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by jolene craggs from whtburn (Y)TRANSCRIPT
Random facts
There are no words in
the dictionary that
rhyme with orange,
purple and silver.
Shakespeare
invented the words
"assassination" and
"bump."
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were
secured on bed frames by ropes. When you
pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened,
making the bed Firmer to sleep on. Giving
you the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
"I am." is the shortest complete
sentence in the English language.
The name Wendy was made up for
the book "Peter Pan". There was
never a recorded Wendy before
The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
If you keep a goldfish in the dark
room, it will eventually turn white.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top
A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why
If you yelled for bout 8 years 7 months and 6 days you would have made enough energy to make a cup of coffee
Men can read smaller print
than women can; women
can hear better
The word golf comes from “gentlemen only, ladies forbidden”
The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year.
The first non human to win an Oscar was Mickey mouse