| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Less than 2 percent of the water on Earth is fresh. |
53.15 |
1.2023 |
0.6968 |
51 |
1 |
53.15 |
2013-02-07 |
| 2. |
The gray Junco with the white breast is often called the Sno... |
48.83 |
1.2143 |
0.5304 |
67 |
1 |
48.83 |
2013-02-08 |
| 3. |
Pirates thought having an earring would improve their eyesig... |
44.85 |
1.2346 |
0.3679 |
63 |
1 |
44.85 |
2013-01-18 |
| 4. |
Butterflies taste with their hind feet. |
44.61 |
1.2085 |
0.3855 |
39 |
1 |
44.61 |
2013-02-08 |
| 5. |
The word matter in science refers to something that has mass... |
39.56 |
1.1927 |
0.2208 |
72 |
1 |
39.56 |
2012-09-28 |
| 6. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
38.90 |
1.1759 |
0.2140 |
111 |
1 |
38.90 |
2013-02-06 |
| 7. |
You share a birthday with at least nine million other people... |
38.85 |
1.2350 |
0.1531 |
74 |
1 |
38.85 |
2013-02-08 |
| 8. |
Salt is the only rock that humans can eat. It is also one of... |
38.80 |
1.2152 |
0.1712 |
107 |
1 |
38.80 |
2013-02-08 |
| 9. |
The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill about twenty... |
38.41 |
1.0463 |
0.3261 |
80 |
2 |
30.00 |
2013-02-14 |
| 10. |
To be called a mammal, the female must feed her young on mil... |
37.80 |
1.1705 |
0.1801 |
79 |
1 |
37.80 |
2013-02-08 |
| 11. |
The Apollo 11 only had twenty seconds of fuel left when it l... |
37.18 |
1.0450 |
0.2835 |
66 |
1 |
37.18 |
2012-12-17 |
| 12. |
The Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts and took them clean... |
37.13 |
1.0418 |
0.2849 |
66 |
1 |
37.13 |
2013-02-14 |
| 13. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.03 |
0.9892 |
0.3339 |
164 |
1 |
37.03 |
2013-02-07 |
| 14. |
Natural gas has no smell. The smell is added for safety reas... |
36.95 |
1.1901 |
0.1302 |
64 |
1 |
36.95 |
2013-02-14 |
| 15. |
Instead, they were crammed in a tiny apartment that smelled ... |
36.90 |
1.1040 |
0.2145 |
92 |
1 |
36.90 |
2013-02-14 |
| 16. |
Leonardo daVinci could write with one hand and draw with the... |
36.31 |
1.2649 |
0.0325 |
84 |
1 |
36.31 |
2012-11-01 |
| 17. |
She dropped to her knees on the cold ground, picked the pupp... |
35.89 |
1.3489 |
-0.0665 |
96 |
1 |
35.89 |
2012-11-01 |
| 18. |
Since Mercury is nearest the Sun, it orbits the Sun in a sho... |
35.73 |
1.0691 |
0.2076 |
99 |
2 |
28.69 |
2013-02-08 |
| 19. |
Stacey and I carried cans of milk and butter. |
35.59 |
0.9511 |
0.3206 |
45 |
2 |
28.91 |
2012-08-07 |
| 20. |
Stanley had never been one to leave food on his plate, matte... |
34.95 |
1.1915 |
0.0573 |
76 |
1 |
34.95 |
2012-10-29 |
| 21. |
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts all on a summer's d... |
34.80 |
1.0363 |
0.2071 |
63 |
2 |
31.31 |
2013-02-14 |
| 22. |
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. |
34.74 |
1.0984 |
0.1429 |
39 |
1 |
34.74 |
2012-10-26 |
| 23. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
34.45 |
1.0728 |
0.1581 |
155 |
1 |
34.45 |
2012-09-12 |
| 24. |
The highways and byways are where you'll find me, always loo... |
34.20 |
1.0118 |
0.2102 |
77 |
1 |
34.20 |
2012-09-28 |
| 25. |
Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is... |
33.91 |
1.0979 |
0.1137 |
98 |
1 |
33.91 |
2012-08-31 |
| 26. |
According to author Dougals Adams, a salween is the faint ta... |
33.87 |
0.9157 |
0.2945 |
108 |
1 |
33.87 |
2013-02-07 |
| 27. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
33.79 |
1.0129 |
0.1944 |
212 |
1 |
33.79 |
2013-02-06 |
| 28. |
The face of a penny can hold thirty drops of water. |
33.78 |
1.1766 |
0.0304 |
51 |
1 |
33.78 |
2012-10-31 |
| 29. |
But you don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. ... |
33.68 |
0.9764 |
0.2270 |
145 |
1 |
33.68 |
2013-02-06 |
| 30. |
Bald Eagles are raptors that are quite good at catching fish... |
33.44 |
1.0271 |
0.1677 |
120 |
1 |
33.44 |
2013-02-08 |
| 31. |
The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. |
33.30 |
1.1998 |
-0.0100 |
45 |
1 |
33.30 |
2012-08-24 |
| 32. |
All I need is for some jerk to catch me carrying this book a... |
33.28 |
1.0271 |
0.1620 |
89 |
1 |
33.28 |
2012-10-26 |
| 33. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
33.13 |
1.0990 |
0.0848 |
183 |
3 |
27.68 |
2012-10-26 |
| 34. |
