(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. (Funny, isn't it?)
(2).Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine
nuts, and worms like fried bacon. (Don't ask
me how I know)
(3).Of all the words in the English language,
the word 'set' has the most definitions! (Get
a dictionary and look it up)
(4).What is called a "French kiss" in the
English speaking world is known as an
"English kiss" in France. (Wondering; are
"French fries" called "English fries" in France
too?)
(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.
(How about the owner of the pig?)
(8).A cockroach can live several weeks with
its head cut off! (Scary, right? Imagine
finding a headless cockroach crawling up
your wall......*shivers!
(9).Human thigh bones are stronger than
concrete.
(10).You can't kill yourself by holding your
breath! (To all who think suicide is easy)
(11).There is a city called Rome on every
continent.
(12).Your heart beats over 100,000 times a
day.
(13). Right handed people live, on average,
nine years longer than left-handed people.
(OMG! I'm left and right handed!)
(14).Your ribs move about 5 million times a
year; every time you breathe!
(15).The elephant is the only mammal that
can't jump! (Elephants and VERY fat people I
guess)
(16).One quarter of the bones in your body,
are in your feet!
(17).Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue
print is different! ( Huh?!!!)
(18).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.
(19).Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster
than toenails!
(20).Most dust particles in your house are
made from dead skin!
(21).The present population of the world is
predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
(22).Women blink nearly twice as much as
men. (Men are freaks!)
(23).Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had
only ONE testicle. (No wonder ....)
(24).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.
(25).Months that begin on a Sunday will
always have a "Friday the 13th."
(26).Coca-Cola would be green if colouring
weren’t added to it.
(27).More people are killed each year from
bees than from snakes.
(28).The average lead pencil will draw a line
35 miles long or write approximately 50,000
English words.
(29).More people are allergic to cow's milk
than any other food. (Well, I am)
(30).Camels have three eyelids to protect
themselves from blowing sand. (Wow!)
(31).The placement of a donkey's eyes in its'
heads enables it to see all four feet at all
times!
(32).The six official languages of the United
Nations are: English, French, Arabic,
Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
(33).Earth is the only planet not named
after a god. (Thank God!)
(34).It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in
a church in Nebraska, USA.
(35).You're born with 300 bones, but by the
time you become an adult, you only have
206.
(36).Some worms will eat themselves if they
can't find any food!
(37).Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
(Those who live in Lagos do too)
(38).It is impossible to sneeze with your
eyes open.
(39).The longest recorded flight of a chicken
is 13 seconds. (Chickens can't fly!)
(40).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. (Once in
3months?!!!)
(41).Owls are the only birds who can see the
color blue.
(42).A man named Charles Osborne had the
hiccups for 69 years! (See, hiccups can't kill
you)
(43).A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-
inch tongue! (Wow!)
(44).The average person laughs 10 times a
day! (but i laugh almost 50 times)
(45).An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(Yeah, some people's too)
*SOurced from "Useless but amazing facts".
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