Thursday, 4 February 2010

Did you 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.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

The Eiffel Tower shrinks 6 inches in winter.

All polar bears are left handed.

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
letter of the alphabet.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters only
on one row of the keyboard.

The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

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