adam.riggins

50 Useless facts

Nov 30, 2006 Uncategorized

I have some of them here, click the link below for the rest of them. But pretty interesting…

• 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.

Here are all of them…

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