Astonishing Facts -
- LONGEST ENGLISH WORD - Praetertranssubstantiationalistically has 37 letters.
- BOOK WITHOUT LETTER 'e' GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a single word with 'e' in it
- WORD WITHOUT VOWEL - RHYTHM
- BRAIN - Organ of body which has no sensation when cut .
- CROCODILE - Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating .
- No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS - 10, They are
B Bee
C Sea
G Zee
I Eye
Q Queue
R Are
S Yes
T Tea
U You
Y Why
Fascinating, Animals, Birds, Trees -
- SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tounge.
- A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
- DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
- A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tonnes of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
- The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
- The fierce DINOSAUR was TRYNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
- DIMETRODON was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
- CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
- The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
- OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
- POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
- KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
- ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
- OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.
What are They -
- If we say 'MUMMY', they come together & go apart when we say 'DADDY': LIPS.
- What goes up & never comes down: AGE
- Patches over patches but no stitches: CABBAGE
- What is that we cannot see, but is always before you: FUTURE
- What goes up & down a hill, but never moves: ROAD
- You can never wet it: SHADOW
- What belongs to to You, but used by your friends more often you do: YOUR NAME
In 24 Hours Average Human -
- HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
- LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
- BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
- NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
- HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
- Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
- Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
- Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
- Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
- Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
- Speak 4,800 WORDS.
- During SLEEP move 25.4 times.