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Did you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.

(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Vowel movement
There are only to words in the English language with all five vowels in the correct order (not counting adding things like 'ly' onto the end of them, should any cheap pedants be reading):

facetious
abstemious

As an aside, does anybody know why the alphabet is in that order anyway?
(, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 19:38, Reply)

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