2. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
3. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
4. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
5. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
6. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
7. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
8. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
9. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
10. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
11. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
12. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
13. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
14. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
15. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
16. One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
17. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
18. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
19. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
21. 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.
22. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
23. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
24. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
25. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
26. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
27. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
28. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
29. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
30. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
31. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
32. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
33. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
34. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
35. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
36. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
37. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
38. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
39. Slugs have 4 noses.
40. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
41. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
42. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
43. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
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