Things you should know

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There are more than twenty sheep for every person living in New-Zealand

The Swiss eat more cheese per head of population than any other nations

Ice-cream was invented in 1620

There is a place in Norway called Hell. (1 ticket for Hell please,first class)

Cats cannnot taste sweet food 

When flies take off, they jump backwards 

Blond people have more hair on their head than dark-haired people

There are more than 28000000 cats in the USA

No piece of paper can be folded in half more then 7 times.

Men building the tomb of Ramseses III in the twelfth century BC
wenton strike for higher pay

Incas used to eat guinea-pigs

At Chrismas 1969 black snow fell in Sweden (1969, turn the 9 upside down = 666)

Mary, Queen of Scots, was said te be a skilful billiards player

Warm water freezes more quickly than cold water

Napoleon was afraid of cats (Lucky he didn't go to the USA)

In 1820, a man sold his wife in the cattle market for 25p (wouldn't you wish you could do that?)

Los Angeles contains more cars then people

There are about 1000 diffrent words for camel in Arabic 

Snails can sleep for 3 years without waking up 

Male monkeys sometimes go bald, just like men do (hehehe!)

The Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator

The sea-urchin walks on the tips of its teeth

A spider's web applied to a bleeding wound helps the blood to clot (NOT the spider, the web!)

 

English to Chinese Translation!

ENGLISH PHRASE-----------CHINESE TRANSLATION

Are you harboring a fugitive?---Hu Yu Hai Ding?

See me A.S.A.P.------------ Kum Hia Nao

Stupid Man-----------------Dum Gai

Small Horse----------------Tai Ni Po Ni

Your price is too high!!--------No Bai Dam Thing!!

Did you go to the beach?------Wai Yu So Tan?

I bumped into a coffee table---Bang Mai Ni

I think you need a facelift-----Chin Tu Fat

It's very dark in here---------Wai So Dim?

Has your flight been delayed?---Hao Long Wei Ting?

An unauthorized execution------Lin Ching

I thought you were on a diet----Wai Yu Mun Ching?

This is a tow away zone------- No Pah King

You are not very bright--------Yu So Dum

I got this for free------------Ai No Pei

I am not guilty---------------Wai Hang Mi?

Please, stay a while longer----Wai Go Nao?

Our meeting was scheduled next week-- Wai Yu Kum Nao

They have arrived------------Hia Dei Kum

Stay out of sight-------------Lei Lo

He's cleaning his automobile-----Wa Shing Ka

Your body odor is offensive------Hu Man Go!

Pew! does this bathroom stink!----Hu Flung Dung?

INTERESTING ENGLISH WORDS

• The longest word in the English language.
  According to folk-lore Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in the dictionary, it means being against separating church and state.  However, floccinaucinihilipilification, a word found in the Oxford English dictionary since 1800, is one letter longer.  This strange word means estimating that something is worthless.While the Oxford English Dictionary has even longer words such as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, these are compound technical words and many people discount them.
• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is 'screeched.'
• The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
• Los Angeles's full name is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula' and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, 'L.A.'
• The name for Oz in the 'Wizard of Oz' was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence 'Oz.'
• The longest common word that you can type with just the left hand is probably 'Stewardesses', however there is the obscure but longer: 'Aftercataracts'.  With the right hand the longest word is Phyllophyllin.  (Lolypop comes close, but as Groucho Marx would say: 'no cigar')
• To 'testify' was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
• The combination 'ough' can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
• Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning 'containing arsenic.'
• The word 'Checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat,' which means 'the king is dead'.
• There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, 'therein' the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
• The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
• The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
• 'Underground' is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters 'und.'