Stuff you just need to know
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched."
On a Canadian two-dollar bilL, the flag flying over the
Parliament Building is an American flag.
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
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.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language that end
in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and
hazardous.
The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki
maungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand
hill.
Now, don't you feel better knowing that you are well
informed?