Useless Factoids

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NO!! Not at all!! 

I thought it was funny! 

        

Oh GOOD!  I feel better now, and like you said it is a BIG place no matter how many rooms it actually has.  Thank you

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Did you know no word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple?

Although it does depend on your pronunciation.

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/orange?view=uk

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Did you know there are more chickens than people in the world?

It's true over 15 billion and counting…

http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/AD452E/ad452e30.htm

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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.  They are called palindromes.  Just try reading them backwards!

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There are only four words in the English language which end in'dous'..they are;

tremendous,
horrendous,
stupendous, and 
hazardous.

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There are two words in the English language that have all 5 vowels in order...they are:

abstemious and facetious

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          I love knowing that...dont know if i can work abstemious into every day language and conversations, but I  do use facetious all the time...       

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“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. Being pedantic, I would point out that means there is also adreamt and undreamt

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Did you now a  snail can sleep for three years? Desert varieties have been known to sleep for this long.

http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/SIS/MAIN/sis/research/gr.3research/snails

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                   Bugs they are everywhere...even in your eyelashes, and on your clothes!!!


      The best monsters have been overgrown bugs. And you don't need to visit your local multiplex to see them in living color. Wherever you are as you read this, there's likely to be a spider or other insect less than three feet away. But don't squeal. Most of the world's bug species are harmless, and many are extremely beautiful -- as kids seem to know almost instinctively. What squeamish mom hasn't watched in horrified amazement as her four year old has eagerly leaned over to within spitting distance of a stinkbug or a garden spider?