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Monday, February 16, 2009

Trivia & Amazing Facts 16-02-09

  • The oldest letter of the alphabet is the letter "O."

  • When written in Roman numerals, the year 1666 is the only date in history that is written from the highest to the lowest value, MDCLXVI (1000 + 500 + 100 + 50 + 10 + 5 + 1).

  • No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

  • A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

  • Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.

 

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