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JUST FOR FUN
TWENTY FUN BUT USELESS FACTS!
Elephants can remain standing after death.
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Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest. (he placed 3rd).
Human beings are taller in the morning than when they went to bed the night before.
A ball of steel will bounce higher than a ball of rubber of the same size.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
The black box recorder in planes is actually orange.
A dead man travelled back and forth across Indonesia by train for almost 24 hours before anyone realised that he had died.
Driving while angry uses more fuel.
Bullet proof vests, windscreen wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.
The world’s shortest war was between England and Zanzibar and lasted for about 40 minutes.
99.9% of all animals that have ever lived are now extinct.
Mud throwing was an official Olympic sport in 1904.
The Earth is struck by lightning 100 times every second.
Farting helps reduce high blood pressure and is good for your health.
The wingspan of a boing 747 is longer than the distance of the Wright brothers’ first flight.
The Albatross can sleep whilst flying.
A cup of raw spinach is lower in Iron than a baked potato.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
Walt Disney banned his employees from growing moustaches.
As well as its fur, the skin of a Tiger is also striped.
U A H B H K C N C
How many words of 3 letters or more can you make?
There must be at least 1 9-letter word, and they all must contain the letter “H”.
14 Words – Good 18
Words - Very Good 24
Word – Excellent.
NB: Solution words are all in the scrabble dictionary.
