Tell us a stupid peice of trivea

[red+black]

Two words that contain one of each vowel, in order: abstemious and facetious.

A word that contains 7 consecutive consonants: rhythms.

A word that contains 5 consecutive vowels: queueing (more commonly spelled as queuing).

 

[sabre_ac]

1. If you drop a penny off of the Empire State Building, it will be going 106 miles per hour (terminal velocity) when it reaches the ground. Something moving this fast may actually cause head injuries if it lands on you. (OUCH)

Proven to cause no injury by the mythbusters.

 

[red+black]

What do the words amphetamine, Gestapo, radar, laser and scuba have in common? They're all acronyms.

 

[bigdadymac]

Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.

The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes.

Kikkoman soy sauce was originated in 1630 in Japan

 

[crudbucket]

What do the words amphetamine, Gestapo, radar, laser and scuba have in common? They're all acronyms.

Gestapo isn't. It's a contraction of two or three very long gutteral German words, but it is NOT an acronym.

 

[raikkonen]

-Most Lipstick contains fish scales
-Sceptisicisms is the longest word that alternates hands whilst typing
-It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on a kerb in St. Louis, Missouri
-More than 2500 left handed people per year die from using products made for right handed people (that'll teach ya's to be normal, lol!! )
-Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive
-Clinophobia is the fear of beds
-The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur
-Windmills always turn anti clockwise, except in Ireland
-A cockroach can live for up to six weeks with its head cut off...it dies from starvation
-In Natoma, Kansas, it is illegal to throw knives at men in striped suits

 

[Cassius_Clay]

If you lined up every car in America (Bumber to Bumper) you could get to the moon and back.

 

[ICanDressMyself]

If you lined up every car in America (Bumber to Bumper) you could get to the moon and back.

I'm sure that could happen in Australia too.

 

[Cassius_Clay]

I'm sure that could happen in Australia too.

Think about it.

Nowhere near.

 

[Scotland]

Nokia was founded in 1865. 108 years before the first mobile phone in 1973

Prior to the breakdown of the Soviet Union, Nokia used to derive income by suppling the Soviet military with toilet paper.

 

[Casey]

-Sceptisicisms is the longest word that alternates hands whilst typing

On a keyboard.. I think not
s-c-e are all on the left side

 

[Lonie_from_50]

STRENGTHS is the longest word in the dictionary with ONE vowel.

 

[spell_check]

Typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of letters on a keyboard.

Here's one about my username - take out the first and last letters of it, swap them around and they are my initials.

 

[spell_check]

Think about it.

Nowhere near.

Include all trucks and road trains with trailers etc. and it will get you a little closer.

 

[Roddy]

STRENGTHS is the longest word in the dictionary with ONE vowel.

And RHYTHMS is the longest word in the English language with NO vowells...

 

[rick James]

And RHYTHMS is the longest word in the English language with NO vowells...

Y acts as the vowell though.

 

[rick James]

On a keyboard.. I think not
s-c-e are all on the left side

It's meant to be spelt s-k-e

The person who posted it is an idiot.

 

[raskolnikov]

The kangaroo and emu were chosen for the Australian coat of arms because neither can move in a backwards direction.

 

[rick James]

The kangaroo and emu were chosen for the Australian coat of arms because neither can move in a backwards direction.

Unless tied to the back of a ute and dragged.

 

[markstaners]

Mount chimborazo Ecuador is the furthest point from the center of the earth. The beaches of Ecuador are further from the center than mount Everest.

 

[raikkonen]

On a keyboard.. I think not
s-c-e are all on the left side

I thought that that was strange, but thats what was in the paper a few months back

 

[rick James]

I thought that that was strange, but thats what was in the paper a few months back

It's because it's spelt skepticism. With a K.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. Irony.

Don't all these "Historic Figure Small World" stories all turn out to be bollocks?

 

[TheRealComptroller]

Re: Tell us a stupid peice of trivia Thread

When writing in english, the rule is "i" before "e" except after "c".

This does not apply to both words in the phrase Weird Science.

 

[Upgrayedd]

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