Facts You Will Enjoy

• There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

• The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".

• The only nation whose name begins with an "A" but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

• The average cat sleeps about 2/3 of the day!

• The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

• The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

• The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

• Humans blink 25 times per minute!

• Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans can't taste water!

• Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

• One quarter of the man's bones in the body, are in man's feet.

• The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body!

• Humans have no sense of smell when you're sleeping!

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