Fun Facts 1.7

1. 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!
2. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
3. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
4. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
5. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.
6. 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.
7. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
8. Of all the words in the English language, the word ’set’ has the most definitions!
9. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
10. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
11. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
12. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
13. (removed, duplicated)
14. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
15. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
16. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
17. It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.
18. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
19. Horatio Nelson, one of England’s most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
20. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London