Astonishing Facts

Astonishing Facts

1) Longest English Word:   

Praetertranssubstantiationalistically   has 37 letters. 

2) Book Without Letter "e" : 

GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a

single word with 'e' in it

3) Word without Vowel :

Rhythm

Sky

Fry

Cry

4)  Human Brain:

Organ of body which has no sensation when cut. 

5) Crocodile :

Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

6) No:of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS :

They are

**       **B*          Bee *

**       **C*         Sea*

**       **G** *    Zee*

**       ** I*         Eye *

**       ** Q*       Queue*

**       ** R*        Are *

**       ** S*        Yes *

**        **T*        Tea* **

**       ** U*       You *

**       ** Y*        Why 

Fascinating Animals, Birds, Trees :

1)     SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.

2)     A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.

3)     DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.

4)     A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.

5)     The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.

6)     The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp

teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.

7)     DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.

8)     CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.

9)     The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.

10)   OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.

11)   POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.

12)   KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.

13)   ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds. 

14)   OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

What are They :

1)      If we say 'MUMMY', they come together & go apart when we say DADDY':              

LIPS 

2)      What goes up & never comes down:

AGE

3)      Patches over patches but no stitches:

CABBAGE

4)      What is that we cannot see, but is always before you:                                            

FUTURE

5)      What goes up & down a hill, but never moves:                                                        

 ROAD

6)      You can never wet it:

SHADOW

7)      What belongs to You, but used by your friends more often you do:

YOUR NAME

In 24 Hours Average Human:

1)       HEART beats 1,03,689 times.

2)       LUNGS respire 23,045 times.

3)       BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.

4)       NAILS grow 0.00007 inches

5)       HAIR grows 0.01715 inches

6)       Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)

7)       Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.

8)       Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.

9)       Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.

10)     Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.

11)     Speak 4,800 WORDS.

12)     During SLEEP move 25.4 times