Friday, June 08, 2007

50 Facts each of you to know...

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 Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

*************

3 Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

*************

5 "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

*************

6 "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

*************

7 In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

*************

8 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

*************

9 Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

*************

10 You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

*************

11 There is a city called Rome on every continent.

*************

12 It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

*************

13 Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

*************

14 Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

*************

15 The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

*************

16 Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

*************

17 Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

*************

18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

*************

19 One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

*************

20 Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

*************

21 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

*************

22 Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

*************

23 The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

*************

24 A Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

*************

25 Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

*************

26 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.

*************

27 Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

*************

28 Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.

*************

29 On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

*************

30 More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

*************

31 The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write
approximately 50,000 English words.

*************

32 More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

*************

33 Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

*************

34 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

*************

35 The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

*************

36 Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

*************

37 It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

*************

38 You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

*************

39 Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

*************

40 Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

*************

41 It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

*************

42 The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

*************

43 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

*************

44 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

*************

45 Slugs have 4 noses.

*************

46 Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

*************

47 A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

*************

48 A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

*************

49 The average person laughs 10 times a day!

*************

50 An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

No comments:

Post a Comment