Stupid Facts

• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
  
  
• All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
  
  
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
  
  
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
  
  
• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
  (see U.S. States and Coins and Currency)
  
  
• Almonds are members of the peach family.
  (see Fruits & Vegetables)
  
  
• 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 delos Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
  
  
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
  
  
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
  
  
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  
  
• In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
  
  
• Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
  
  
• The only real people to be depicted as PEZ dispensers were Betsy Ross, Daniel Boone, and Paul Revere.
  
  
• The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
  
  
• When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
  
  
• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
  
  
• A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
  
  
• A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
  (see Coins and Currency)
  
  
• On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
  
  
• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
  
  
• Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser, himself.
  
  
• The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
  
  
• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
  
  
• The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
  
  
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
  
  
• Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
  
  
• John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
  
  
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
  
  
• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
  (see Golf Clubs)
  
  
• 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  
  
• To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.