Friday, 18 February 2011

More strange facts

1. The word 'set' in the English language, has the most definitions!
2. The "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
3. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
4. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
5. When the last four letters are removed from the word "queue" it is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way.
6. The longest English word without a vowel is Rhythm.
7. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
8. Horatio Nelson, one of England's best known historical admirals was throughout his life,
never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
9. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
10. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
11. Our feet house a quarter of the bodies' bones!
12. In the same way all fingerprints are different all tongue prints are different also!
13. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
14. Dead skin makes up for most of the dust particles in your home!
15. 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.
16. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
17. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English
words.
18. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
19. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
20. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
21. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th.
22. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
23. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
24.Your heart beats 100,000 times a day
25. The average person laughs 10 times a day!

A few strange facts

  1. Did you know that if you live in Siena (Italy) it is illegal to be a prostitute (but only if your name is Mary)!
  2. Did you know that if you live in Hong Kong you are allowed to murder your cheating husband (but only with your bare hands)!
  3. Did you know that if you live in Liverpool (England) you are allowed to be a topless saleswoman (but only if you work in a tropical fish store)!
  4. Did you know that if you live in Paraguay you may duel (but only if you and your opponent are both blood donors)!
  5. Did you know that if you live in Alaska you may shoot bears (but waking a bear to take a photo isn’t allowed)
  6. Did you know that for there are five times as many porn websites as there are normal!
  7. Did you know that in the Greek national anthem there are 158 verses (no one in Greece knows them all though)!
  8. Did you know the name Wendy was invented for Peter Pan, no one had heard of it before!
  9. Did you know that until the 1960’s you weren’t allowed in Disneyland if you were a man with long hair!
  10. Did you know that in Finland Donald Duck comics were banned once because he doesn’t wear any pants!
  11. Did you know that the word gymnasium means “to exercise naked” in Greek!
  12. Did you know that a pregnant woman was once accused falsely of shoplifting a basketball!