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RANDOM FACTS
Twelve or more cows are known as a “flink.” A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of ravens is called a murder.
Every time you lick a [...]

When you stop and think about it, words are pretty darn important. They are symbols for our ideas which we code into a form that others can understand. With differences in language, culture, experiences, and education, it is a wonder we can communicate at all. Words often have multiple definitions, and their definitions have varying [...]

The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world.
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter “E”.
No president of the United States was an only child.
Apples are more effective at keeping [...]

Erosion at the base of Niagara Falls (USA) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result, the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.
The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because [...]

According to Illinois state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is “American.”
Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term (widower).
Victor Hugo’s Les Miserable contains one of the longest sentences in the French language 823 words without a period.
There is only [...]

The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
Of all the words in the English language, the word ’set’ has the most definitions!
What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English kiss” [...]

Did you know that the moon is moving away from Earth?

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!

Fewer than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run.

Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been off.               

The world’s [...]

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

A fresh egg sinks in water; a stale one won’t.

One in ten people live on an island.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up [...]

A group of unicorns is called a blessing. Twelve or more cows are known as a “flink.” A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of ravens is called [...]

How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

Why do you have to “put your two cents in”.. but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts”? Where’s that extra penny going to?

 
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

How is it that we put [...]