Do you Know!! Some amazing Facts of English Alphabets!!
Letters ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’ &’d’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99
(Letter’d’ comes for the first time in Hundred)
Letters ‘a’, ‘b’ & ‘c’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999
(Letter ‘a’ comes for the first time in Thousand)
Letters ‘b’ & ‘c’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999
(Letter ‘b’ comes for the first time in Billion)
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’t added to it.
On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
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.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
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
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
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
111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If A Statue In The Park Of A Person 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.
No Word In The English Language Rhymes With Month, Orange, Silver, And Purple.
Clans Of Long Ago That Wanted To Get Rid Of Their Unwanted People Without Killing Them Use To Burn Their Houses Down – Hence The Expression “To Get Fired.”
Canada Is An Indian Word Meaning “Big Village”.
There Are Two Credit Cards For Every Person In The United States.
Only Two People Signed The Declaration Of Independence On July 4Th, John Hancock And Charles Thomson. Most Of The Rest Signed On August 2, But The Last Signature Wasn’t Added Until 5 Years Later.
“I Am.” Is The Shortest Complete Sentence In The English Language.
This Expression Originated In British India Raj Days Among The Upper Class Indians. An Informal Sari Was (Is) 6 Yards Long. A Formal Sari Was (Is) 9 Yards Long. When Going To A Function, The Indian Ladies Had To Decide Whether To Go The “Whole Nine Yards” Or Not.
Also Another Theory For The “Whole 9 Yards” Is The Term “The Whole 9 Yards” Came From Wwii Fighter Pilots In The South Pacific. When Arming Their Airplanes On The Ground, The .50 Caliber Machine Gun Ammo Belts Measured Exactly 27 Feet, Before Being Loaded Into The Fuselage. If The Pilots Fired All Their Ammo At A Target, It Got “The Whole 9 Yards.”
The Most Common Name In The World Is Mohammed.
The Word “Samba” Means “To Rub Navels Together.”
The International Telephone Dialing Code For Antarctica Is 672.
Mel Blanc (The Voice Of Bugs Bunny) Was Allergic To Carrots.
Until 1965, Driving Was Done On The Left-Hand Side On Roads In Sweden. The Conversion To Right-Hand Was Done On A Weekday At 5Pm. All Traffic Stopped As People Switched Sides. This Time And Day Were Chosen To Prevent Accidents Where Drivers Would Have Gotten Up In The Morning And Been Too Sleepy To Realize That *This* Was The Day Of The Changeover.
The Very First Bomb Dropped By The Allies On Berlin During World War Ii Killed The Only Elephant In The Berlin Zoo.
Dr. Seuss Pronounced “Seuss” Such That It Rhymed With “Rejoice.”
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart Never Said “Play It Again, Sam.”
Sherlock Holmes Never Said “Elementary, My Dear Watson.”
More People Are Killed Annually By Donkeys Than Die In Air Crashes.
The Term, “It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses An Eye” Is From Ancient Rome. The Only Rule During Wrestling Matches Was, “No Eye Gouging.” Everything Else Was Allowed, But The Only Way To Be Disqualified Was To Poke Someone’s Eye Out.
A ‘Jiffy’ Is An Actual Unit Of Time For 1/100Th Of A Second.
The Average Person Falls Asleep In Seven Minutes.
Hershey’s Kisses Are Called That Because The Machine That Makes Them Looks Like It’s Kissing The Conveyor Belt.
Money Isn’t Made Out Of Paper, It’s Made Out Of Cotton.
The Phrase “Rule Of Thumb” Is Derived From And Old English Law Which Stated That You Couldn’t Beat Your Wife With Anything Wider Than Your Thumb.
An Ostrich’s Eye Is Bigger That It’s Brain.
The Longest Recorded Flight Of A Chicken Is Thirteen Seconds
If You Yelled For 8 Years, 7 Months And 6 Days, You Would Have Produced Enough Sound Energy To Heat One Cup Of Coffee.
If You Fart Consistently For 6 Years And 9 Months, Enough Gas Is Produced To Create The Energy Of An Atomic Bomb.
The Human Heart Creates Enough Pressure When It Pumps Out To The Body To Squirt Blood 30 Feet.
