Interesting Facts

"Adcomsubordcomphibspac" is the longest acronym. It is a Navy term standing
for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate
Command.

"Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, La Allah Il Allah, La Allah Il Allah U Mohammed
Rassul Allah" is heard by more people than any other sound of the human
voice. This is the prayer recited by muezzins from each of the four corners
of the prayer tower as Moslems all over the world face toward Mecca and
kneel at sunset. It means: "God is great. There is no God but God, and
Mohammed is the prophet of God."

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in
alphabetical order.

"Aromatherapy" is a term coined by French chemist René Maurice Gattefossé in
the 1920's to describe the practice of using essential oils taken from
plants, flowers, roots, seeds, etc., in healing.

"Asthma" and "isthmi" are the only six-letter words that begin and end with
a vowel and have no other vowels between.

"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a
black artist.

"Conservationalists" & "Conversationalists" (18 letters) are the longest
non-scientific transposals (word formed from another by changing its
letters).

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

"Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

"Fickleheaded" and "fiddledeedee" are the longest words consisting only of
letters in the first half of the alphabet.

"Flushable" toilets were in use in ancient Rome.

"Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In the US "two weeks" is
more commonly used.

"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order.
"One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the
number.

"Hang on Sloopy" is the official rock song of Ohio.

"Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by
the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.

""Kemo Sabe, meaning an all knowing one, is actually a mispronunciation by
Native American of the Spanish phrase, Quien lo Sabe, meaning one who
knows."

"Long in the tooth," meaning "old," was originally used to describe horses.
As horses age, their gums recede, giving the impression that their teeth are
growing. The longer the teeth look, the older the horse.

"Lunula" is the tip of the finger and toenail that is white. It is called
this this (referring to the moon) because the end of the nail is rounded
like the moon.

"Ma is as selfless as I am" can be read the same way backwards. If you take
away all the spaces you can see that all the letters can be spelled out both
ways.

"Mad About You" star Paul Reiser plays the piano on the show's theme song.

"One thousand" contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine
hundred ninety-nine has an A.

"Ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence
contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the
streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.

"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o,
or u.

"Second string," meaning "replacement or backup," comes from the middle
ages. An archer always carried a second string in case the one on his bow
broke.

"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It
was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his
attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up
people say "Speak of the Devil."

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left
hand.

"Tautonyms" are scientific names for which the genus and species are the
same.

"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, and
Portuguese.

"Teh" means "cool" in Thai. (Pronounced "tay").

"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest
tongue twister in English.

"THEREIN" is a seven-letter word that contains thirteen words spelled using
consecutive letters: the, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in,
therein, and herein.

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends
with the letters "und."

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

1 and 2 are the only numbers where they are values of the numbers of the
factors they have.

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

1 kg (2.2 pounds) of lemons contain more sugar than 1 kg of strawberries.

1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire are strung across the Unites States.

1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day. In Discovery Channel, its a
quart.

10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria

11% of the world is left-handed.

111, 111, 111 X 111, 111, 111 = 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321

1200 equals 1 pound (72 rupees).

123,000,000 cars are being driven on highways in the United States.

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the United States.

1959's A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be
produced on Broadway.

2 and 5 are the only prime numbers that end in 2 or 5.

203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next
hour.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them
and photocopying their buttocks.

25% of a human's bones are in its feet.

259200 people die every day.

27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential
hell."

3% of all mammals are monogamous

315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

315 words in the 1996 Webster's dictionary were mispelled.

4 tablespoons of ketchup has about the same amount of nutrition as a ripe
tomato.

40% of all people who come to a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.

40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

43.7% of all statistics are made up right on the spot

48% of astronauts experience motion sickness.

52% of Americans drink coffee.

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball games each year

67 million pounds of pesticides and about 3 million tons of fertilizer are
used annually on lawns in the US.

78 rpm albums, used prior to 1948, were only capable of recording for four
minutes. It wasn't until later that year that Columbia Records introduced 33
rpm albums capable of playing 23 minutes per side.

80% of animals on earth are insects.

80% of arrested criminals are male.

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was
named Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into
quicksand.

One in ten people live on an island.

84% of a raw apple is water.

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to
begin with.

85% of men who die of heartattacks during intercourse, are found to have
been cheating on their wives.

85,000,000 tons of paper are used in the United States each year.

28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike
contest.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart
NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me
up, Scotty" on Star Trek.

90% of bird species are monogamous; only 3% of animals are.

90% of New York City cab drivers are recently arrived immigrants.

98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the
victim.

98% of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.

99% of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as jack-o-lanterns

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