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The longest word is English language is pneumonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - an inflammatory lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust.
 
Related to a similar rule for sailing ships, it is considered bad luck for an actor to whistle on or off stage. As original stage crews were hired off of ships in port (Theatrical rigging has its origins in sailing rigging), sailors, and by extension theatrical riggers, used coded whistles to communicate scene changes. Actors who whistled could confuse them into changing the set or scenery (as in the actor whistling could cue to drop the sandbag on his head) although in today's theatres, the stage crew normally uses an intercom or cuelight system.
 
Related to a similar rule for sailing ships, it is considered bad luck for an actor to whistle on or off stage. As original stage crews were hired off of ships in port (Theatrical rigging has its origins in sailing rigging), sailors, and by extension theatrical riggers, used coded whistles to communicate scene changes. Actors who whistled could confuse them into changing the set or scenery (as in the actor whistling could cue to drop the sandbag on his head) although in today's theatres, the stage crew normally uses an intercom or cuelight system.

Interesting....I never heard that one!
 
Navy Fac

In the US Navy each sailor on board a ship is allowed only 5 gallons of water usage per day. This includes showering, washing, shaving, food and drink.
 
A lot of photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
 
A lot of photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

How do they know that...photocopies of butts stuck in the machines?? LOL
 
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A boy’s voice breaks during puberty because his vocal cords are lengthening. Up until that point, girl’s and boy’s vocal cords are the same length.
 
Wd-40

Did you know that the WD in the product WD-40 stands for Water Displacement and the 40 is how many tries it took to get it right?
 
A boy’s voice breaks during puberty because his vocal cords are lengthening. Up until that point, girl’s and boy’s vocal cords are the same length.

No scientific proof here, but some girls' voices also sort of breaks, although not as drastically or frequently as a boys.
 
Stinky 'pits...

The skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearm, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch.
 
Did you know that when a large sailing vessel is moving through the water the bow of the ship pushing through the water actually creates a suction that can pull another vessel into it?
 
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