WORLD FACTS you should know if you did not know...

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!


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.

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.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

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

The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.