Banging Your Head Against A Wall Uses 150 Calories An Hour. (So What Are You Waiting For?)
Humans And Dolphins Are The Only Species That Have Sex For Pleasure.
On Average People Fear Spiders More Than They Do Death.
The Strongest Muscle In The Body Is The Tongue. (Hmm……………….)
It’s Impossible To Sneeze With Your Eyes Open.
You Can’t Kill Yourself By Holding Your Breath.
Americans On The Average Eat 18 Acres Of Pizza Every Day.
Every Time You Lick A Stamp, You’re Consuming 1/10 Of A Calorie.
Did You Know That You Are More Likely To Be Killed By A Champagne Cork Than By A Poisonous Spider?
Right-Handed People Live, On Average, Nine Years Longer Than Left-Handed People Do.
In Ancient Egypt, Priests Plucked Every Hair From Their Bodies, Including Their Eyebrows And Eyelashes.
A Pig’s Orgasm Lasts For 30 Minutes. (Not Sure How They Found This Out…Hmmmmm)
A Crocodile Cannot Stick Its Tongue Out.
The Ant Can Lift 50 Times Its Own Weight, Can Pull 30 Times Its Own Weight And Always Falls Over On Its Right Side When Intoxicated.
Polar Bears Are Left Handed. (Ever Tried Shaking Hands With The Polar Bears?!)
The Catfish Has Over 27,000 Taste Buds, That Makes The Catfish Rank #1 For Animal Having The Most Taste Buds.
The Flea Can Jump 350 Times Its Body Length, That Is Like A Human Jumping The Length Of A Football Field.
A Cockroach Will Live Nine Days Without It’s Head, Before It Starves To Death.
The Mate Praying Mantis Cannot Copulate While Its Head Is Attached To Its Body. The Female Initiates Sex By Ripping The Males Head Off.
A Gorilla’s Penis Is 1/3 The Length Of That Of A Humans. (The Guy Who Did The Measuring Must Have Balls!)
Some Lions Mate Over 50 Times A Day.
Butterflies Taste With Their Feet.
Elephants Are The Only Animals That Can’t Jump. (They’re Also The Only Animals With 4 Knees)
A Cat’s Urine Glows Under A Blacklight.
Starfish Haven`T Got Brains.
2,000 Pounds Of Space Dust And Other Space Debris Fall On The Earth Everyday.
99% Of The Solar System Mass Is Concentrated In The Sun.
A Person From Glasgow Is Called A Glaswegian.
A Quarter Of Russia Is Covered By Forest.
A Sizable Oak Tree, During The Typical Growing Season, Gives Off 28,000 Gallons Of Moisture.
All Gondolas In Venice, Italy Must Be Painted Black, Unless They Belong To A High Official.
Although Modern Images Of India Often Show Poverty And Lack Of Development, India Was The Richest Country On Earth Until The Time Of British Invasion In The Early 17Th Century.
American Astronauts Must Be Under 6 Feet.
Angel Falls In Venezuela Is The World’s Highest Waterfall, At 3,212 Feet (979 M).
Antarctica Has No Native Population.
Antarctica Is The Only Continent That Does Not Have Land Areas Below Sea Level.
Antarctica’s Residents Are Scientific And Support Staffs Who Usually Stay No More Than A Year At A Time.
Approximately 1/3 Of The Earth’s Land Surface Is Desert.
At Latitude 60 Degrees South You Can Sail All The Way Around The World.
At The Nearest Point, Russia And America Are Less Than 4 Km Apart.
Australia Is The Richest Source Of Mineral Sands In The World.
Because Of A Large Orbital Eccentricity, Pluto Was Closer To The Sun Than Neptune Between January 1979 And March 1999.
Because Of Heavy Traffic Congestion, Julius Caesar Banned All Wheeled Vehicles From Rome During Daylight Hours.
Because Of The Salt Content Of The Dead Sea, It Is Difficult To Dive Below Its Surface.
Bird Droppings Are Chief Export Of Nauru, An Island Nation In The Western Pacific.
Britain’s Shortest River Is The Brun Which Runs Through Burnley In Lancashire.
