Did I just invent the word "talkiquette"? In the above title I used it to mean the equivalent of "etiquette" but only in situations when you talk. So talkiquette should mean: a manner of saying something that's appropriate and acceptable. The word is a bit difficult to pronounce or spell out, but I think I'll use the word more and more often. Anyways, without further ado, let's jump into the fun facts that will definitely enrich your GK:
Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the ‘upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.
Ostriches are often not taken seriously. They can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A crocodile can’t move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London.
A group of twelve or more cows is called a link.
Your thumb is the same length as your nose.
An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.
Licorice (or liquorice) and avocado are among the food that sets the mood for love making.
Registered in 1985, symbolics.com is the first ever Internet domain registered.
Hot water is heavier than cold.
The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet.
The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the earth’s surface.
Cold showers stimulate your sex drive.
The dial tone of a normal telephone is the key of “f”.
Outside the USA, Ireland is the largest software producing country in the world.
Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.
The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands.
Jaguars are frightened by dogs.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
Church of England has apologized to Charles Darwin 200 years after his birth.
The human brain is 80% water.
Dalmatians are born without spots.
A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly.
In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house.
Humans and bonobo monkeys (pygmy chimpanzee) are the only species who have face-to-face sex.
Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
A perfect number is a number whose divisors add up to itself such as 1+2+4+7+14=28.
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