Methane gas is produced by the decomposition of dead plants ... |
32.84 |
1.1206 |
0.0528 |
107 |
1 |
32.84 |
2013-02-07 |
| 35. |
In the comic strip Peanuts, Charlie Brown's father is a barb... |
32.83 |
0.9861 |
0.1869 |
63 |
1 |
32.83 |
2012-10-30 |
| 36. |
Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind! |
32.80 |
1.1231 |
0.0489 |
53 |
1 |
32.80 |
2012-10-31 |
| 37. |
I would not like them here or there. I would not like them a... |
32.77 |
1.1555 |
0.0154 |
68 |
1 |
32.77 |
2012-08-31 |
| 38. |
Hummingbirds are among the few birds that can fly backwards ... |
32.65 |
1.0362 |
0.1304 |
81 |
1 |
32.65 |
2012-12-17 |
| 39. |
For the next twenty years Kissin' Kate Barlow was one of the... |
32.61 |
1.1386 |
0.0266 |
97 |
1 |
32.61 |
2013-02-06 |
| 40. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
32.54 |
1.1180 |
0.0447 |
239 |
2 |
27.95 |
2013-02-06 |
| 41. |
They should have a different kind of school for Jimmy, maybe... |
32.54 |
1.1261 |
0.0366 |
226 |
2 |
30.75 |
2013-02-06 |
| 42. |
Sunspots are small, dark patches on the surface of the Sun t... |
32.51 |
1.2309 |
-0.0693 |
108 |
2 |
28.00 |
2012-12-20 |
| 43. |
The more that you read, the more things you will know. |
32.00 |
1.0805 |
0.0629 |
54 |
1 |
32.00 |
2012-08-24 |
| 44. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
31.91 |
1.1301 |
0.0101 |
129 |
1 |
31.91 |
2012-11-02 |
| 45. |
A fifteen year old tuna is estimated to travel one million m... |
31.89 |
1.1239 |
0.0156 |
81 |
1 |
31.89 |
2013-01-18 |
| 46. |
The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is o... |
31.85 |
1.0563 |
0.0817 |
88 |
1 |
31.85 |
2012-08-23 |
| 47. |
Stars come in different colors; hot stars give off blue ligh... |
31.75 |
1.1080 |
0.0265 |
103 |
2 |
31.38 |
2012-12-06 |
| 48. |
Sometimes people say that the Milky Way Galaxy looks like a ... |
31.69 |
1.1323 |
0.0000 |
97 |
1 |
31.69 |
2012-08-07 |
| 49. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
31.59 |
1.1287 |
0.0000 |
153 |
1 |
31.59 |
2013-02-06 |
| 50. |
Density refers to how tightly or loosely particles are packe... |
31.54 |
1.1788 |
-0.0518 |
91 |
1 |
31.54 |
2012-10-15 |
| 51. |
Properties refers to the description of an object that tells... |
31.54 |
1.0392 |
0.0878 |
113 |
1 |
31.54 |
2013-01-18 |
| 52. |
As he watched the boy turn and walk away, he couldn't for th... |
31.51 |
1.0286 |
0.0973 |
128 |
1 |
31.51 |
2012-12-03 |
| 53. |
One hundred and ten years ago, Green Lake was the largest la... |
31.40 |
0.9571 |
0.1648 |
154 |
1 |
31.40 |
2012-10-15 |
| 54. |
The anchorage of a bridge is where the cables of a suspensio... |
31.38 |
1.1410 |
-0.0198 |
97 |
2 |
29.44 |
2013-02-07 |
| 55. |
An eagle can kill and carry an animal as large as a small de... |
31.18 |
1.1974 |
-0.0833 |
63 |
1 |
31.18 |
2012-08-24 |
| 56. |
I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down a... |
31.08 |
1.0787 |
0.0318 |
101 |
1 |
31.08 |
2012-10-15 |
| 57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
31.08 |
1.0582 |
0.0523 |
168 |
1 |
31.08 |
2012-12-20 |
| 58. |
I shook my head, realizing now that Miss Crocker did not eve... |
31.05 |
1.0287 |
0.0807 |
147 |
1 |
31.05 |
2012-10-30 |
| 59. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
31.02 |
0.9731 |
0.1353 |
150 |
1 |
31.02 |
2012-09-28 |
| 60. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
30.86 |
1.0836 |
0.0191 |
197 |
1 |
30.86 |
2012-12-17 |
| 61. |
About three hundred years ago, most Egyptians died by the ti... |
30.82 |
0.9843 |
0.1169 |
80 |
1 |
30.82 |
2012-11-02 |
| 62. |
In the northern hemisphere, the best time to see the Milky W... |
30.81 |
1.0603 |
0.0406 |
107 |
1 |
30.81 |
2012-10-29 |
| 63. |
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. |
30.76 |
1.0939 |
0.0052 |
59 |
1 |
30.76 |
2012-08-23 |
| 64. |
A baby beaver stays with its parents for a period of two yea... |
30.58 |
1.2365 |
-0.1439 |
63 |
2 |
29.02 |
2012-12-20 |
| 65. |
Dinner guests during medieval times in England were expected... |
30.51 |
1.0155 |
0.0746 |
94 |
1 |
30.51 |
2012-12-03 |
| 66. |
Nobody would make up scuba diving to be their favorite hobby... |
30.50 |
0.9565 |
0.1333 |
124 |
1 |
30.50 |
2012-09-27 |
| 67. |
When CBS broadcast the first television show in color, no on... |
30.47 |
0.9120 |