China’s Largest City Is Shanghai.
City With The Most Roll Royces Per Capita: Hong Kong.
Cuba Is The Only Island In The Caribbean To Have A Railroad.
Cyprus Has A Map On Its Flag.
Despite A Population Of Over A Billion, China Has Only About 200 Family Names.
Devon Is The Only County In Great Britain To Have Two Coasts.
Dominica, Mexico, Zambia, Kiribati, Fiji And Egypt All Have Birds On Their Flags.
England Is Smaller Than New England.
Every Year, Mexico City Sinks About 10 Inches.
French Speaking Residents Of Belgium Are Called Walloons.
In Downtown Lima, Peru, There Is A Large Brass Statue Dedicated To Winnie-The-Pooh.
Olympus Mons Is The Largest Volcano In Our Solar System. All The Moons Of The Solar System Are Named After Greek And Roman Mythology, Except The Moons Of Uranus Which Are Named After Shakesperean Characters.
There Is A City Called Rome In Every Continent.
160 Cars Can Drive Side By Side On The Monumental Axis In Brazil, The World’s Widest Road.
All The Dirt From The Foundation To Build The World Trade Center In Nyc Was Dumped Into The Hudson River To Form The Community Now Known As Battery City Park.
Buckingham Palace Has Over 600 Rooms.
Disneyland Opened In 1955.
Due To Precipitation, For A Few Weeks, K2 Is Taller Than Mt. Everest.
In 1980, A Las Vegas Hospital Suspended Workers For Betting On When Patients Would Die.
A Barnacle Has The Largest Penis Of Any Other Animal In Relation To Its Size.
A Blind Chameleon Still Changes Colors To Match His Environment.
A Camel’s Backbone Is Just As Straight As A Horse’s.
A Castrated Male Reindeer Is Called A Bull.
A Chameleon’s Tongue Is Twice The Length Of Its Body.
A Crocodiles Mouth Is Attached To The Roof Of Its Mouth.
A Deer Cannot Eat Hay.
A Donkey Will Sink In Quicksand But A Mule Won’t.
A Dragonfly Has A Lifespan Of 24 Hours.
A Duck Has Three Eyelids.
A Female Swine, Or A Sow, Will Always Have A Even Number Of Teats Or Nipples, Usually Twelve.
A Group Of Finches Is Called A Charm.
A Group Of Frogs Is Called An Army.
A Group Of Geese On The Ground Is Called A Gaggle, A Group Of Geese In The Air Is A Skein.
A Group Of Goats Is Called A Trip.
A Group Of Hares Is Called A Husk.
A Group Of Kangaroos Is Called A Mob.
A Group Of Owls Is Called A Parliament.
A Group Of Rhinos Are Called A Crash.
A Group Of Toads Is Called A Knot.
A Hedgehog’s Heart Beats 300 Times A Minute On Average.
A Hippo Can Open Its Mouth Wide Enough To Fit A Four Foot Tall Child Inside.
A Large Swarm Of Locusts Can Eat 80,000 Tons Of Corn In A Day.
A Male Chimpanzee Is 5 Times Hornier Than The Average Human Male.
A Mole Can Dig Over 250 Feet Of Tunnel In A Single Night.
A Pig Always Sleeps On Its Right Side.
A Rat Can Last Longer Without Water Than A Camel.
A Rhinoceros’ Horn Is Made Of Compacted Hair.
A Rodents Teeth Never Stop Growing. They Are Worn Down By The Animal’s Constant Gnawing On Bark, Leaves, And Other Vegetables.
A Single Sheeps Fleece Might Well Contain As Many As 26 Million Fibres.
A Snail Can Have 25,000 Teeth.
A Snail Takes 33 Hours To Crawl One Mile.
A Snake Has No Ears. But Its Tongue Is Extremely Sensitive To Sound Vibrations. By Flicking Its Tongue, A Snake Can Pick Up Sound Waves-So A Snake ‘Hears With His Tongue…Sort Of!
A Species Of Earthworm In Australia Grows Up To 10 Feet In Length.
A Square Mile Of Fertile Earth Has 32,000,000 Earthworms In It.
A Squirrel Cannot Contract Or Carry The Rabies Virus.
