The Brown Leather: 2011

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open!
The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
Slugs have 4 noses.   
Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!   
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
The average person laughs 10 times a day!

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.   
On average a hedgehog’s heartbeats 300 times a minute.   
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.   
The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!   
Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

The Brown Leather