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50 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

(Or 50 Completely Useless Facts!)

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is stillpronounced 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!

hat is called a "#rench kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an

"English kiss" in #rance.

"$lmost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters inalphabetical order.

"%hythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

&n '()*, a pig in #rance was e+ecuted by public hanging for the murder of a child

a cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

uman thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

-ou cant kill yourself by holding your breath

there is a city called %ome on every continent.

&ts against the law to have a pet dog in &celand!

-our heart beats over ', times a day!

oratio /elson, one of Englands most illustrious admirals was throughout his

life, never able to find a cure for his sea0sickness.

The skeleton of 1eremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the2niversity of 3ondon

%ight handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left0handed people

your ribs move about 4 million times a year, every time you breathe!

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The elephant is the only mammal that cant 5ump!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

3ike fingerprints, everyones tongue print is different!

The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as '**6, when 1ean0Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man

#ingernails grow nearly 7 times faster than toenails!

8ost dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The present population of 4 billion plus people of the world is predicted tobecome '4 billion by 9).

Womenblink nearly twice as much as men.

$dolf itler was a vegetarian, and had only O/E testicle.

oney is the only food that does not spoil. oney found in the tombs of Egyptianpharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

8onths that begin on a :unday will always have a "#riday the '(th."

;oca0;ola would be green if colouring weren

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Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

&ts against the law to burp, or snee>e in a church in /ebraska, 2:$.

-oure born with ( bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have

9*.

:ome worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!

?olphins sleep with one eye open!

&t is impossible to snee>e with your eyes open

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is @ years old!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is '( seconds

Aueen Eli>abeth & regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. :he declared thatshe bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not

:lugs have 7 noses.

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

$ man named ;harles Osborne had the hiccups for *@ years!

$ giraffe can clean its ears with its 9'0inch tongue!

The average person laughs ' times a day!

$n ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain

One of these ama>ing, but useless facts is false. ?o you know which one