Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Marauding Monday: Random Facts

I know, I know. It's Tuesday. My b.

Some random facts for you, from randomfunfacts.com*:

  • The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.

  • In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter"!

  • Licking a stamp leads to the consumption of 1/10 of a calorie.

  • TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

  • Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

  • There are only four words in the common English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

  • Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
*Validity not guaranteed.

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