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Some interesting trivia for you today:
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. - In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- There are more chicken than people in the world.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is screeched.
- On the Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Monument is an American flag.
- The Name for the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum looked at a filing cabinet and saw the files categories in two batches A-N and O-Z, hence Oz.
- The microwave was invented when a researched walked by a radar tube, and a
chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
- 'Stewardesses' is the longest word you can type with the left hand.
- How come “abbreviated” is a such a long word ?
- Why do we put suits in a garment back, and put garments in a suitcase ?
- Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of a bottle ?
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in "‑dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de
los Angeles de Porciuncula."
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