· 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 weren't 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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