THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
1. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
2. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the
letters in alphabetical order.
3. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
4. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
5. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
6. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
7. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
8. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important
meetings of the University of London
9. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people
10. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you
breathe!
11. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
12. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
13. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
14. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
16. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is
predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
18. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
19. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the
13th."
20. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
21. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
22. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write
approximately 50,000 English words.
23. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
24. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see
all four feet at all times!
25. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult,
you only have 206.
26. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
27. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
28. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
28. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
29. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
30. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
1. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
2. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the
letters in alphabetical order.
3. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
4. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
5. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
6. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
7. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
8. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important
meetings of the University of London
9. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people
10. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you
breathe!
11. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
12. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
13. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
14. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
16. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is
predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
18. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
19. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the
13th."
20. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
21. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
22. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write
approximately 50,000 English words.
23. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
24. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see
all four feet at all times!
25. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult,
you only have 206.
26. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
27. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
28. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
28. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
29. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
30. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain