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July 19,
Interesting People - Royalty

King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats. (What a bunch of pussies!) Image Source - Wiki

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July 19,
Interesting Words - The letters 'mt'

'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'. (Dreamt is the past participle or past tense of to dream. If you're playing Scrabble, some other words end in dreamt, like daydreamt, outdreamt, redreamt, and believe it or not undreamt (as in it was undreamt of that one day man would land […]

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July 19,
Interesting Words - Words with double letters

The only word in the English language to contain three back to back double letter combinations is; Bookkeeper (oo kk ee).

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July 19,
Interesting Animals - Chickens

There are more chickens in the world than people. (It's all a plot - they are going to take over the world!)

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July 19,
Interesting Animals - Pigs

Pigs can run about 11 miles per hour. And wild boar, which is a bit leaner than your average domestic pig, can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour. (Run piggy, run!)

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July 19,
Interesting Food - Ostrich Eggs

An ostrich egg takes four hours to hard boil. (Got to get up early for breakfast then.)

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