I Will Forever Speak in "Interesting Fact"

I can't really explain why, for confidentiality purposes, but pledging turned me on to interesting facts. So out of curiosity, boredom, and perhaps some procrastination, I Googled "interesting fact of the day." My results were pretty generic, but my favorite is FactMe.com. It has everything under the sun. The following are my Top 10 favorite "Random" interesting facts.

1. There are only four words in the English language that begin with the letters "dw": dwindle, dward, dwell(ing), and dweeb

2. In the 1500s, houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

3. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

4. o.k. stands for "oll korrect." In the late 1830's and 1840's, the abbreviation fad began with many of the abbreviated expressions being exaggerated misspellings. One predecessor of OK was OW, "oll wright," and there was also KY, "know yuse," KG, "know go," and NS, "nuff said."

5. Starbucks Corp. spends more on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.

6. The average person sheds million of skin cells each day -- even during sleep. Dust mites in your bed feed on them; so much so that the weight of a mattress will double every ten years because of the dead bugs inside! (Eeew!)

7. There is a Superman picture or statue in every episode of Seinfeld! (what!?)

8. "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" is the fear of long words. Ironic, right?

9. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, and herein.

10. US Airways makes $10 million each year from ads on tray tables and napkins in their airplanes.

Hope you learned just as much as I did today! Next time you're bored and don't feel like spending hours on YouTube...hit up FactMe.com.