29 Completely Useless 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.
- Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms 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.
- There is a place called Rome on every continent.
- 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
- Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
- One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
- 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.
- Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
- The present population of 6.6 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 11 billion by 2080.
- Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
- Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
- On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
- More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
- The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times!
- The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
- You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
- The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
- Slugs have 4 noses.
- A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
- The average person laughs 10 times a day!
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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