0.1767 |
106 |
2 |
28.36 |
2013-02-08 |
| 68. |
Eating raw onions is good for unblocking a stuffed nose. |
30.45 |
0.8336 |
0.2544 |
56 |
1 |
30.45 |
2012-08-27 |
| 69. |
But it seemed wrong to take an outside kid like Jimmy and lo... |
30.43 |
1.1231 |
-0.0358 |
94 |
1 |
30.43 |
2012-12-20 |
| 70. |
Scientific studies have shown that crows are capable of solv... |
30.37 |
1.1907 |
-0.1056 |
80 |
1 |
30.37 |
2012-09-28 |
| 71. |
The Civil War was the first war in which news from the front... |
30.35 |
0.9849 |
0.0995 |
105 |
1 |
30.35 |
2012-08-27 |
| 72. |
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's f... |
30.32 |
0.8606 |
0.2228 |
88 |
3 |
25.96 |
2013-02-07 |
| 73. |
Most scientists believe that the universe began with a huge ... |
30.27 |
1.0003 |
0.0813 |
111 |
1 |
30.27 |
2012-10-30 |
| 74. |
The kitchen was the heart of our house, and the baby's playp... |
30.26 |
1.0335 |
0.0477 |
98 |
3 |
27.35 |
2012-08-23 |
| 75. |
Nobody would make up scuba diving to be their favorite hobby... |
30.25 |
1.1988 |
-0.1179 |
77 |
1 |
30.25 |
2012-12-20 |
| 76. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
30.19 |
0.9820 |
0.0967 |
131 |
1 |
30.19 |
2012-10-26 |
| 77. |
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many ... |
30.11 |
1.0513 |
0.0246 |
97 |
1 |
30.11 |
2012-10-30 |
| 78. |
Stanley did as he was told. He carefully looked through all ... |
30.01 |
1.0168 |
0.0555 |
164 |
2 |
29.61 |
2012-12-03 |
| 79. |
When that arrow brushed past my ear it made a soft hissing s... |
30.01 |
1.0205 |
0.0518 |
114 |
1 |
30.01 |
2012-08-31 |
| 80. |
Erosion is the movement of sediment by wind, water, ice or g... |
30.00 |
1.1571 |
-0.0852 |
67 |
1 |
30.00 |
2012-11-01 |
| 81. |
The record for holding one's breath under water is 7.5 minut... |
30.00 |
0.9442 |
0.1277 |
63 |
2 |
29.33 |
2012-09-14 |
| 82. |
A baby caribou is so swift it can outrun its mother when it ... |
29.93 |
1.0201 |
0.0493 |
83 |
1 |
29.93 |
2012-10-29 |
| 83. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
29.91 |
1.0219 |
0.0468 |
229 |
1 |
29.91 |
2013-02-06 |
| 84. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
29.90 |
1.0441 |
0.0243 |
371 |
1 |
29.90 |
2012-10-30 |
| 85. |
Mars is only about half the size of the Earth. |
29.86 |
1.2836 |
-0.2167 |
46 |
2 |
24.17 |
2013-01-17 |
| 86. |
The soil on Mars contains large amounts of iron, which gives... |
29.83 |
1.1242 |
-0.0583 |
121 |
1 |
29.83 |
2012-10-30 |
| 87. |
Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze m... |
29.81 |
1.0260 |
0.0391 |
68 |
1 |
29.81 |
2012-09-28 |
| 88. |
The most widely eaten fruit in America is the banana. |
29.79 |
0.9757 |
0.0887 |
53 |
1 |
29.79 |
2012-12-06 |
| 89. |
And don't forget - a person who is looking for something doe... |
29.68 |
0.9950 |
0.0655 |
82 |
1 |
29.68 |
2012-08-24 |
| 90. |
Bamboo is the world's tallest grass and can grow up to ninet... |
29.66 |
0.9880 |
0.0718 |
83 |
1 |
29.66 |
2012-08-24 |
| 91. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
29.64 |
1.0605 |
-0.0014 |
217 |
1 |
29.64 |
2012-11-02 |
| 92. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
29.64 |
0.9137 |
0.1454 |
145 |
1 |
29.64 |
2012-12-03 |
| 93. |
Leslie loaned Jess all of her books about Narnia, so he woul... |
29.62 |
1.0700 |
-0.0117 |
102 |
1 |
29.62 |
2012-10-30 |
| 94. |
You will be sort of surprised what there is to be found once... |
29.58 |
1.0989 |
-0.0420 |
101 |
1 |
29.58 |
2013-02-14 |
| 95. |
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs i... |
29.53 |
1.0551 |
0.0000 |
107 |
1 |
29.53 |
2013-02-08 |
| 96. |
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, home again, home aga... |
29.53 |
0.9459 |
0.1092 |
76 |
1 |
29.53 |
2012-11-02 |
| 97. |
When a mother cormorant feels that her offspring are ready t... |
29.53 |
1.0649 |
-0.0098 |
140 |
1 |
29.53 |
2012-10-15 |
| 98. |
Jellyfish are made up of more than 95 percent water and have... |
29.53 |
1.0905 |
-0.0354 |
106 |
1 |
29.53 |
2012-10-29 |
| 99. |
Certain frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and then con... |
29.44 |
1.0390 |
0.0129 |
73 |
1 |
29.44 |
2012-12-17 |
| 100. |
Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles. Humans, by co... |
29.39 |
0.8594 |
0.1907 |
98 |
