Mistress
Lit's Original Mistress
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These were posted on another board I visit, I'm not sure if all of its true but hey it sounds good! 
1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched." (Someone also said Strengths)
2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
3. Almonds are members of the peach family.
4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the
English language.
8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that
begins and ends with the letters "und."
9. There are only four words in the English language which end in
"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
10. The longest word in the English language, according to the
Oxford English Dictionary is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
12. The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina
de losAngeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of
its size, "L.A."
14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated
when he was sewn up after surgery.
17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have
the same pattern of whiskers.
20. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the
book 'The Naked Lunch'.
21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
22. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses
II, who fathered over 160 children.
23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that
contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein":
the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
25. John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette
Show", was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them
a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
29. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth
from 1.8 miles away. (But does he CALL? NO-O-O-O-O-O...)
30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with
only the left hand.
32. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a
statement made by swearing on their testicles.
33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways
the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough
after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating
a letter is uncopyrightable.
35. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct
order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the
Australian seal for that reason.
37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have
about ten.
38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase
"Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days
of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were
stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight
staircases.
40. The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest-rated
American program in the history of Korean television. "Chachi" is
Korean for "penis."
1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
"screeched." (Someone also said Strengths)
2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
3. Almonds are members of the peach family.
4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the
English language.
8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that
begins and ends with the letters "und."
9. There are only four words in the English language which end in
"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
10. The longest word in the English language, according to the
Oxford English Dictionary is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
12. The longest place-name still in use is
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina
de losAngeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of
its size, "L.A."
14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated
when he was sewn up after surgery.
17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have
the same pattern of whiskers.
20. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the
book 'The Naked Lunch'.
21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
22. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses
II, who fathered over 160 children.
23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that
contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein":
the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
25. John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette
Show", was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them
a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
29. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth
from 1.8 miles away. (But does he CALL? NO-O-O-O-O-O...)
30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with
only the left hand.
32. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a
statement made by swearing on their testicles.
33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways
the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough
after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating
a letter is uncopyrightable.
35. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct
order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the
Australian seal for that reason.
37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have
about ten.
38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase
"Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."
39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days
of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were
stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight
staircases.
40. The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest-rated
American program in the history of Korean television. "Chachi" is
Korean for "penis."
