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.
Beetles taste
like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms taste
like fried bacon.
Of all the words in 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.
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!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
An epidemic once killed most of the Icelandic dog
population.
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
Horatio Nelson, one of 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
Right handed people live, on average,
nine years longer than left-handed people.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, twice everytime
you breathe!
The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
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.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world
is predicted to increase to more than 15 billion by 2080.
Women blink
nearly twice as much as men.
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