KNOWLEDGE IS AMUSING

KNOWLEDGE IS AMUSING...!!!!!

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

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

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

[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, & S.                                                                                                                       

[7] AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.                                                                                                       

[8] QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people was 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.                                                                                                   

[10] TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travellers 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.                                      

[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? 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.                                                                                          

[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 sneezing person