Crazy Facts 3
09.15.07 (7:18 pm) [edit]
"Almost" is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Asthma" and "isthmi" are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.
Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
"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."
The lunula is the half-moon shaped pale area at the bottom of finger nails.
"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.
Matt. 10:8 Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
"Asthma" and "isthmi" are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.
Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
"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."
The lunula is the half-moon shaped pale area at the bottom of finger nails.
"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.
Matt. 10:8 Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
posted by: emerging (reply)
post date: 09.15.07 (6:49 pm)
I should be studying instead of keeping up on your blog. At least I can use the part about the lunula on my test :)
posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 09.15.07 (7:28 pm)
Hey!!! I posted 3 blogs....where are the other two???? GRRrrrrr :«(
posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 09.15.07 (7:28 pm)
Hey!!! I posted 3 blogs....where are the other two???? GRRrrrrr :«(
posted by: auntconi (reply)
post date: 09.15.07 (9:54 pm)
well, now, aren't you "mr information" today!
looks like your posts are working out for you, right?
posted by: LadyG (reply)
post date: 09.16.07 (1:31 am)
Good information.
posted by: saycheese (reply)
post date: 09.16.07 (5:08 am)
I think I'm being wiser after reading your post :D
posted by: fractalmom (reply)
post date: 09.16.07 (8:40 am)
if you take 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 the answer is 12345678987654321
who knew?
posted by: auntconi (reply)
post date: 09.17.07 (4:18 pm)
Seems to be a lot of smarties on tblog ~ congrats y'all!
posted by: auntconi (reply)
post date: 09.17.07 (4:21 pm)
Reply to: fractalmom
~ hehehe, you're not going to believe this, but...
I actually checked your 'math' problem and YOU ARE CORRECT!
*sheesh ~ remind me not to question you again ... hehehe
posted by: fractalmom (reply)
post date: 09.18.07 (5:18 am)
if u put the numbers 77345 710 into a pocket calculator, and then turn it upside down, it spells Shell Oil. **grin** there used to be aformula to get the answer, something about if you take so many shieks and multiply it by so many barrells of oil, what do you get??? and of course, the answer was...shell oil LOL.