Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...)
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Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...)
Today, Americans consume approximately 70 million “tater tots” a year. They were created to utilize potato shreds left over from french fry production. The film Napoleon Dynamite (2004) popularized them even more.
To burn off one serving (3 oz) of tater tots would take about 67 minutes of walking.
To burn off one serving (3 oz) of tater tots would take about 67 minutes of walking.
Wellfleet, Massachusetts has the only town clock in the world that strikes ship's time. (Rings every half hour, to a maximum of 8 rings at the end of each four hour period.)
The original tapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing were erased and re-used by mistake.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with the words orange, purple, or silver, or month. (Debated, as I don't think that sliver is a rhyme for silver, or pimple a good rhyme with purple, etc.)
“States which are trained for nothing but war that, after they have acquired supreme power over those around them, they are ruined; for during peace, like a sword, they lose their brightness. This fault lies with the legestlator who never taught them how to be at rest.” Aristotle on why warrior societies will always fail.
“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”~~~S.E. Hinton
Americans eat around 17 billion quarts of popcorn every year. This amount would fill the Empire State Building 18 times.
Haley's Comet was visible in the sky both on the night that Mark Twain was born and on the night he passed away.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
Go on, count the letters. It's typically used by font designers to demonstrate their creations.
Go on, count the letters. It's typically used by font designers to demonstrate their creations.
Nebraska produces an estimated 250 million pounds of popcorn per yearmore than any other state. This is equivalent to a quarter of all the popcorn the United States produces every year.
When you snap your fingers, the noise doesn’t come from your fingers!
The noise you hear when you snap is not from your two fingers like most believe, but actually your finger slapping your palm.
There's a faint whisking noise from the friction when your fingers rub together, but the sound associated with a snap is from your palm.
Rubbing your two fingers together in preparation of a snap builds up force that is released when your finger strikes your palm, making the snapping noise.
Try putting a tissue or padding on your palm and the noise will be substantially diminished!
The noise you hear when you snap is not from your two fingers like most believe, but actually your finger slapping your palm.
There's a faint whisking noise from the friction when your fingers rub together, but the sound associated with a snap is from your palm.
Rubbing your two fingers together in preparation of a snap builds up force that is released when your finger strikes your palm, making the snapping noise.
Try putting a tissue or padding on your palm and the noise will be substantially diminished!
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