~ sOme funny facts ~

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

• 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, 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 become 15 billion by 2080.
• Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

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