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Our third and final slice of amazing facts with which to stun your friends ...

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

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at a red light.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."

Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"

Jim Wright

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		DID YOU KNOW? Our third and final slice of amazing facts with which to stun your friends ... TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at a red light. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility." Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live? A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable" Jim Wright © Christian Family Network is run by CPO, supported by Care for the Family, Marriage Resource, Positive Parenting, Care, Women Alive, Christian Herald and many others.