25 Amazing Facts

1.  What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
2. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
3. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
4. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
5. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
6. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
7. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
8. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
9. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
10. Most dust particles in your house are made from our dead skin!
11. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
12. 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.
13. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
14. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
15. Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
16. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
17. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
18. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
19. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
20. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
21. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
22. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
23. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
24. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
25. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.