~:    SOME INTERESTING FACTS    :~  

-= WORD / LETTER =-
- Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
- STEWARDESSES is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
- The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
- The alphabet 'a' is not there in the words "one", "two", "three"... upto "hundred".
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
- The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

-= RELATING TO HUMAN =-
- It is impossible to lick your elbow.
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
- The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
- The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
- Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
- On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
- Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
- The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
- People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
- If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

-= ANIMAL =-
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- All polar bears are left handed.
- Most lipstick contains fish scales.
- A snail can sleep for three years.
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
- Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
- The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
- Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

-= DISCOVERY =-
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
- What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

-= MISC =-
- Coca-Cola was originally green.
- There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
- If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
- Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
Ans. - Honey

 

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