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/1 MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'*.*///
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/2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened./
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/3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody./
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/4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks)./
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/5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people
withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped../
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/6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S../
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/7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural
Marketing'./
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/8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during
each Day's business./
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/9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people
as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest../
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/10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get
Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins
in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave
rise to the custom of Tips./
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/11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented
during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose
Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later./
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/12. Coca-Cola was originally green./
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/13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed../
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/14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that
they start with./
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/15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue./
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/16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row ! of the keyboard./
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/17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!/
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/18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath./
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/19. It is impossible to lick your elbow./
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/20.. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you
sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond./
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/21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky./
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/22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language./
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/23. 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./
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/24. Horse Statue in a Park¦
>> 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./
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/25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women./
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/26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out./
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/27. A snail can sleep for three years./
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/28. All polar bears are left handed./
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/29. Butterflies taste with their feet./
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/30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump./
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/31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated./
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/32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death./
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/33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'./
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/34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand./
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/35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated./
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/36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist./
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/37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to
the body to squirt blood 30 feet./
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/38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have
over million descendants./
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/39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria
in your ear by 700 times./
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/40. 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./
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/41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox./
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/42. Most lipstick contains fish scales. /
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We Should Know Some Thing About Everything And Every Thing About
Something…. /
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/1 MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'*.*///
/ /
/2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened./
/ /
/3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody./
/ /
/4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks)./
/ /
/5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people
withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped../
/ /
/6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S../
/ /
/7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural
Marketing'./
/ /
/8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during
each Day's business./
/ /
/9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people
as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest../
/ /
/10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get
Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins
in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave
rise to the custom of Tips./
/ /
/11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented
during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose
Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later./
/ /
/12. Coca-Cola was originally green./
/ /
/13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed../
/ /
/14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that
they start with./
/ /
/15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue./
/ /
/16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row ! of the keyboard./
/ /
/17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!/
/ /
/18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath./
/ /
/19. It is impossible to lick your elbow./
/ /
/20.. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you
sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond./
/ /
/21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky./
/ /
/22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language./
/ /
/23. 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./
/ /
/24. Horse Statue in a Park¦
>> 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./
/ /
/25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women./
/ /
/26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out./
/ /
/27. A snail can sleep for three years./
/ /
/28. All polar bears are left handed./
/ /
/29. Butterflies taste with their feet./
/ /
/30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump./
/ /
/31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated./
/ /
/32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death./
/ /
/33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'./
/ /
/34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand./
/ /
/35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated./
/ /
/36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist./
/ /
/37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to
the body to squirt blood 30 feet./
/ /
/38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have
over million descendants./
/ /
/39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria
in your ear by 700 times./
/ /
/40. 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./
/ /
/41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox./
/ /
/42. Most lipstick contains fish scales. /
/ /
/
We Should Know Some Thing About Everything And Every Thing About
Something…. /