A Strand From The Web Of The Golden Spider Is As Strong As A Steel Wire Of The Same Size.
A Woodchuck Breathes Only 10 Times In Hibernation.
According To Dr. David Gems, A British Geneticist, Sex-Craved Male Mice, Who Spend 5 To 11 Hours Per Day Pursuing Female Mice, Could Live Years Longer If They Abstained.
After Eating, The Housefly Regurgitates Its Food And Eats It Again.
All Porcupines Float In Water.
All The Swans In England Are Property Of The Queen.
Alligators Cannot Move Backwards.
An Estimated 80% Of Animals On Earth Have Six Legs.
An Iguana Can Stay Under Water For Twenty-Eight Minutes.
Anteaters Prefer Termites To Ants.
Any Female Bee In A Beehive Could Have Been The Queen If She Had Been Fed The Necessary Royal Jelly. All Female Bees In A Given Hive Are Sisters.
Apart From Humans, Certain Species Of Chimpanzee Are The Only Animals To Experiment Sexually. They Have Been Known To ‘Wife Swap’ And Indulge In Group Sex.
At Birth A Panda Is Smaller Than A Mouse And Weighs About Four Ounces.
107 Incorrect Medical Procedures Will Be Performed By The End Of The Day Today.
A Boeing 747′S Wingspan Is Longer Than The Wright Brother’s First Flight.
A Bolt Of Lighting Can Strike The Earth With A Force As Great As 100 Million Volts.
A Canton Is The Blue Field Behind The Stars.
A Cesium Atom In An Atomic Clock Beats 9,192,631,770 Times A Second.
A Creep Is A Metallurgical Term For When Something That Is Normally Very Strong Bends Because Of Gravity. This Happens To Many Metals At High Temperatures, Where They Won’t Melt But They Will Creep.
A Cubic Mile Of Fog Is Made Up Of Less Than A Gallon Of Water.
A Device Invented As A Primitive Steam Engine By The Greek Engineer Hero, About The Time Of The Birth Of Christ, Is Used Today As A Rotating Lawn Sprinkler.
A Downburst Is A Downward Blowing Wind That Sometimes Comes Blasting Out Of A Thunderstorm. The Damage Looks Like Tornado Damage, Since The Wind Can Be As Strong As An F2 Tornado, But Debris Is Blown Straight Away From A Point On The Ground. It’s Not Lifted Into The Air And Transported Downwind.
A Fierce Gust Of Wind Blew 45 Year Old Vittorio Luise’s Car Into A Rover Near Naples, Italy, In 1980. He Managed To Break A Window, Climb Out And Swim To Shore–Where A Tree Blew Over And Killed Him.
A Full Loaded Supertanker Traveling At Normal Speed Takes At Least Twenty Minutes To Stop.
A Full Moon Always Rises At Sunset.
A Full Moon Is Nine Times Brighter Than A Half Moon.
A Jiffy Is An Actual Unit Of Time For 1/100Th Of A Second. Thus The Saying, I Will Be There In A Jiffy!
A Jumbo Jet Uses 4,000 Gallons Of Fuel To Take Off.
A Large Flawless Emerald Is Worth More Than A Similarly Large Flawless Diamond.
A Lightning Bolt Generates Temperatures Five Times Hotter Than Those Found On The Sun’s Surface.
A Manned Rocket Reaches The Moon In Less Time Than It Took A Stagecoach To Travel The Length Of Englan
A Normal Raindrop Falls At About 7 Miles Per Hour.
A Penny Whistle Has Six Finger Holes.
A Rainbow Can Only Occur When The Sun Is 40 Degrees Or Less Above The Horizon.
A Silicon Chip A Quarter-Inch Square Has The Capacity Of The Original 1949 Eniac Computer, Which Occupied A City Block.
A Standard Grave Is 7’8 X 3’2 X 6.
A Sysygy Occurs When All The Planets Of The Our Solar System Line Up.
A Two-Bit Moon Is In Its First Quarter.
A Wind With A Speed Of 74 Miles Or More Is Designated A Hurricane.
About Seven Million Cars Are Junked Each Year In The U.S.