2 |
25.60 |
2012-10-29 |
| 101. |
Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of... |
29.36 |
1.0994 |
-0.0503 |
142 |
1 |
29.36 |
2013-02-14 |
| 102. |
Did you know that a mammal's blood is red, an insect's blood... |
29.34 |
0.9938 |
0.0545 |
101 |
1 |
29.34 |
2012-09-11 |
| 103. |
Every episode of Seinfeld contains a Superman reference in i... |
29.34 |
1.0600 |
-0.0117 |
72 |
2 |
26.34 |
2012-10-29 |
| 104. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
29.28 |
1.0135 |
0.0327 |
213 |
1 |
29.28 |
2012-10-29 |
| 105. |
He ran back to our blanket to get his pocket knife and cut o... |
29.26 |
1.0657 |
-0.0202 |
122 |
1 |
29.26 |
2012-10-26 |
| 106. |
Gravity is a force that tries to pull two objects toward eac... |
29.24 |
0.8368 |
0.2080 |
68 |
1 |
29.24 |
2012-12-06 |
| 107. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
29.18 |
1.2352 |
-0.1926 |
158 |
1 |
29.18 |
2012-10-15 |
| 108. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
29.00 |
1.0044 |
0.0318 |
150 |
2 |
25.42 |
2012-10-26 |
| 109. |
Most owls senses are refined for darkness and their bodies f... |
28.86 |
0.9831 |
0.0481 |
71 |
1 |
28.86 |
2012-08-31 |
| 110. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
28.82 |
0.9525 |
0.0773 |
129 |
1 |
28.82 |
2012-10-15 |
| 111. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
28.73 |
0.9558 |
0.0707 |
207 |
1 |
28.73 |
2013-02-08 |
| 112. |
Gravity refers to the natural force of attraction related to... |
28.72 |
1.0478 |
-0.0216 |
83 |
1 |
28.72 |
2012-09-14 |
| 113. |
A jumbo jet uses four thousand gallons of fuel to take off. |
28.65 |
0.9893 |
0.0344 |
59 |
1 |
28.65 |
2012-10-26 |
| 114. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
28.62 |
1.0245 |
-0.0019 |
283 |
1 |
28.62 |
2012-12-03 |
| 115. |
It takes twenty four hours for a tiny newborn swan to peck i... |
28.60 |
0.9792 |
0.0427 |
84 |
1 |
28.60 |
2012-12-03 |
| 116. |
Virginia Rails prefer to build their raised nests in dense v... |
28.59 |
0.9129 |
0.1086 |
125 |
1 |
28.59 |
2012-09-27 |
| 117. |
Did you know that the eye of an ostrich is larger than its b... |
28.57 |
0.7844 |
0.2364 |
65 |
1 |
28.57 |
2012-08-17 |
| 118. |
When he was in first grade, he told his dad that he wanted t... |
28.56 |
1.0132 |
0.0073 |
91 |
1 |
28.56 |
2012-08-07 |
| 119. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
28.52 |
0.8481 |
0.1709 |
193 |
1 |
28.52 |
2012-08-17 |
| 120. |
Bats are voracious insect eaters, devouring as many as six h... |
28.52 |
0.9690 |
0.0500 |
111 |
1 |
28.52 |
2012-10-15 |
| 121. |
School was fine for a kid like me, because I knew how to shu... |
28.50 |
0.9026 |
0.1157 |
171 |
1 |
28.50 |
2012-12-20 |
| 122. |
Work is a force applied over a distance. |
28.45 |
1.1261 |
-0.1096 |
40 |
1 |
28.45 |
2012-12-03 |
| 123. |
Cowbirds have the audacity to lay their eggs in smaller song... |
28.44 |
0.9667 |
0.0495 |
73 |
1 |
28.44 |
2012-12-07 |
| 124. |
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed h... |
28.41 |
0.9373 |
0.0778 |
190 |
1 |
28.41 |
2012-10-15 |
| 125. |
The word 'news' is actually an acronym for the four points o... |
28.33 |
0.8659 |
0.1464 |
104 |
2 |
24.10 |
2013-02-07 |
| 126. |
If cars had been around in T. rex's day, its bite could have... |
28.25 |
0.8608 |
0.1486 |
78 |
1 |
28.25 |
2012-10-29 |
| 127. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
28.22 |
1.0612 |
-0.0529 |
177 |
1 |
28.22 |
2012-10-29 |
| 128. |
The giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans... |
28.12 |
0.9547 |
0.0501 |
80 |
1 |
28.12 |
2013-01-18 |
| 129. |
And in this way, Charlie would make his ten-cent bar of choc... |
28.10 |
0.9076 |
0.0964 |
97 |
1 |
28.10 |
2012-08-07 |
| 130. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
28.10 |
1.0077 |
-0.0037 |
243 |
1 |
28.10 |
2012-10-29 |
| 131. |
Congress adopted a new flag with a field of stars on blue to... |
28.03 |
1.0030 |
-0.0015 |
90 |
1 |
28.03 |
2012-08-24 |
| 132. |
Fun is good. |
27.97 |
1.1918 |
-0.1924 |
12 |
1 |
27.97 |
2012-08-27 |
| 133. |
The Green Heron prefers to hunt for frogs and small fish in ... |
27.96 |
1.1629 |
-0.1639 |
84 |
1 |
27.96 |
2012-08-31 |
| 134. |
A hippo sandwich is easy to make. All you do is simply take ... |
27.94 |
0.9688 |
0.0295 |
