{"id":4083,"date":"2015-03-01T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T09:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2015-03-01T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T09:56:23","slug":"odd-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=4083","title":{"rendered":"Odd Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is &#8220;screeched.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.<\/li>\n<li>All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.<\/li>\n<li>No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Dreamt&#8221; is the only English word that ends in the letters &#8220;mt&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.<\/li>\n<li>Almonds are members of the peach family.<\/li>\n<li>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies&#8217; room during a dance.<\/li>\n<li>Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.<\/li>\n<li>There are only four words in the English language which end in&#8221;-dous&#8221; tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.<\/li>\n<p><li>The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoro<br \/>\nnukupokaiwenuakit, a natahu, a New Zealand hill&#8230; &#8230; What a great scrabble score &#8211; huh?&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li>Los Angeles&#8217;s full name is &#8220;El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula&#8221; and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, &#8220;L.A.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.<\/li>\n<li>An ostrich&#8217;s eye is bigger than it&#8217;s brain.<\/li>\n<li>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.<\/li>\n<li>In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.<\/li>\n<li>Al Capone&#8217;s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.<\/li>\n<li>The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra&#8217;s &#8220;Its A Wonderful Life&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.<\/li>\n<li>A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.<\/li>\n<li>On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the &#8220;1&#8221; encased in the &#8220;shield&#8221; and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.<\/li>\n<li>The male gypsy moth can &#8220;smell&#8221; the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.<\/li>\n<li>The name for Oz in the &#8220;Wizard of Oz&#8221; was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence &#8220;Oz.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.<\/li>\n<li>John Lennon&#8217;s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.<\/li>\n<li>The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.<\/li>\n<li>To &#8220;testify&#8221; was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is &#8220;screeched.&#8221; On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag. 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