Thursday, June 16, 2011

FUN FACTS

* All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. *

* Almonds are members 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. *

* The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill *

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