255 |
1 |
27.94 |
2013-02-08 |
| 135. |
One cold afternoon Mrs. Little was shaking her dustcloth out... |
27.85 |
1.0248 |
-0.0297 |
146 |
1 |
27.85 |
2012-09-28 |
| 136. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
27.75 |
0.9102 |
0.0813 |
176 |
1 |
27.75 |
2012-12-06 |
| 137. |
He'd just been in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
27.71 |
1.1359 |
-0.1458 |
52 |
1 |
27.71 |
2013-02-08 |
| 138. |
The Hoover Dam was built to last two thousand years. The con... |
27.45 |
1.0616 |
-0.0808 |
132 |
2 |
26.09 |
2012-08-27 |
| 139. |
So this book is gonna come in handy. |
27.41 |
0.9961 |
-0.0167 |
36 |
1 |
27.41 |
2012-08-27 |
| 140. |
But the most horrifying thing was when the headless chicken ... |
27.33 |
1.0766 |
-0.1001 |
121 |
1 |
27.33 |
2012-08-31 |
| 141. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
27.29 |
1.0215 |
-0.0464 |
130 |
1 |
27.29 |
2012-09-27 |
| 142. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
27.28 |
0.8615 |
0.1132 |
134 |
1 |
27.28 |
2012-08-24 |
| 143. |
In 1776 the colonies were ready for independence, but an off... |
27.24 |
1.0157 |
-0.0424 |
137 |
1 |
27.24 |
2012-12-03 |
| 144. |
Evolution is the gradual change in a species over time. |
27.21 |
0.9360 |
0.0362 |
55 |
1 |
27.21 |
2012-08-17 |
| 145. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
27.15 |
0.8993 |
0.0708 |
174 |
1 |
27.15 |
2012-09-28 |
| 146. |
Reproduction is the process by which plants and animals give... |
27.08 |
1.0243 |
-0.0567 |
79 |
1 |
27.08 |
2012-12-06 |
| 147. |
A group of rhinos is called a crash. |
27.06 |
1.0130 |
-0.0461 |
36 |
1 |
27.06 |
2012-08-24 |
| 148. |
Bits of light danced in the deep forest shadows around me. I... |
27.04 |
1.0273 |
-0.0611 |
94 |
1 |
27.04 |
2012-11-01 |
| 149. |
Rocky Raccoon lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota. |
27.01 |
0.8401 |
0.1250 |
55 |
1 |
27.01 |
2012-08-27 |
| 150. |
Did you know that camels have three eyelids to protect their... |
26.92 |
0.9415 |
0.0204 |
82 |
2 |
26.83 |
2012-09-28 |
| 151. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
26.90 |
1.0351 |
-0.0739 |
168 |
1 |
26.90 |
2012-10-29 |
| 152. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
26.88 |
0.9762 |
-0.0158 |
131 |
1 |
26.88 |
2012-10-26 |
| 153. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
26.82 |
0.8960 |
0.0623 |
266 |
1 |
26.82 |
2013-02-07 |
| 154. |
The largest telescope to be placed in space so far is the Hu... |
26.80 |
0.8985 |
0.0591 |
108 |
1 |
26.80 |
2012-08-07 |
| 155. |
In Boston, MA in the nineteenth century, it was illegal to b... |
26.79 |
0.8207 |
0.1365 |
97 |
1 |
26.79 |
2012-10-29 |
| 156. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
26.78 |
0.9302 |
0.0267 |
214 |
1 |
26.78 |
2012-08-31 |
| 157. |
Dividing the stars into constellations helps to find and ide... |
26.65 |
1.1588 |
-0.2066 |
89 |
1 |
26.65 |
2012-12-06 |
| 158. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
26.53 |
0.8298 |
0.1181 |
145 |
1 |
26.53 |
2012-12-03 |
| 159. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
26.49 |
0.8362 |
0.1103 |
212 |
1 |
26.49 |
2012-12-03 |
| 160. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
26.49 |
0.8487 |
0.0978 |
181 |
1 |
26.49 |
2012-10-15 |
| 161. |
Of course he had gotten up early to run. |
26.48 |
0.9450 |
0.0012 |
40 |
1 |
26.48 |
2012-08-17 |
| 162. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
26.45 |
0.9451 |
0.0000 |
239 |
1 |
26.45 |
2013-02-14 |
| 163. |
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, s... |
26.42 |
0.9977 |
-0.0537 |
77 |
1 |
26.42 |
2012-10-26 |
| 164. |
Leslie's favorite place besides the castle stronghold was th... |
26.37 |
0.8580 |
0.0842 |
74 |
1 |
26.37 |
2012-08-23 |
| 165. |
To scare off enemies, the horned lizard squirts blood from i... |
26.35 |
1.0258 |
-0.0843 |
71 |
1 |
26.35 |
2012-10-29 |
| 166. |
As the Earth and Moon move in space, they sometimes block ea... |
26.31 |
0.8619 |
0.0782 |
117 |
1 |
26.31 |
2012-12-06 |
| 167. |
He could see the outline of a heart, with the letters K B et... |
26.29 |
0.9226 |
0.0168 |
75 |
1 |
26.29 |
2012-08-27 |
| 168. |
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe If he holle... |
26.23 |
0.7611 |
0.1761 |
90 |
1 |
