Thursday, May 25, 2006

Lots of Random Facts

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag. (An american must have wrote this, because it should be known that the 2 dollar Canadian bill note has been retired for almost 10 years now)!

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

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

and finally Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

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