assassination" was invented by Shakespeare.
-A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 miles per hour
-Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
-It takes 17 muscles to smile but 43 to frown.
-The human brain is about 85% water.
-A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
-A zebra is white with black stripes.
-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
-Snakes are immune to their own poison.
-The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
-Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
-A dentist invented the Electric Chair.
-Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.