26.23 |
2013-02-08 |
| 169. |
He said model boats were his hobby and that he'd be delighte... |
26.12 |
1.0235 |
-0.0902 |
116 |
1 |
26.12 |
2012-08-31 |
| 170. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
26.12 |
0.8886 |
0.0447 |
404 |
1 |
26.12 |
2013-02-08 |
| 171. |
A typical double mattress contains as many as two million ho... |
25.99 |
0.9478 |
-0.0192 |
75 |
1 |
25.99 |
2012-08-07 |
| 172. |
The apartment smelled the way it did because Stanley's fathe... |
25.86 |
0.8654 |
0.0586 |
113 |
1 |
25.86 |
2012-11-01 |
| 173. |
The male Eastern Bluebird looks like a piece of pure sky com... |
25.79 |
0.9215 |
0.0000 |
70 |
1 |
25.79 |
2012-08-07 |
| 174. |
It used to be a whole lot simpler back in elementary school. |
25.77 |
0.9495 |
-0.0287 |
60 |
1 |
25.77 |
2012-08-24 |
| 175. |
A funambulist is also known as a tightrope walker. |
25.76 |
1.0435 |
-0.1231 |
50 |
1 |
25.76 |
2012-12-03 |
| 176. |
C3PO is first character to speak in Star Wars. |
25.68 |
0.9554 |
-0.0378 |
46 |
1 |
25.68 |
2012-10-26 |
| 177. |
Jess would know how things went in a magic kingdom - how the... |
25.66 |
1.0201 |
-0.1032 |
129 |
1 |
25.66 |
2012-08-24 |
| 178. |
McDonald's in New Zealand serves apricot pies instead of che... |
25.63 |
0.8740 |
0.0418 |
69 |
1 |
25.63 |
2013-02-06 |
| 179. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
25.62 |
0.8589 |
0.0565 |
174 |
1 |
25.62 |
2012-10-26 |
| 180. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
25.59 |
0.9465 |
-0.0321 |
163 |
1 |
25.59 |
2012-12-03 |
| 181. |
The name 'jeep' comes from the abbreviation used in the army... |
25.59 |
0.8040 |
0.1104 |
97 |
1 |
25.59 |
2012-12-20 |
| 182. |
Kangaroos usually give birth to one young annually. Their yo... |
25.45 |
0.8653 |
0.0440 |
81 |
1 |
25.45 |
2012-08-31 |
| 183. |
I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. |
25.44 |
0.9136 |
-0.0046 |
59 |
1 |
25.44 |
2012-08-17 |
| 184. |
Before the 1800's, there were no separately designed shoes f... |
25.44 |
0.8406 |
0.0684 |
83 |
1 |
25.44 |
2012-08-27 |
| 185. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
25.34 |
0.8683 |
0.0371 |
205 |
1 |
25.34 |
2012-09-28 |
| 186. |
I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war... |
25.29 |
1.0540 |
-0.1504 |
227 |
1 |
25.29 |
2012-09-12 |
| 187. |
The two hottest months at the equator are March and September. |
25.24 |
0.9018 |
0.0000 |
62 |
1 |
25.24 |
2012-08-07 |
| 188. |
There was little industry in the colonial days in America, s... |
25.22 |
0.8632 |
0.0379 |
146 |
1 |
25.22 |
2012-12-03 |
| 189. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
25.17 |
0.9116 |
-0.0123 |
216 |
1 |
25.17 |
2012-12-20 |
| 190. |
Of all the animals in the world only mice, whales, elephants... |
25.14 |
0.7657 |
0.1326 |
109 |
2 |
24.14 |
2012-08-23 |
| 191. |
The amount of potato chips Americans eat each year weighs si... |
25.07 |
0.8544 |
0.0414 |
114 |
1 |
25.07 |
2012-10-15 |
| 192. |
The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933. |
25.07 |
0.7884 |
0.1074 |
47 |
1 |
25.07 |
2012-10-15 |
| 193. |
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girl... |
24.96 |
0.8828 |
0.0090 |
74 |
1 |
24.96 |
2012-08-07 |
| 194. |
It takes three thousand cows to supply the NFL with enough l... |
24.87 |
0.9887 |
-0.1001 |
100 |
1 |
24.87 |
2012-08-07 |
| 195. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
24.86 |
0.9245 |
-0.0362 |
188 |
1 |
24.86 |
2012-09-12 |
| 196. |
As much as fifty gallons of maple sap are used to make a sin... |
24.84 |
1.1367 |
-0.2491 |
86 |
2 |
21.91 |
2012-12-03 |
| 197. |
The first formal rules for playing baseball required the win... |
24.82 |
0.8584 |
0.0284 |
95 |
1 |
24.82 |
2012-08-31 |
| 198. |
Tug-of-war was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920. |
24.73 |
0.7904 |
0.0932 |
54 |
1 |
24.73 |
2012-08-23 |
| 199. |
I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have l... |
24.72 |
1.0863 |
-0.2030 |
90 |
2 |
22.18 |
2012-08-17 |
| 200. |
The universe is made of millions of stars and planets, and e... |
24.69 |
0.7151 |
0.1671 |
109 |
1 |
24.69 |
2012-08-24 |
| 201. |
The average lead pencil can draw a line thirty-five miles lo... |
24.69 |
0.8574 |
0.0248 |
115 |
1 |
24.69 |
2012-12-17 |
| 202. |
