50 Things Everyone Should Know
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Did you know?
- The word "queue" is the only word in English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
- Of all the words of the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions!
- What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
- "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
- "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
- Coca-cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.
- There is a city called "Rome" on every continent.
- Horatio Nelson, one of the England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
- The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London.
- The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean Baptiste transfuse two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man.
- The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
- Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and had only one testicle.
- Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologist and found edible.
- Months that begins on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th".
- The aveerage lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
- the six official language of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
- Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
- It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
- The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.
- Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
- HUman thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
- You hear beats over 100,000 a day!
- Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
- One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet.
- Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
- Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
- You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
- The average person laughs 10 times a day!
- It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.
- Right handed people live, on average, 9 years longer than left-handed people.
- More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
- Most people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
- It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland! (The fact about pet dogs in Iceland is incorrect. However, it is true that an epidemic once killed most of the Icelandic dog population.)
- Beeetles tastes like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worm like fried bacon.
- On average, a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
- In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
- A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
- The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
- Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
- Slugs have 4 noses.
- Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
- The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enable it to see all four feet at all times!
- Owls are the only bird who can see the color blue.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
- A giraffe can clean it's ears with its 21-inch tongue.
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