- The speed of sound at sea level is 760 MPH. The speed of light is 186,282 miles/sec, or just over 670,000,000 MPH! This equates to light traveling over 880,000 times faster than sound. In comparison, traveling at the speed of sound is relatively insignificant when trying to achieve speeds approaching that of light.
- "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- "Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
- "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
- If you were to spell out numbers starting from "one", the letter "a" would first appear as character 1000.
- Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
- Coca-Cola was originally green.
- "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
- A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
- A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.
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