50 Interesting Amazing but Useless Facts!
(50 Completely Useless 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.
- 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, 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!
- 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 colouring weren
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Some of these are less factual because of technicalities. There is no city called “Rome” on Antarctica.
Rhythm does have a vowel. “Y.” A vowel is defined by its function, and the letter “y” functions as a vowel in that word.
The last tidbit is unfinished. It should be fixed.
Comment by E. Michael Martin — July 21, 2008 @ 11:43 am
nice articles, thanks for sharing.
Comment by paresh — July 22, 2008 @ 1:35 am
Nice list of facts…the one about the taste of insects is cool…
Comment by thunderror — July 22, 2008 @ 4:58 am
“Almost” is NOT the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
Aside from other 6-letter english words with all their letters in alphabetical order (such as chintz, bijoux, and biopsy), there are a few seven letter words that have the same property; the only problem with them, is that they have repeated letters. However, that still means they’re in alphabetical order.
alloquy, beefily, and billowy are all longer than ‘almost’. There are also a number of medical terms, and transplanted/adopted foreign words that work, but that might be a bit too much of a stretch for some.
Additionally, the word “Rhythm” does indeed have vowels … ‘y’.
Also, it looks like your post didn’t complete all the way; the last fact about coca-cola appears to be cut off.
Comment by name — July 22, 2008 @ 10:13 am
Yes your right
Comment by eXtreme Stormer — August 12, 2008 @ 5:18 am