Things everyone should know

CS RAJESH C.CHOUDHARY (ASSISTANT MANAGER) (14607 Points)

30 March 2013  

 

 

 

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

2.    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.     "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

4.     "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

5.     A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

  1. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
  2. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
  3. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
  4. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
  5. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
  6. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
  7. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
  8. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
  9. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
  10. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  11. Honey is the only food that does not spoil
  12. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
  13. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
  14. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
  15. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
  16. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
  17. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
  18. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
  19. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
  20. Slugs have 4 noses.
  21. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
  22. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
  23. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
  24. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
  25. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

 

Thanks for reading..

Regards,

RAJESH CHOUDHARY