OT: interestin' factoids (mostly language-related)

>> Things you didn't know you didn't know:
>> >  There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>> >
>> >  The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>> >
>> >  The longest one-syllable word in the English language
>> >  is "screeched."
>> >
>> >  On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over
>> >  the Parliament building is an American flag
>> >
>> >  No word in the English language rhymes with month,
>> >  orange, silver or purple.
>> >
>> >  "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the
>> >  letters "mt".
>> >
>> >  All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
>> >  Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
>> >
>> >  Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>> >
>> >  Maine is the only state whose name is just one
>> >  syllable.
>> >
>> >  There are only four words in the English language
>> >  which end in "dous"
>> >  tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
>> >
>> >  Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra
>> >  Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
>> >
>> >  In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch
>> >  is 10:10.
>> >
>> >  Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
>> >  dealer.
>> >
>> >  The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were
>> >  named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in
>> >  Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
>> >
>> >  In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to
>> >  speak.
>> >
>> >  Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he
>> >  doesn't wear pants.
>> >
>> >  "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the
>> >  left hand.
>> >
>> >  Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and
>> >  "bump."
>> >
>> >  The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
>> >  dog" uses every letter in the English language.
>> >
>> >  The continents names all end with the same letter with
>> >  which they start.
>> >
>> >  TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using
>> >  the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
>> >
>> >  The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they
>> >  are read left to right or right to left.
>> >
>> >
>> >  "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the
>> >  English language.