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We constantly use the dictionary to look up words we don’t know to help read, write, or interpret information, but how much do you actually know about the dictionary itself? Learn a little more about the world’s most prolific learning resource with these dictionary fun facts (concerning the original Oxford English Dictionary First Edition, of course)The First Edition Oxford English Dictionary consisted of 15,490 pages.On those 15,490 pages, readers could find a cumulative total of252,200 entries.In those 252,200 entries, 414,800 individual word forms were defined.The Dictionary used 1,861,200 quotations, with Shakespeare serving as the most quoted single author.The First Edition took approximately 70 years to compile from the project’s start to finish, finally published in 1928.The original proposal gave a 10 year time frame for completion, with the final product hitting the press a full 60 years behind schedule. (Useful information next time you’re running behind a deadline)Ok, so we’ve effectively proven that if there’s anything more boring than reading the dictionary, it’s reading about the dictionary. Use this information for your own personal trivia collection or let it flow in one ear and out the other… either way, you will never get the last 3 minutes back. Your call.

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Fact 1: Megan Fox, though now a bona fide Hollywood celebrity, actually made her acting debut in the Olsen Twins movie Holiday in the Sun, playing the part of Brianna Wallace, a spoiled department store heiress who fancies herself as the hottest thing on the beach, giving unsuitable suitors a quick-witted dismissal. Fox is the film’s central antagonist, hell-bent on luring away Jordan, Ashley Olsen’s love interest, by any means possible. The movie is exactly what you would expect out of an Olsen Twins flick, even if Megan Fox doesn’t seem like the type of wholesome personality to be cast in the preteen family fun genre.Fact 2: In her role for Jennifer’s Body, her demon possessed character has the ability to hover well above the ground, though in real life Megan Fox is actually afraid of flying, a phobia that surfaced around the age of 20. Apparently Britney Spears songs serve as an adequate remedy, helping the actress to calm herself and stave off panic attacks when boarding an airplane.Fact 3: Who would have guessed FHM‘s “Sexiest Woman in the World” for 2008, followed up by a number 2 ranking on Maxim‘s “Hot 100″ list in 2009, actually admits to being insecure? Megan Fox commented on her insecurity in a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone stating, “I see what I look like, but there are things that I like and things that I dislike. My hair is good. The color of my eyes is good, obviously. I’m too short. But overall, I’m not super excited about the whole thing. I never think I’m worthy of anything.” Legions of fan-boys beg to differFact 4: Fox’s most recent tattoo, one of many, is a Nietzsche quote that reads, “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”Fact 5: If you heard anime, video games and comic books listed as a celebrity’s notable interests, would you be more likely to guess Christopher Mintz-Plasse or Megan Fox? For those who picked up that this might be a trick question and chose Fox, pat yourself on the back.

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Fact #1:  Meghan Fox, though now a bona fide Hollywood celebrity, actually made her acting debut in the Olsen Twins movie Holiday in the Sun, playing the part of Brianna Wallace, a spoiled department store heiress who fancies herself as the hottest thing on the beach, giving unsuitable suitors a quick-witted dismissal.  Fox is the film’s central antagonist, hell-bent on luring away Jordan, Ashley Olsen’s love interest, by any means possible.  The movie is Continue Reading »

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