Fun Facts You Never Knew (Part Two)

........ The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same 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.
........ “Rhythms” 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
........ You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
........ There is a city called Rome on every continent.
........ Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day
........ 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, 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!
........ Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
........ Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
........ Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
........ Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
........ Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
........ Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”
........ Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.
........ On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
........ The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English                 words.
........ More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
........ Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
........ The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times
........ Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
........ It’s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
........ 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
........ 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.
........ Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
........ A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years
........ A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue
........ The average person laughs 10 times a day
........ An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
........ There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year
........ there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
........ In a deck of cards the king of harts is the only king without a mustache
........ The movie titanic cost more to make that the cost of the actual ship that sank
........ Men who help with housework also tend to get laid often
........ Money is the number one thing that couples argue about
........ The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
........ Our name unconsciously influence our behavior
........ The least used letter in the alphabet is Q
........ DREAMT is the only word that ends in MT
........ The names of all continents both start and end with the same letter
........ The first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
........ If you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same
........ The smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
........ Cats spend 66% of their life asleep
........ When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees Celsius (54,000 degrees Fahrenheit)
........ Spiders are arachnids and not insects
........ Each time you see a full moon you always see the same side
........ 11% of people are left handed
........ Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
........ Most lipsticks contain fish scales
........ No two corn flakes look the same
........ Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
........ 8% of people have an extra rib
........ 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
........ Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
........ The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
........ The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
........ Birds need gravity to swallow
........ It’s possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
........ Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open
........ Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
........ A 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
........ Frogs don’t drink, they absorb water through their skin
........ Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards
........ A duck can't walk without bobbing its head
........ A hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute
........ Dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
........ A crocodile can't move its tongue
........ A strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside
........ Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand on the keyboard
........ Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
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