LOL, Interesting, Weird and True Facts: 1
1. The longest word without any vowels is 'twyndyllyngs', which means 'twins'.
2. In Wyoming, it is illegal to take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June.
3. There is a town in North Carolina called 'Boogertown'.
4. The North Face clothing company once sued The South Butt clothing company.
5. A teenager from China once sold his kidney for US$3,400 to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
6. Dinosaurs probably lived to be between 75 to 300 years of age. Scientists figured this out from looking at the structure of their bones.
7. A woman won the New Jersey lottery twice and now lives in a trailer park. She spent it all gambling in Atlantic City.
8. 'Almost' is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
9. Just like some people talk in their sleep, some sign language users sign in their sleep.
10. Technically, the female version of 'dude' is actually 'dudine', not 'dudette'.
11. The owner of Segway, Jimi Heselden, died from riding off a cliff on a Segway in 2010.
12. Ke$ha spends more on glitter each month than most people spend on rent.
13. Repeating a word over and over until it temporarily lose loses all meaning is called 'semantic satiation'.
14. The curve of the counter in a bar is designed so other customers can easily 'check out' other customers.
15. Most people notice a distinctive smell in the air after it rains. That smell after rain is caused by bacteria called 'actinomycetes'.
16. 'Taphephobia' is the fear of being buried alive.
17. In many countries outside the U.S., the teachers move from class to class and the students stay in one room.
18. Japanese universities hold memorial services for animals that die in laboratory testing.
19. The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
20. J.K. Rowling loosely based 11-year-old Hermione on herself at the same age. She even made Hermione's patronus her favorite animal, an otter.
A/N: This will be updates almost everyday with 20 facts a chapter!
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