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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with theshutter on
backwards.
The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways.The
following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated,dough-faced,
thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets ofScarborough; after falling
into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
"The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonymswhich are
antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating aletter is
uncopyrightable.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correctorder, as does
arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic.
"Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on theAustralian coat of
arms for that reason.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only haveabout ten.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "ShahMat," which
means, "the king is dead".
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head.
"Camel's milk does not curdle.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to cleanelephants.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan
All porcupines float in water.
Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire townhall, you
are entitled to receive $.10 from the town.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days ofyore when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses werestabled on the ground
floor and figured out how to walk upstraight staircases.
Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called "American Pie." (Thusthe name of
the Don McLean song.)
The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end inan "A" is
Afghanistan.
When opossums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." Theyactually
pass out from sheer terror.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch everyyear because
when it was built, engineers failed to take intoaccount the weight of all
the books that would occupy the building.
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000times, but more
like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so itends up on the bottom.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified.
The longest word in the English language, according to the OxfordEnglish
Dictionary, ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only
otherword with the same amount of letters
ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
Hydroxydesoxycorticosterone and hydroxydeoxycorticosterones arethe largest
anagrams.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to localpig farmers to
use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for oneflavor: Mint Oreo.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and BettyRubble's
Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh RamsesII who
fathered over 160 children.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties areregistered blood
donors.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named afterBert the cop
and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its AWonderful Life.
"The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English lawwhich stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything widerthan your thumb.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only theleft hand.
The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after GroverCleveland's baby
daughter, Ruth.
Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all thesame sex.
Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can getleprosy.
A group of unicorns is called a blessing. Twelve or more cows areknown as a
"flink." A group of frogs is called an army. A groupof rhinos is called a
crash. A group of kangaroos is called amob. A group of whales is called a
pod. A group of ravens iscalled a murder. A group of officers is called a
mess. A group oflarks is called an exaltation. A group of owls is called
aparliament.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The phrase "sleep tight" derives from the fact that earlymattresses were
filled with straw and held up with rope stretchedacross the bedframe. A
tight sleep was a comfortable sleep.
"Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) cameabout because on
especially cold nights these nomadic peopleneeded three dogs (dingos,
actually) to keep from freezing.
Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only usedonce, on
the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.The skipper's real name
on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. Itwas mentioned once in the first
episode on their radio's newscastabout the wreck.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been overmixingthe soap
formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float.Customers wrote and
told how much they loved that it floated, andit has floated ever since. [It
floats in gasoline, too.]
Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of abuilding it has
about thirty percent less chance of survivingthan a cat that falls off the
twentieth floor. It supposedlytakes about eight floors for the cat to
realize what isoccurring, relax and correct itself.
The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls offa brass
monkey" came from when they had old cannons like onesused in the Civil War.
The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramidformation, called a brass monkey.
When it got extremely coldoutside, they would crack and break off... Thus
the saying.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeksor it will
digest itself.
The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both frontlegs in the
air, the person died in battle; if the horse has onefront leg in the air,
the person died as a result of woundsreceived in battle; if the horse has
all four legs on the ground,the person died of natural causes. (ed. note: if
the rider's headis up the horse's ass, the rider died a politician.)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver, and
purple.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted peoplewithout
killing them used to burn their houses down - hence theexpression "to get
fired.
"Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village.
"There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with theshutter on
backwards.
The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways.The
following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated,dough-faced,
thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets ofScarborough; after falling
into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
"The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonymswhich are
antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating aletter is
uncopyrightable.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correctorder, as does
arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic.
"Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on theAustralian coat of
arms for that reason.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only haveabout ten.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "ShahMat," which
means, "the king is dead".
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head.
"Camel's milk does not curdle.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to cleanelephants.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan
All porcupines float in water.
Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire townhall, you
are entitled to receive $.10 from the town.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days ofyore when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses werestabled on the ground
floor and figured out how to walk upstraight staircases.
Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called "American Pie." (Thusthe name of
the Don McLean song.)
The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end inan "A" is
Afghanistan.
When opossums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." Theyactually
pass out from sheer terror.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch everyyear because
when it was built, engineers failed to take intoaccount the weight of all
the books that would occupy the building.
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000times, but more
like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so itends up on the bottom.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified.
The longest word in the English language, according to the OxfordEnglish
Dictionary, ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only
otherword with the same amount of letters
ispneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
Hydroxydesoxycorticosterone and hydroxydeoxycorticosterones arethe largest
anagrams.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to localpig farmers to
use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for oneflavor: Mint Oreo.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and BettyRubble's
Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh RamsesII who
fathered over 160 children.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties areregistered blood
donors.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named afterBert the cop
and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its AWonderful Life.
"The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English lawwhich stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything widerthan your thumb.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only theleft hand.
The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after GroverCleveland's baby
daughter, Ruth.
Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all thesame sex.
Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can getleprosy.
A group of unicorns is called a blessing. Twelve or more cows areknown as a
"flink." A group of frogs is called an army. A groupof rhinos is called a
crash. A group of kangaroos is called amob. A group of whales is called a
pod. A group of ravens iscalled a murder. A group of officers is called a
mess. A group oflarks is called an exaltation. A group of owls is called
aparliament.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
The phrase "sleep tight" derives from the fact that earlymattresses were
filled with straw and held up with rope stretchedacross the bedframe. A
tight sleep was a comfortable sleep.
"Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) cameabout because on
especially cold nights these nomadic peopleneeded three dogs (dingos,
actually) to keep from freezing.
Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only usedonce, on
the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.The skipper's real name
on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. Itwas mentioned once in the first
episode on their radio's newscastabout the wreck.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been overmixingthe soap
formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float.Customers wrote and
told how much they loved that it floated, andit has floated ever since. [It
floats in gasoline, too.]
Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of abuilding it has
about thirty percent less chance of survivingthan a cat that falls off the
twentieth floor. It supposedlytakes about eight floors for the cat to
realize what isoccurring, relax and correct itself.
The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls offa brass
monkey" came from when they had old cannons like onesused in the Civil War.
The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramidformation, called a brass monkey.
When it got extremely coldoutside, they would crack and break off... Thus
the saying.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeksor it will
digest itself.
The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both frontlegs in the
air, the person died in battle; if the horse has onefront leg in the air,
the person died as a result of woundsreceived in battle; if the horse has
all four legs on the ground,the person died of natural causes. (ed. note: if
the rider's headis up the horse's ass, the rider died a politician.)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver, and
purple.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted peoplewithout
killing them used to burn their houses down - hence theexpression "to get
fired.
"Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village.
"There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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