Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Interesting facts lol...

  1. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
  2. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
  3. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
  4. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
  5. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
  6. Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren't added to it.
  7. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
  8. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
  9. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
  10. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
  11. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
  12. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
  13. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
  14. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
  15. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
  16. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
  17. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
  18. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
  19. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
  20. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
  21. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
  22. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
  23. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
  24. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
  25. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
  26. Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
  27. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
  28. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
  29. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
  30. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
  31. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
  32. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
  33. The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old! Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
  34. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
  35. 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
  36. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
  37. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
  38. Slugs have 4 noses.
  39. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
  40. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
  41. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
  42. The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
  43. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
  44. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
  45. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
  46. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
  47. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
  48. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
  49. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  50. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only one testicules

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