Random facts

There are no words in

the dictionary that

rhyme with orange,

purple and silver.

Shakespeare

invented the words

"assassination" and

"bump."

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were

secured on bed frames by ropes. When you

pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened,

making the bed Firmer to sleep on. Giving

you the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".

"I am." is the shortest complete

sentence in the English language.

The name Wendy was made up for

the book "Peter Pan". There was

never a recorded Wendy before

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark

room, it will eventually turn white.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why

If you yelled for bout 8 years 7 months and 6 days you would have made enough energy to make a cup of coffee

Men can read smaller print

than women can; women

can hear better

The word golf comes from “gentlemen only, ladies forbidden”

The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year.

The first non human to win an Oscar was Mickey mouse