Knowledge is Amusing

*[1] FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks). *

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*[2] POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened. *

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*[3] MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'. *

*[4] BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody. *

*[5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew
after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.. *

*[6] NEWS refers to information from Four directions*
*N, E, W, and S. *

*[7] AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
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*[8] QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as
waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.. *

*[9] JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each
Day's business. *

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*[10] TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt
service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on
which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom
of Tips. *

*[11] JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during
World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP was
changed into JEEP later. *

*[12] Coca-Cola was originally green. *

*[13] The most common name in the world is Mohammed.. *

*[14] The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they
start with Asia, America, Australia, Europe *

*[15] The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE. *

*[16] TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only
on one row of the keyboard. *

*[17] Women BLINK nearly twice as much as men!! *

*[18] You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. *

*[19] It is impossible to lick your elbow. *

*[20] Wearing HEADPHONES for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your
ear by 700 times. *

*[21] It is physically impossible for PIGS to look up into the sky. *

*[22] The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest
tongue twister in the English language. *

*[23] Each KING in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history. *

*Spades - King David *
*Clubs - Alexander the Great, *
*Hearts - Charlemagne *
*Diamonds - Julius Caesar. *

*[24] What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers all have in common? *
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*Ans. - All invented by women. *

*[25] A CROCODILE cannot stick its tongue out. *

*[26] A SNAIL can sleep for three years. *

*[27] All POLAR BEARS are left handed. *

*[28] BUTTERFLIES taste with their feet. *

*[29] ELEPHANTS are the only animals that can't jump. *

*[30] In the last 4000 years, no new ANIMALS have been domesticated. *

*[31] STEWARDESSES is the longest word typed with only the left hand. *

*[32] The human HEART creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
to squirt blood 30 feet. *

*[33] RATS multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
million descendants. *

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*[34] People say "BLESS YOU" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your
heart stops for a millisecond. *

*[35] If you SNEEZE too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress
a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. So
good to bless the sneezing person*