Interesting facts

• 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.
• 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.
• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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