Sunday 3 July 2016

Interesting 40 Facts about World

Here is Top 40 Facts to know, Amazing for Gaining Knowledge


  1. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms  like fried bacon.
  2. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
  3. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
  4. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
  5. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
  6. On average a hedgehog's  heart beats 300 times a minute.
  7. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
  8. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
  9. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
  10. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
  11. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
  12. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
  13. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
  14. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
  15. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
  16. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
  17. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
  18. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
  19. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
  20. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
  21. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
  22. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
  23. Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
  24. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
  25. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
  26. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
  27. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
  28. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
  29. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
  30. The longest recorded flight  of a chicken is 13 seconds
  31. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
  32. 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
  33. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
  34. Slugs have 4 noses.
  35. 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
  36. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
  37. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
  38. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
  39. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
  40. The average person laughs 10 times a day!



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