Saturday, April 18, 2009

Amazing facts

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.  :

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
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.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.


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