HUMOR: Trivia Trove

[Alice Yucht <AliceInfo@AOL.COM>]

Forwarded from some cyber-vault of arcane knowledge. . .  and without
any attribution, so NO, I don't know where it came from.

Alice H. Yucht, Teacher-Librarian
Heritage Middle School, Livingston NJ
Aliceinfo@aol.com


>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
>
>"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
>
>Almonds are members of the peach family.
>
>The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
>
>The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
>
>Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
>
>The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English
>language.
>
>"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and
>ends with the letters "und."
>
>There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous":
>tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
>
>The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford
>English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
>
>The only other word with the same amount of letters is
>pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
>
>The longest place-name still in use is
>Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw
>-enuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
>
>Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
>Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,
>"L.A."
>
>An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
>
>Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
>
>Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
>
>The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same
>pattern of whiskers.
>
>Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book
>"Naked Lunch."
>
>A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
>
>The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who
>fathered over 160 children.
>
>There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten
>words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he,
>in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
>
>Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered
>blood donors.
>
>John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was
>the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
>
>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>
>It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
>
>Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened
>cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
>
>"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be 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.
>
>The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The
>following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced,
>thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after
>falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
>
>The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
>is uncopyrightable.
>
>Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as
>does arsenious, meaning, "containing arsenic."
>
>Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat
>of arms for that reason.
>
>Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
>
>The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat,"
>which means "the king is dead."
>
>The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore
>when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the
>ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
>
>The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated
>American program in the history of Korean television.
>"Chachi" is Korean for "penis."

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