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Monday, August 24, 2009

Interesting Facts that May or May Not be Useful >.<''

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.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.

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

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

"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.

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.

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

Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not.

Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China.

Most lipstick contains fish scale.

Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system.

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

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.

In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar.

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

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

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




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