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Few incredible facts---Nice to know !!!

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Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

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Posted On 06 June 2010 at 09:40 Report Abuse

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.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

"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

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, everytime 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!

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

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

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.

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

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.

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.

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

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.

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

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

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

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

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

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

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

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 Slugs have 4 noses.

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

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

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

The average person laughs 10 times a day!

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain



Total thanks : 4 times


SIVASIVA
R SIVAKUMAR FCA Future CA

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Posted On 06 June 2010 at 15:53

SUPERB




Ankur Garg
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

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Posted On 07 June 2010 at 10:05

Thanks Kishore and Sivasiva for noticing the post !!!



Dheeraj Sondhiya
CA- IPCC

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Posted On 07 June 2010 at 10:29

nice post...thanks for sharing.....................



Akhil Gupta
Manager F&A

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Posted On 07 June 2010 at 12:01

Some facts are new for me.

 

Specially "You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206." is unknown to me till date.

 

Thanks for sharing such facts. Keep sharing.



Vani.A
CS

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Posted On 07 June 2010 at 14:49

Good post sir. Really interesting facts. Keep sharing


Member (Account Deleted)

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Posted On 07 June 2010 at 16:35

Nice  post



MIRAJ M MEHTA
CA Final

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Posted On 07 June 2010 at 16:40

nice post
 



Punit GoSwaMi
Article/Audit Assistant

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Posted On 21 June 2010 at 17:49

amazing,..i like the last one............


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