101 Amazing Facts

Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ). "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap eh ? ) A hippopotamus can run faster than a man. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they star All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! Slugs have 4 noses. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! 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 Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different! The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump! One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet! 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 The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old! It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open Dolphins sleep with one eye open! You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA. Earth is the only planet not named after a god. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day! It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland! You can't kill yourself by holding your breath Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. There is a city called Rome on every continent. 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! Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.