According To The Gemological Institute Of America, Up Until 1896, India Was The Only Source For Diamonds To The World.
According To The Texas Department Of Transportation, One Person Is Killed Annually Painting Stripes On The State’s Highways And Roads.
All Snow Crystals Are Hexagonal.
All The Gold Produced In The Past Five Hundred Years, If Melted, Could Be Compressed Into A 50-Foot Cub
All Totalled, The Sunlight That Strikes Earth At Any Given Moment Weighs As Much As An Ocean Liner.
American Airlines Saved $40,000 In 1987 By Eliminating One Olive From Each Salad Served In First Class.
An Enneahedron Is Solid With Nine Faces.
An Inch Of Snow Falling Evenly On One Acre Of Ground Is Equivalent To About 2715 Gallons Of Water.
Any Free Moving Liquid In Outer Space Will Form Itself Into A Sphere Because Of Its Surface Tension.
Approximately 98% Of Software In China Is Pirated.
April Is Earthquake Preparedness Month. For A Little Added Incentive, Consider This, The Most Powerful Earthquake To Strike The United States Occurred In 1811 In New Madrid, Missouri. The Quake Shook More Than One Million Square Miles, And Was Felt As Far As 1,000 Miles Away.
At Any Given Time, There Are 1,800 Thunderstorms In Progress Over The Earth’s Atmosphere.
At Room Temperature, The Average Air Molecule Travels At The Speed Of A Rifle Bullet.
Back In The Mid To Late 80′S, An Ibm Compatible Computer Wasn’t Considered A Hundred Percent Compatible Unless It Could Run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
Bacteria, The Tiniest Free-Living Cells, Are So Small That A Single Drop Of Liquid Contains As Many As 50 Million Of Them.
Bamboo (The World’s Tallest Grass) Can Grow Up To 90 Cm In A Day.
Because Of The Rotation Of The Earth, An Object Can Be Thrown Farther If It Is Thrown West.
Carolyn Shoemaker Has Discovered 32 Comets And Approximately 800 Asteroids.
Clouds Fly Higher During The Day Than The Night.
Construction Workers Hard Hats Were First Invented And Used In The Building Of The Hoover Dam In 1933.
Did You Know You Share A Birthday With At Least Nine Million Other People In The World?
During The Time That The Atomic Bomb Was Being Hatched By The United States At Alamogordo, New Mexico, Applicants For Routine Jobs Like Janitors, Were Disqualified If They Could Read. Illiteracy Was A Job Requirement. The Reason: The Authorities Did Not Want Their Trash Or Other Papers Read.
Each Year There Is One Ton Of Cement Poured For Each Man, Woman And Child In The World.
Ethernet Is A Registered Trademark Of Xerox, Unix Is A Registered Trademark Of At&T.
Experts At Intel Say That Microprocessor Speed Will Double Every 18 Months For At Least 10 Years.
February 1865 Is The Only Month In Recorded History Not Have A Full Moon.
Methane Gas Can Often Be Seen Bubbling Up From The Bottom Of Ponds. It Is Produced By The Decomposition Of Dead Plants And Animals In The Mud.
7’1 Basketball Star Wilt Chamberlain’s Parents Were 5’8.
Albert Einstein Was Offered The Presidency Of Israel In 1952.
Alexander Graham Bell, Never Telephoned His Wife Or Mother. They Both Were Deaf.
Alexander Hamilton Was Shot By Aaron Burr In The Groin.
Alexander The Great Was An Epileptic.
Alfred Hitchcock Did Not Have A Belly Button.
America Media Mogul Ted Turner Owns 5% Of New Mexico.
An Eighteenth-Century German Named Matthew Birchinger, Known As The Little Man Of Nuremberg, Played Four Musical Instruments Including The Bagpipes, Was An Expert Calligrapher, And Was The Most Famous Stage Magician Of His Day. He Performed Tricks With The Cup And Balls That Have Never Been Explained. Yet Birchinger Had No Hands, Legs, Or Thighs, And Was Less Than 29 Inches Tall
Artist Constantino Brumidi Fell From The Dome Of The U.S Capitol While Painting A Mural Around The Rim. He Died Four Months Later.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong Stepped On The Moon With His Left Foot First.
