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Useless Facts by jaybee3(m): 3:12pm On Oct 29, 2008
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.

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

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.
Re: Useless Facts by jaybee3(m): 3:31pm On Oct 29, 2008
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.

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

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.

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.
Re: Useless Facts by krama(m): 4:24pm On Oct 29, 2008
Tell me something!
Re: Useless Facts by romsky: 4:28pm On Oct 29, 2008
na wah o researcher
Re: Useless Facts by arramyjay: 4:29pm On Oct 29, 2008
Wow.
Re: Useless Facts by jamace(m): 9:45am On Oct 17, 2009
Ccccccccccccccccccccccccooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Useless Facts by Amigoz(f): 9:52pm On Oct 18, 2009
jay bee:



It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!


I wonder why tongue cheesy


jay bee:

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

No wonder i keep missin ma hrtbt kiss


jay bee:

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

That explains why he was so cruel sad
Re: Useless Facts by ritaNL: 9:54pm On Oct 18, 2009
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

I guess this might be true

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