Interesting Facts Page 1

'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.

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Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

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The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

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If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side

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If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

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The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

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The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

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Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

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The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All
other birds raise their lower eyelids

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The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been
digested by a bee

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt
blood 30 feet!!