At 12 Years Old, An African Named Ernest Loftus Made His First Entry In His Diary And Continued Everyday For 91 Years.
At A Fair In Maine, A Boy Spit A Watermelon Seed 38 Ft.
At Age 16, Confucius Was A Corn Inspector.
At Age 47, The Rolling Stones’ Bassist, Bill Wyman, Began A Relationship With 13-Year Old Mandy Smith, With Her Mother’s Blessing. Six Years Later, They Were Married, But The Marriage Only Lasted A Year. Not Long After, Bill’s 30-Year-Old Son Stephen Married Mandy’s Mother, Age 46. That Made Stephen A Stepfather To His Former Stepmother. If Bill And Mandy Had Remained Married, Stephen Would Have Been His Father’s Father-In-Law And His Own Grandpa.
At Age Ninety, Peter Mustafic Of Botovo, Yugoslavia, Suddenly Began Speaking Again After A Silence Of 40 Years. The Yugoslavian News Agency Quoted Him As Saying, I Just Didn’t Want To Do Military Service, So I Stopped Speaking In 1920; Then I Got Used To It.
Atila The Hun Was A Dwarf. Pepin The Short, Aesop, Gregory The Tours, Charles 3 Of Naples, And The Pasha Hussain Were All Less Than 3.5 Feet Tall.
Augustus Caesar Had Achluophobia–The Fear Of Sitting In The Dark.
Benito Mussolini Would Ward Off He Evil Eye By Touching His Testicles.
Benjamin Franklin Lived At 141 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Benjamin Franklin Was The First Head Of The United States Post Office.
Bill Gates’ First Business Was Traff-O-Data, A Company That Created Machines Which Recorded The Number Of Cars Passing A Given Point On A Road.
Bob Dole Is 10 Years Older Than The Empire State Building.
British Politician, John Montagu, The 4T6H Earl Of Sandwich, Is Credited With Naming The Sandwich. He Developed The Habit Of Eating Beef Between Slices Of Toast So He Could Continue Playing Cards Uninterrupted.
Buzz Aldrin Was The First Man To Pee His Pants On The Moon.
By Age 16, Andre The Giant (Who’s Real Name Is Andre Russimof) Was 6’10′ Tall. He Had A Rare Glandular Disorder That Made His Body Continue To Grow. Even As He Died, His Body Was Still Growing.
Catherine De Medici Was The First Woman In Europe To Use Tobacco. She Took It In A Mixture Of Snuff.
Cathy Rigby Is The Only Woman To Pose Nude For Sports Illustrated.
Charles De Gaulle’s Final Words Were, “It Hurts.”
Charles Dickens Was An Insomniac, Who Believed His Best Chance Of Sleeping Was In The Center Of A Bed Facing Directly North.
Charlie Chaplin Once Won Third Prize In A Charlie Chaplin Look Alike Contest.
Clark Gable Used To Shower More Than 4 Times A Day.
Despite His Great Scientific And Artistic Achievement, Leonardo Davinci Was Most Proud Of His Ability To Bend Iron With His Bare Hands.
Einstein Couldn’t Speak Fluently When He Was Nine. His Parents Thought He Might Be Retarded.
Eskimos Never Gamble.
Every Photograph Of An American Atomic Bomb Detonation Was Taken By Harold Edgerton.
Everytime Beethoven Sat Down To Write Music, He Poured Ice Water Over His Head.
Genghis Khan Started Out As A Goatherder.
Issac Asimov Is The Only Author To Have A Book In Every Dewey-Decimal Category.
Malcolm Lowry Had Pnigophobia–The Fear Of Choking On Fish Bones.
Marcel Prousthave Had A Swordfish At Home.
More Than 100 Descendants Of Johann Sebastian Bach Have Been Cathedral Organists.
Mr. Mojo Risin Is An Anagram For Jim Morrison.
Napolean Had His Boots Worn By Servants To Break Them In Before He Wore Them.
Napoleon Bonaparte Was Afraid Of Cats.
Walt Disney’s Autograph Bears No Resemblance To The Famous Disney Logo.
At – 40 Degrees Centigrade A Person Loses About 14.4 Calories Per Hour By Breathing.
