random things you never knew you needed to know

i found a list of seemingly random fact, mostly having to do with words, but other animal-ish things. how very librarianish.

an excerpt:

The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

…i found myself unable to stop reading the list until i got to the end, so here is the whole list: http://www.chrishedgecock.com/blog/2007/10/17/stuff-you-didnt-know/