Geyser is derived from an Icelandic word for "hot springs."
Geyser is derived from an Icelandic word for "hot springs."
Government by a woman or women is called a "gynarchy."
If someone can be described as "pachydermatous," they are insensitive to criticism and insult, or are insensitive to others.
If someone can be described as "pachydermatous," they are insensitive to criticism and insult, or are insensitive to others.
If the number 111,111,111 is multiplied by itself, the result is all of the digits in ascending to descending order, or 12,345,678,987,654,321.
If you add together all the numbers on a roulette wheel (1 to 36), the total is the mystical number 666, often associated with the Devil.
If you are hedenophobic, you have a fear of pleasure.
If you are taking a class in pistology, you are studying faith.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in U.S. coins without being able to make change for a dollar
If you read or listen to all the words in all four stanzas of "The Star-Spangled Banner," you'll find that there are three words missing. The words "United States" and the word "America" are never mentioned in the song. The U.S. Congress didn't make the song the official anthem of the U.S. until 1931 – 117 years after it was written.
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom more often.
A 45-letter word connoting a lung disease, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, is the longest word in Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary means the act of estimating as worthless – floccipaucinihilipilification, which has 29 letters.
A bibliophile is a collector of rare books. A bibliopole is a seller of rare books.
A bowling pin needs to tilt only 7.5 degrees to fall.
A British slang term for something fashionable is “swish.” On the other hand, the slang adjective “swishy” is a disparaging term used for an effeminate male homosexual.
A British term for a barn owl is "padge."
A car's instrument panel is called a dashboard. The term dates back to horse-and-buggy days when dashing horses kicked up mud, splashing the passengers riding behind them. The dashboard was devised to protect them.
A cluster of fireworks that revolve is called a "girandole."
A collector who attempts to collect an example of every item in a particular field is called a completist.
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