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Monday, June 30, 2008

29 Completely Useless Facts!

29 Completely Useless Facts!

  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!
  4. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
  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. There is a place called Rome on every continent.
  9. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
  10. Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was, throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
  11. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
  12. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
  13. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
  14. 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.
  15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
  16. The present population of 6.6 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 11 billion by 2080.
  17. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
  18. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
  19. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
  20. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
  21. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times!
  22. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
  23. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
  24. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
  25. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
  26. Slugs have 4 noses.
  27. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
  28. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
  29. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

 

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