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(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!

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