It takes 28 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth once. |
24.68 |
1.0175 |
-0.1357 |
54 |
1 |
24.68 |
2012-08-27 |
| 203. |
The early flag of the United States had 13 stripes to repres... |
24.66 |
0.9447 |
-0.0636 |
156 |
1 |
24.66 |
2012-08-31 |
| 204. |
Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they thre... |
24.58 |
0.9286 |
-0.0503 |
122 |
1 |
24.58 |
2012-09-28 |
| 205. |
Slaves under the last emperors of China wore pigtails so the... |
24.56 |
0.9075 |
-0.0300 |
90 |
1 |
24.56 |
2012-08-31 |
| 206. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
24.56 |
0.9081 |
-0.0306 |
270 |
1 |
24.56 |
2012-10-15 |
| 207. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
24.49 |
0.8750 |
0.0000 |
170 |
1 |
24.49 |
2012-08-17 |
| 208. |
He glanced downward and had to force himself to suppress a s... |
24.43 |
0.9923 |
-0.1194 |
66 |
1 |
24.43 |
2013-02-14 |
| 209. |
The productive, sheltered waters of the Boston area provide ... |
24.38 |
0.9406 |
-0.0695 |
119 |
1 |
24.38 |
2013-01-18 |
| 210. |
Geologic time scale refers to the timeline of the geologic h... |
24.37 |
1.0410 |
-0.1702 |
113 |
1 |
24.37 |
2012-08-17 |
| 211. |
Nobody knows how big the universe is. It contains millions a... |
24.32 |
1.0625 |
-0.1935 |
84 |
1 |
24.32 |
2012-09-14 |
| 212. |
The average life of a nuclear power plant is forty years. |
24.31 |
0.9462 |
-0.0776 |
57 |
1 |
24.31 |
2012-12-03 |
| 213. |
I had lived in that house in Marshfield practically my whole... |
24.27 |
0.8588 |
0.0084 |
137 |
1 |
24.27 |
2012-08-27 |
| 214. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
24.23 |
0.9239 |
-0.0581 |
174 |
1 |
24.23 |
2012-09-11 |
| 215. |
Running wasn't fun anymore and it was all Leslie's fault. |
24.18 |
0.9897 |
-0.1257 |
57 |
1 |
24.18 |
2012-08-27 |
| 216. |
That every man may receive at least a moderate education, an... |
24.08 |
0.8488 |
0.0116 |
136 |
1 |
24.08 |
2012-08-17 |
| 217. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
24.07 |
0.8559 |
0.0041 |
227 |
1 |
24.07 |
2012-10-15 |
| 218. |
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was ... |
23.96 |
0.8056 |
0.0505 |
146 |
1 |
23.96 |
2012-08-17 |
| 219. |
With their long wings, Turkey Vultures soar high up in the s... |
23.92 |
0.8175 |
0.0372 |
112 |
1 |
23.92 |
2012-08-27 |
| 220. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
23.76 |
0.9270 |
-0.0780 |
166 |
1 |
23.76 |
2012-09-12 |
| 221. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
23.71 |
0.8097 |
0.0375 |
213 |
1 |
23.71 |
2012-08-23 |
| 222. |
It was a perfect Marshfield morning, sunny and warm. The air... |
23.70 |
1.1478 |
-0.3010 |
164 |
1 |
23.70 |
2012-08-31 |
| 223. |
It takes a ray of light 1 1/2 seconds to travel from the Moo... |
23.67 |
1.1001 |
-0.2544 |
75 |
1 |
23.67 |
2012-08-07 |
| 224. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
23.67 |
0.8384 |
0.0073 |
217 |
1 |
23.67 |
2012-09-11 |
| 225. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
23.63 |
0.8552 |
-0.0109 |
167 |
1 |
23.63 |
2012-08-24 |
| 226. |
Once the first fall chill arrives, we're likely to see and h... |
23.52 |
0.8278 |
0.0126 |
98 |
1 |
23.52 |
2012-08-31 |
| 227. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
23.51 |
0.8430 |
-0.0030 |
137 |
1 |
23.51 |
2012-08-23 |
| 228. |
The only food that does not spoil is honey. |
23.47 |
1.2196 |
-0.3810 |
43 |
1 |
23.47 |
2012-12-20 |
| 229. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
23.45 |
1.0335 |
-0.1956 |
118 |
1 |
23.45 |
2012-08-24 |
| 230. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
23.34 |
0.8806 |
-0.0466 |
257 |
1 |
23.34 |
2012-12-06 |
| 231. |
They hadn't exactly fallen from the sky. |
23.30 |
0.8591 |
-0.0266 |
40 |
1 |
23.30 |
2012-08-17 |
| 232. |
The mudskipper fish can actually walk on land. |
23.27 |
1.0064 |
-0.1749 |
46 |
1 |
23.27 |
2012-08-07 |
| 233. |
In chemistry the word "phases" refers to the states in which... |
23.11 |
0.7768 |
0.0489 |
127 |
1 |
23.11 |
2012-08-24 |
| 234. |
On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor... |
23.09 |
0.7417 |
0.0833 |
92 |
1 |
23.09 |
2012-12-03 |
| 235. |
The four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after famous... |
23.02 |
0.8637 |
-0.0412 |
117 |
3 |
21.18 |
