Did You Know? - Words - Part 1
- :did-you-knows.com
- 1147
- Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
- Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt
- Did you know the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter
- Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
- Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
- Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
- Did you know the Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense
- Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
- Did you know a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second
- Did you know 1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
- Did you know the word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
- Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
- Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous)
- Did you know the oldest word in the English language is 'town'
- Did you know 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters
- Did you know the word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel
- Did you know a group of frogs is called an army
- Did you know a group of rhinos is called a crash
- Did you know a group of kangaroos is called a mob
- Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
- Did you know a group of geese is called a gaggle
- Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament
- Did you know the dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle
- Did you know the past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'
- Did you know the word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter
- Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
- Did you know the word typewriter is the longest word that can be typed using only the top row of a keyboard
- Did you know that you can spell the word 'level' the same backwards
- Did you know VHS stands for Video Home System
- Did you know the WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer
- Did you know the word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards
- Did you know the word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'
- Did you know the word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically
- Did you know the word 'rhythm' is the longest word without a vowel
- Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
- Did you know the meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value
- Did you know the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
- Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years
- Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
- Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
Share this article
Related Items:
-
Islamic Countries - Afghanistan
-
Islamic Countries - Republic of Albania
-
Islamic Countries - Algeria
-
Islamic Countries - Bahrain
Comments 0
Your comment
Comment description
