Now You Do

Sunday… the day we dread because it reminds us of Monday. In the midst of all the dread and hatred, there are some new facts to learn, irrespective of how dumb, useless or funny they might be. That’s where I come in, with another one of our ‘Now You Do’s to give you something to stomach and make you beam while you go through the week, because what’s cooler than knowing a bunch of stuff that others around you don’t know eh? Let us begin then..

Do you know

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

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

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”

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

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!

The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump

Earth is the only planet not named after a god

The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes

What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English kiss” in France

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon

I got all these facts from World-English…

Well, now you do. And now you can take all these and show off with them to your buddies.. you can check out more facts on the site. Just hope your buddies aren’t doing the same…