[Language]

* The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
*The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E.
* The least used letter in the alphabet is Q.
* The three most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English.
* Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.
* The names of all continents both start and end with the same letter.
* Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
* The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English alphabet.
* The dot on top of the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle .
* ‘Bookkeeper’ and ‘bookkeeping’ are the only two words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
* Laser stands for ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation'.
* There are only four words in the English language which end in ‘dous’ (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
* The oldest word in the English language is ‘town'.
* The word ‘strengths’ is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.

[Animals]

* Frogs don’t drink (they absorb water through their skin).
* Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. A hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute.
* A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
* Reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube.
* Cows don't have upper front teeth.
* An octopus pupil is more rectangular than round.
* Cats can't move their jaw sideways.
* The only animals that purr are cats.
* Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.
* Small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds.
* Cats can jump up to seven times their tail length.
* It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.

Names by which they are called...:

A group of frogs is called an army
rhinos is called a crash
kangaroos is called a mob
whales is called a pod
geese is called a gaggle
owls is called a parliament

[General]

* Over 85 per cent of plant life is found in the ocean.
* A 1/4 of your bones are in your feet.
* In 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names.
* Pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians.

* The Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world.
* A ‘jiffy’ is actually 1/100th of a second.
* You share your birthday with 9 million others.
* Everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world.
* French fries are originally from Belgium.
* There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
* Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
* The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
* Monopoly is the most played board game in the world.
* The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.
* Pearls melt in vinegar.
* Jamaica has 120 rivers.
* The Amazon rain forest produces half the world's oxygen supply.
* Brazil which covers 50 per cent of the South American continent borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador.Brazil is named after a tree.
* China manufacturers 70 per cent of the world's toys.
* Paper originated from China.
* The wheelbarrow was invented in China.
* Instant coffee was invented in 1901.