Thursday 11 October 2012

[www.keralites.net] Very interesting facts to know :)

 

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.

3 Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

 

"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.

 

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!

 

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

 

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time 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 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.

 

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.

 

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring werent added to it.

 

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

 

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

 

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

 

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

 

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

 

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

 

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

 

The average person laughs 10 times a day!

 


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