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    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.

    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

    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

    There is a city called Rome on every continent.

    It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

    Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

    Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

    The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

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

    Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time 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!

    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

    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 coloring 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 color 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

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    Thanks for posting this,I def learner something new.

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    Those were pretty cool!
    Guy #1: I'd totally hit that.
    Guy #2: Dude, I'd hit that so hard whoever could pull me out would become the King of England.

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    wow! I'm printing this to share, so i don't feel dumb alone.

    Oh, and I'm a lefty

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    Me too Lola

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    The one about the cockroach grossed me out...
    "I came in like a lamb, but I intend to leave like a lion."

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    If you should your way through life you'll be should-ing all over yourself later.
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    Finger pointing is awesome!! No really, it gets things done.

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    ^ Try reading about the experimental uses of headless cockroaches! Ick.

    I can't believe you can;t have a pet dog in Iceland! Why?

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    Cool I like this post. I think I laugh more than 10 times a day though...haha

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    The things about the coakroaches was scary! It expains why when I was in Guam. There was this super typoon. We had no power, water, and AC.( It felt like 115 degrees) I had the window open. Than a big coakroach came inside the house. I tried to kill it with a shoe. No matter how many times. I hit the coakroach it kept running!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackSheEp3 View Post
    Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

    And black ants taste like Sweet Tarts.



    Quote Originally Posted by BlackSheEp3 View Post
    "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
    Y is technically the vowel. Y is used as a vowel in several words... Tryst, myth, Egypt, crypt, lymph, and gym are other such examples.
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    paige, I bow to you!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by leilanicandy View Post
    The things about the coakroaches was scary! It expains why when I was in Guam. There was this super typoon. We had no power, water, and AC.( It felt like 115 degrees) I had the window open. Than a big coakroach came inside the house. I tried to kill it with a shoe. No matter how many times. I hit the coakroach it kept running!
    Oh heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell no!!

    My ass would have been on the first plane outta there.
    "I came in like a lamb, but I intend to leave like a lion."

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    The only thing a person hates more than being a sex object, is NOT being a sex object.
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    If you should your way through life you'll be should-ing all over yourself later.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheSexKitten View Post
    Finger pointing is awesome!! No really, it gets things done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver View Post
    ^ Try reading about the experimental uses of headless cockroaches! Ick.

    I can't believe you can;t have a pet dog in Iceland! Why?
    I believe that one is actually false..

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    I feel bad for Charles Osborne. That is a loooooooooong time to have hiccups.

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    so if you sneeze while in church in nebraska you go to jail?!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackSheEp3 View Post
    The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

    ^_^
    One nerdy thing to add; I go to the Uni of London and it's not his skeleton, he actually was stuffed according to his wishes and is on permanent display in the North Cloisters.

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    Several of these are false--including the one about Hitler being a vegetarian. All of the propoganda about Hitler being vegetarian, teetotaler, etc. was deliberated crafted to make him appear ascetic and god-like, as if he was above human pleasures. His diet was primarily vegetable-based during the latter part of his life because of health problems, however, his chef of many years has written that his favorite dish was sheep's testicles.

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    ^ Yeah, I don't think a few of these are true.

    But, screeched is the longest one syllable word.

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    Well typewriter is the longest word the can be typed using only the top line of the keyboard....seems appropriate doesn't it?? :-)
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    Napolean only had one testicle too.

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    A radio station I love does a factoid piece every weekday morning. Some of them are fun!

    Huzzah for useless info!

    Porcupines can float in water!
    Olive trees can live up to 1500 years old!

    The odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your lifetime are 1 in 6,500

    In 1982 a man in L.A. solved Rubik's cube in 23 seconds!

    Americans eat 700 million pounds of peanut butter a year!

    38 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this T-Giving!

    675 Million lbs of turkey are eaten each thanksgiving in the U.S.

    Wild Turkeys can run 20mph!

    The fleshy growth under a trukeys throat is a wattle.

    White meat has fewer calories and less fat than dark meat.

    The heaviest turkey ever raised weighed 86Lbs

    There are 60 drops in a teaspoon.

    The coldest recorded football game-day temperature was -13 0 at the NFL Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on December 31, 1967. The Packers won 21-17.

    A 15lb turkey usually has about 70% white meat and 30% dark meat!

    Most arguments in American households take place in the kitchen!

    The biggest pumpkin world record is a whopping 1,502 pounds!

    More than 35 million pounds of candy corn are produced each year!

    The biggest pumpkin pie on record weighed 418 pounds.

    Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.

    1 in 2000 babies are born in a tooth that is all ready visible.

    Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate.

    It is claimed that cheeseburgers were first served in 1934 at a restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky.

    The Martini is the most popular and widely consumed cocktail dating back to 1862

    Snickers candy bars were named after a horse owned by the Mars family.

    Tom Cruise went to seminary school at age 14, but dropped out by the time he was 15.

    Pelicans fly up to 100 miles a day in search of food.

    The average single male is one inch shorter than the average married man.

    In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a marriage proposal...catching it meant the answer was "yes".

    When your dog drags its rear end across the floor, it is known as "sleigh riding".

    Rabbits can't walk--they always hop or leap!

    Ben Franklin was America's 1st newspaper cartoonist.

    Former President Ronald Reagan once posed nude as an artist's model.

    The banana split was invented in Latrobe, PA in 1904.

    The harmonica was invented in 1829.

    "Clinophobia" is the fear of beds.

    If you kiss an average amount over your lifespan, you'll spend about 2 weeks kissing!

    Humpback whales can eat 5,000 fish in a single sitting.

    Chicken a la King is named after King Edward VII.

    During 33 seasons on the air, Mister Rogers trolley traveled more than 100 miles on its track.

    More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.

    Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

    In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.

    You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult...you only have 206!

    It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.

    While stranded on Gilligan's Island, the Professor invented a xylophone, shark repellent, a bamboo telescope, a pedal-powered washing machine...but couldn't invent a boat!
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