| GREAT QUIRKY FACTS IT WOULD BE GREAT TO
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| | holding your breath10. On every continent
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| KNOW1. The present population of 5
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| | in the world there is a city called
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| billion plus people of the world is
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| | Rome.11. When the last four letters are
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| predicted to become 15 billion by
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| | removed from the word "queue" it is the
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| 2080.2. Worms taste like fried bacon,
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| | only word in the English language that is
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| beetles taste like apples, and wasps like
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| | still pronounced the same way.12. The
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| pine nuts.3. The word 'set' in the
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| | longest English word without a vowel is
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| English language, has the most
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| | Rhythm.13. In Iceland there is a law
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| definitions!4. The "French kiss" in the
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| | against having a pet dog!14. Your heart
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| English speaking world is known as an
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| | beats over 100,000 times a
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| "English kiss" in France.5. "Almost" is
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| | day!15. Horatio Nelson, one of England's
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| the longest word in the English language
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| | best known historical admirals was
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| with all the letters in alphabetical
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| | throughout his life,
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| order.6. In 1386, a pig in France was
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| | never able to find a cure for his
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| executed by public hanging for the murder
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| | sea-sickness.16. Right handed people
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| of a child7. A cockroach can live several
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| | live, on average, nine years longer than
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| weeks with its head cut off!8. Human
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| | left-handed people17. Women blink nearly
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| thigh bones are stronger than
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| | twice as much as men.18. The elephant is
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| concrete.9. You can't kill yourself by
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| | the only mammal that can't jump!19.
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