50 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD 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.Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms  like fried bacon. 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. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath There...

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Funny animal facts

Just for the sake of fun and laughter! Well, that is what this is about… Getting to know animals better through the funny animal facts listed here. Like they say learning can be an entertaining process… Have you heard of a sheep with blue wool? Well, a couple of animal breeders from Russia had claimed sometime ago that they bred sheep with natural blue wool. “Moo, moo,” says the cow everywhere in the world; and a pig says “Moo, moo” in Japan. The eyesight of dogs are better than that of human beings. Animal accents! The accent of a cow’s mooing depends on the region it belongs to. On an average a hen lays 19 dozen eggs in a year. The small intestine of an ostrich measures upto 46-feet in length. Your pet cat can scare a black bear. The big fellow will run up a tree to save itself from...

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Animal Fun Facts

Well, with a couple of laughs, one can learn various aspects of the innumerable animal species…  Most cats in Halifax (Nova Scotia) have six toes. There is no sideways movement for a cat's jaws. You thought that only you need sunscreen? Well pigs, walruses and light-colored horses are prone to get sunburned. Armadillos have four babies of the same sex, at a time. They are perfect identical quadruplets. Armadillos sleep for an average of 18.5 hours, a day. Can you walk underwater? Well, here is one animal that can – the Armadillos. Which animals can get leprosy? None expect for Armadillos. Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian or some other Slavic tongue. How many muscles does a cat have in each ear? No...

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