2012-11-01 |
| 236. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
23.01 |
0.8140 |
0.0082 |
225 |
1 |
23.01 |
2012-08-31 |
| 237. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
22.98 |
0.8878 |
-0.0667 |
194 |
1 |
22.98 |
2013-02-06 |
| 238. |
Kangaroos usually give birth to one young annually. |
22.84 |
0.8759 |
-0.0598 |
51 |
1 |
22.84 |
2012-08-17 |
| 239. |
The first computer ever made was called ENIAC. A silicon chi... |
22.74 |
0.8322 |
-0.0197 |
166 |
1 |
22.74 |
2012-12-06 |
| 240. |
Asteroids are large chunks of rock, or rock and metal. They ... |
22.67 |
1.0171 |
-0.2071 |
79 |
1 |
22.67 |
2012-12-06 |
| 241. |
First of all, let me get something straight: this is a JOURN... |
22.48 |
0.7763 |
0.0269 |
76 |
1 |
22.48 |
2012-08-17 |
| 242. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
22.41 |
0.8007 |
0.0000 |
145 |
1 |
22.41 |
2012-08-31 |
| 243. |
To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the high... |
22.31 |
0.9104 |
-0.1132 |
89 |
1 |
22.31 |
2012-08-23 |
| 244. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
22.20 |
0.7186 |
0.0746 |
121 |
1 |
22.20 |
2012-08-31 |
| 245. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
22.18 |
0.7918 |
0.0007 |
109 |
1 |
22.18 |
2012-08-24 |
| 246. |
The longest non-talking movie ever made was Andy Warhol's "S... |
22.15 |
0.6888 |
0.1026 |
120 |
1 |
22.15 |
2012-08-07 |
| 247. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
22.00 |
0.7843 |
0.0018 |
135 |
1 |
22.00 |
2012-08-24 |
| 248. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
21.98 |
0.7981 |
-0.0127 |
118 |
1 |
21.98 |
2012-08-29 |
| 249. |
Homeostasis refers to the maintenance of stable internal con... |
21.83 |
0.7800 |
0.0000 |
68 |
1 |
21.83 |
2013-02-06 |
| 250. |
It was a perfect Marshfield morning, sunny and warm. The air... |
21.68 |
1.0493 |
-0.2747 |
164 |
1 |
21.68 |
2012-08-07 |
| 251. |
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one o... |
21.66 |
0.8873 |
-0.1134 |
103 |
1 |
21.66 |
2012-08-23 |
| 252. |
He had just walked out from under a freeway overpass when th... |
21.19 |
1.0703 |
-0.3132 |
87 |
1 |
21.19 |
2012-08-07 |
| 253. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
20.91 |
0.7990 |
-0.0519 |
174 |
1 |
20.91 |
2012-12-17 |
| 254. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
20.70 |
0.6985 |
0.0411 |
197 |
1 |
20.70 |
2012-08-14 |
| 255. |
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient for waking you up i... |
20.57 |
0.8177 |
-0.0827 |
74 |
1 |
20.57 |
2012-09-11 |
| 256. |
Why did two grown people want to leave a comfortable life in... |
20.54 |
0.9306 |
-0.1967 |
95 |
1 |
20.54 |
2012-08-07 |
| 257. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
20.33 |
0.7130 |
0.0134 |
110 |
1 |
20.33 |
2012-10-30 |
| 258. |
Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock. |
19.92 |
0.8738 |
-0.1620 |
51 |
1 |
19.92 |
2012-08-17 |
| 259. |
Subduction refers to a tectonic plate moving below another t... |
19.71 |
0.9636 |
-0.2593 |
74 |
1 |
19.71 |
2012-11-02 |
| 260. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
19.50 |
0.7904 |
-0.0936 |
149 |
1 |
19.50 |
2012-08-24 |
| 261. |
Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The cloc... |
19.24 |
0.8841 |
-0.1966 |
114 |
1 |
19.24 |
2012-10-29 |
| 262. |
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "sc... |
19.21 |
0.7332 |
-0.0468 |
69 |
1 |
19.21 |
2012-08-31 |
| 263. |
Mallard ducks are the most common duck in the Northern Hemis... |
19.02 |
0.7243 |
-0.0447 |
66 |
1 |
19.02 |
2012-08-07 |
| 264. |
Hot water is heavier than cold. |
18.44 |
0.7322 |
-0.0733 |
31 |
1 |
18.44 |
2012-08-07 |
| 265. |
That was what some people thought. |
17.50 |
0.8909 |
-0.2656 |
34 |
1 |
17.50 |
2012-10-15 |
| 266. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
17.40 |
0.7277 |
-0.1060 |
148 |
1 |
17.40 |
2012-08-31 |
| 267. |
He stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni. |
17.21 |
0.8478 |
-0.2329 |
53 |
1 |
17.21 |
2012-07-31 |
| 268. |
Deposition refers to sediments laid down in a new place by e... |
16.95 |
0.8827 |
-0.2771 |
67 |
1 |
16.95 |
2012-12-20 |
| 269. |
In the movie Fantasia, the sorcerer's name is Yesnid - Disne... |
16.69 |
0.6385 |
-0.0422 |
79 |
1 |
16.69 |
2012-08-27 |