Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
"Screeched" and "strengths" are two other long one-syllable words, but they only have 9 letters.
The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "scraunched" and "strengthed." Some suggest that "squirreled" could be included, but squirrel is intended to be pronounced as two syllables (squir-rel) according to most dictionaries.
A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard Hunting and pecking doesn't count!).
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.
Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow.
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