Did you know

·         A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

·         Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."

·         A group of frogs is called an army.

·         A group of rhinos is called a crash.

·         A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

·         A group of whales is called a pod.

·         A group of geese is called a gaggle.

·         A group of ravens is called a murder.

·         A group of officers is called a mess.

·         A group of larks is called an exaltation.

·         A group of owls is called a parliament.

·         A person from Glasgow, is called a Glaswegian.

·         Avocado is derived from the Spanish word "aguacate" which is derived from "ahuacatl" meaning testicle.

·         To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

·         The native tribe of Tierra del Fuego has a language so guttural it cannot have an alphabet.

·         Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.

·         "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

·         The youngest letters in the English language are "j," "v" and "w."

·         The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn"t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

·         "Crack" gets it name because it crackles when you smoke it.

·         The Old English word for "sneeze" is "fneosan."

·         The word "moose" was originally Algonquin.

·         The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

·         The "ZIP" in Zip Code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."

·         Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language.

·         In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

·         An ant lion is neither an ant nor a lion.

·         The language Malayalam, spoken in parts of India, is the only language whose name is a palindrome.

·         Charles de Gaulle"s final words were, "It hurts."

·                                 Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E.

·                                 Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q.

·                                 Did you know skiing is the only word with double i.

·                                 Did you know dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.

·                                 Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.

·                                 Did you know there are only 4 words in the English language which end in "dous" (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).

·                                 Did you know the oldest word in the English language is "town".

·                                 Did you know "Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.

·                                 Did you know the word "Strengths" is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.

·                                 Did you know the dot on top of the letter "i" is called a tittle.

·                                 Did you know the past tense for the English word "dare" is "durst".

·                                 Did you know the word "testify" derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles.

·                                 Did you know The first English dictionary was written in 1755.

·                                 Did you know the word old English word "juke" meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box.

·                                 Did you know 1 out of every 8 letters written is an e.

·                                 Did you know the longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched".

·                                 Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin.

·                                 Did you know the expression to "knuckle down" originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).

·                                 Did you know the word "almost" is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

·                                 Did you know the most commonly used word in English conversation is "I".

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·                                 Did you know 11% of people are left handed.

·                                 Did you know August has the highest percentage of births.

·                                 Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can"t taste it.

·                                 Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.

·                                 Did you know a bear has 42 teeth.

·                                 Did you know an ostrich"s eye is bigger than it"s brain.

·                                 Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales.

·                                 Did you know no two corn flakes look the same.

·                                 Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.

·                                 Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib.

·                                 Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean.

·                                 Did you know Ralph Lauren"s original name was Ralph Lifshitz.

·                                 Did you know rabbits like licorice.

·                                 Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

·                                 Did you know "Topolino" is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy.

·                                 Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.

·                                 Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex.

·                                 Did you know reindeer like bananas.

·                                 Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.

·                                 Did you know birds need gravity to swallow.