Pet Superstores Now Sell About 40 Percent Of All Pet Food
One Million Americans, About 3,000 Each Day, Take Up Smoking Each Year. Most Of Them Are Children.
In 1933, Mickey Mouse, An Animated Cartoon Character, Received 800,000 Fan Letters.
There Are Only Four Words In The English Language Which End In ‘-Dous’: Tremendous, Horrendous, Stupendous, And Hazardous.
If You Attempted To Count To Stars In A Galaxy At A Rate Of One Every Second It Would Take Around 3,000 Years To Count Them All.
Less Than 3% Of Nestle’s Sales Are For Chocolate.
The Average Person Will Spend Two Weeks Over Their Lifetime Waiting For The Traffic Light To Change
More Than 2500 Left Handed People Are Killed Every Year From Using Right Handed Products
It Is Estimated That At Any One Time, 0.7% Of The World’s Population Are Drunk
The Tip Of A 1/3 Inch Long Hour-Hand On A Wristwatch Travels At 0.00000275 Mph
All Consumption Of Alcohol Is Strictly Regulated In Norway, And Is Only Sold Through State Owned Shops Called Vinmonopolet. Nevertheless Between 25 And 40 % Of All Alcohol Consumed Is Either Smuggled Or Illegally Made At Home
One Thing That Humans Do More Than Anything In Their Entire Life Is Sleep. Most Americans Sleep More Tha 6-8 Hours A Day, Which Is On Average Around 24 Years Of Ones Life!
A Man’s Beard Contains Between 7000 And 15,000 Hairs.
A Beard Grows An Average Of 140Mm A Year
A Hair Is 70 Per Cent Easier To Cut When Soaked In Warm Water For Two Minutes
Women’s Hair Is About Half The Diameter Of Men’s Hair
During An Average Lifetime, A Man Will Spend 3,350 Hours Removing 8.4 Meters Of Stubble
4.5 Million People Have Their Health ‘Adverely Affected’ By Air Pollutants Each Year.
4 Million Children Die Each Year From Inhaling Smoke From Indoor Cooking Fires That Burn Wood And Dun
4 Million People Die Annually From Diarrhoea Infections, Caused By Poor Sanitary Conditions
Less Than One Per Cent Of The 500 Chinese Cities Have Clean Air, Respiratory Disease Is China’s Leading Cause Of Death.
The Number Of Cars On The Planet Is Increasing Three Times Faster Than The Population Growth
It Took 1,175 Animators Working In Disney Studios In Burbank, California, Orlando, Florida, And Paris, France To Complete The Animated Tarzan. Because Of The Time Differences, Production Was Able To Occur Around The Clock For More Than Three Years.
The Most Expensive Commerical Ever Made Is One Of The Most Famous. The Famous ’1984′ Apple Macintosh Commerical Shown Introducing Macintosh To The World, Only Once, During The 1984 Super Bowl. It Was Directed By Ridley Scott, And Cost Around $600,000 To $1 Million To Make. The Commerical Shows Hundreds Of People Dressed In The Same Clothing Going Down Dark Hallways To A Huge Telescreen Featuring Big Brother. A Women In Colored Clothing (Representing The Creativity In Macintosh), Runs Down The Hallway Followed By The Thought Police. She Hurls A Sledge Hammer At Big Brother And The Screen Explodes, While The Drones Look On With Dropped Jaws
“Hang On Sloopy” Is The Official Rock Song Of Ohio.
George Washington Grew Marijuana In His Garden.
George Washington Had To Borrow Money To Go To His Own Inauguration.
George Washington Was Deathly Afraid Of Being Buried Alive. After He Died, He Wanted To Be Laid Out For Three Days Just To Make Sure He Was Dead.
George Washington’s Flase Teeth Were Made Of Whale Bone.
Gerald Ford Was Once A Male Model.
Germany Holds The Title For Most Independent Inventors To Apply For Patents.
Ghosts Appear In 4 Shakespearian Plays; Julius Caesar, Richard Iii, Hamlet And Macbeth.
Giant Flying Foxes That Live In Indonesia Have Wingspans Of Nearly Six Feet.
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