50 Things Everyone Should Know

(or 50 Completely Useless Facts!)

1. The word queue is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way even when the last four letters are removed. 2. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Eguptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. 3. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. 4. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th. 5. Of all the words in the English dictionary, the word set has the most definitions! 6. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring werent added to it. 7. What is called a French Kiss in the English speaking is known as an Englis Kiss in France. 8. On average a hedgehogs heart beats 300 times a minute. 9. Almost is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

10. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes. 11. Rhythm is the longest English word without a vowel. 12. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 milles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. 13. In 1386, a pig in france was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child. 14. More people are allergic to cows milk than any other food. 15. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head chopped off! 16. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. 17. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. 18. The placement of a donkeys eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at the all times! 19. The six official language of the United Nations are : English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. 20. You cant kill yourself by holding your breath. 21. There is a city called Rome in every continent.

22. The average person laughs 10 times a day. 23. Earth is the only planet not named after a God. 24. Your heart beats over 100,000 a day! 25. Its against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Nebraska,USA. 26. Horatio Nelson, Englands most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for sea-sickness. 27. Youre born with 300 bones. By the time youre an adult, youre left with 206. 28. Some worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food. 29. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London. 30. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. 31. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe! 32. The elephant is the only mammal that cannot jump. 33. One quarter of our bones in our body,are in our feet! 34. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

35. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Even if you do, your eyes will not pop out. This is because the eyeball is held by very strong muscles. Not just a flimsy eyelid. 36. The worlds oldest piece of gum is 9000 years old! 37. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. 38. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every 3 months, whether she needed it or not. 39. Like fingerprints, everyones toungue print is unique! 40. Slugs have 4 noses. 41. The first known blood transfusion was performed as early as 1667,when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man. 42. Fingernails grow 4 times faster than toenails. 43. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. 44. The present population of 7 billion plus people in the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080. 45. Women blink twice as much as men. 46. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

47. A man named Charlie Osbourne had the hiccups for 69 years. 48. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tougue. 49. An epidemic in Iceland once killed most of the dog population. 50. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.