60 Things You Probably Didn't Know!

    I just thought I should share a couple of Intresting things I found out.

They are things I feel every one should know, or atleast should be fascinating to alot of people.

Some of them are funny, no doubt about it but you could really learn a thing or two from the info & by so doing increase your knowledge database… Enjoy!

1. 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.

2. An ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed

3. A wood pecker can peck 20 times per second

4. What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an
   “English kiss” in France.  (Can you imagine!!)

5. “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in
      alphabetical order.

6. “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

7. The great horned owl has no sense of smell

8. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
    death. (Creepy.) (Hmmm…it was as good as dead anyway)

9. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete…(I guess it depends on the
    type of concrete we are talking about)

10.You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.

11. It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

12. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

13. The first bomb droped by the allies on berlin in world war II hit an elephant
     ( eyaaaaaaah, Poor  Elephant)

14. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the
       University of London. (Now  that’s creepy.)

15. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
      enough sound energy to heat  one cup of coffee. (Hmm...Hardly seems worth it.)

16. Most Elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale

17. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed
       people. (Geezzzz, hows that possible?)

18. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

19. The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
      (Yea yea and so and so what)



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

21.A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

22. If you cut off a snails eye, it will grow a new one.

23. The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when
      Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man.

24. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

25. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

26. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

27. Women blink nearly twice as much as men…(Hmm, I wonda why)

28. Camels spit when they are angry. (So what? Lol)

29. 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.

30. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”

31. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring wasn’t added to it.

32. On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.

33. More people are killed each year from bee stings than from snakes bites

34. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write
       approximately 50,000 English words.

35. More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.

36. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

37. The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

38. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French,
      Arabic, Chinese, Russian and  Spanish.

39. Earth is the only planet not named after a god. (Now that’s comforting)

40. A  flee can jump 200 times its length , which is equivalent to a man jumping
      off the empire state building in Newyork.

41. You’re born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only
       have 206.

42. Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!

43. Dolphins sleep with one eye open! (I guess they are just exercising caution...Lol)

44. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open… (abeg joooor, how hard could it be.)

45. The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

46. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds ( The Chicken Try sha)

47. A whales heart beats only 9 times per minute

48. A moth has no stomach

49. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

50. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

51. The average person laughs 10 times a day!

52. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
     (I guess there may be some people like this too.. Lol)

53.Scientist have succesfully performed surgery on the brains of cockroaches
      ( Hmmm....i guess they were suffering from  lack of what to do)

54. An ostrich is the fastest running bird and can attain a speed of 80 km/h.
      (Lolzz…. Lazy Bird..what an   irony , a running bird? Now that’s
       just odd, as odd as a flying cheetah)

55. One ostrich egg is roughly equal to about 28 chicken eggs

56. If a crocodile gets hold of you and you deep your hands in its eyes,
       it will let you go instantly.(mehn, I’ld rather not be in that position jare.)

57.The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm……..)

58.A Starfish has no brain.

59.Polar bears are left-handed. (hmmm… it means If they switch and
     become right handed, they’ll live a lot longer. Jez Saying)

60  if u multipiled 111,111,111 by 111,111,111 you will get,  12,345,678,987,654,321
      ( very interesting interesting indeed)

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