Twelve Interesting Things That I Never Knew About
1. There are no words in the English dictionary that rhyme with orange or silver.
2. In Washington, it is illegal to pretend one’s parents are rich.
3. Apocolocynposis: the fear of turning into a pumpkin
4. Arachilbutyrophobia: the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth
5. In Canton, Ohio, you have one hour to report your missing tiger to authorities.
6. In Denmark, it is illegal to wear a mask.
7. The Roman Emperor Domitain liked to spend hours catching flies.
8. Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.
9. An earthquake on December 16, 1811, caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
10. A lump of pure gold the size of your thumbnail can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
11. In 2002 the Greek government passed a flawed law that accidentally banned all electronic games.
12. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.
During homeroom period, I had nothing to do so I looked through my agenda book. Information given in the above list is all true—some of them are stupid, but they are hilarious. I found them quite interesting and felt like sharing them with people!
