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Did You Know...

Here you will find some very interesting facts that you may or may not already know. Have fun reading and remember, you learn something new every day!

*A cat has thirty-two muscles in each ear.

*Dictionaries are typically revised every ten years.

*The average length of classroom experience for American teachers is 16 years.

*The average length of the U.S. school year in 1893 was 193 days.

*Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

*There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

*The average person's left had does 56% of the typing.

*The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

*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.

*All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck at 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 five dollar bill.

*Almonds are a member of the peach family.

*Maine is the only state in the USA whose name is just one syllable.

*Winston Churchill was born in a ladie's room during a dance.

*An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

*Tigers have sriped skin, not just striped fur.

*In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

*A dragonfly has a life span of twenty-four hours.

*A goldish has a memory span of three seconds.

*It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

*"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.