TOPIC : ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- The most common letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’.
- The least used letter in the English language is ‘Z’.
- The most used word in English conversation is “OK”.
- The shortest sentence in the English language is “I am”.
- The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a lung disease caused by inhaling tiny particles of volcanic ash.
- The longest English word with only one vowel is “strengths”.
- The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating an english letter is “uncopyrightable”.
- The longest word in the English language with no repeated letters is “disproportionally”.
TOPIC : LARGEST IN THE WORLD
- The deepest point in the ocean is the Mariana Trench, which is located in the Pacific Ocean and is six miles deep.
- The World’s longest river is the Nile River, which is over 4,000 miles long.
- The World’s fastest bird is the Peregrine Falcon. It can reach speeds of up to 240 miles per hour in a dive.
- The longest place name in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a hill in New Zealand.
- The World’s longest bridge is the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, located in China and spanning 102.4 miles.
- The World’s deepest lake is Lake Baikal in Russia, which reaches a depth of 5,387 feet.
- The World’s tallest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, measuring 2,722 feet tall(828m).
- The World’s deepest cave is the Krubera Cave in the western Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, reaching a depth of 7,208 feet.
- The World’s largest island is Greenland, measuring 836,109 square miles.
TOPIC : SMALLEST IN THE WORLD
- The oldest known living animal is an oyster named Ming which was discovered off the coast of Iceland and is estimated to be over 400 years old.
- The World’s smallest mammal is the Etruscan Shrew which is about the size of a bee and weighs less than one gram.
- The world’s smallest country is Vatican City measuring 0.2 square miles.
TOPIC : HUMAN BODY
- In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of five times around the world.
- The average human heart beats approximately 100,000 times a day.
- The average human body contains enough carbon to fill around 9,000 ‘lead’ pencils.
- The average human body contains enough water to fill a four-liter jug.
- The average human brain has around 100 billion neurons and can generate up to 10 watts of power when active.
- The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
- The average human body contains enough phosphorus to make 2,200 match heads.
- The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3 inch-long nail.
- The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in their lifetime.
- The human brain is made up of about 75% water.
- The Tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
- It takes approximately 12 hours for food to completely digest.
- The average person spends about two years of their life on the toilet. This is due to the fact that most people spend an average of three minutes per visit, which adds up to about three hours per week and over two years in a lifetime.
TOPIC : ADDITIONAL FACTS
- The oldest living species of tree is a Bristlecone Pine tree that is estimated to be around 4,500 years old.
- The world’s most active volcano is Kilauea on the island of Hawaii, which has been continuously erupting since 1983.
- The surface of Mars is home to the largest mountain in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, which stands at an impressive 15 miles high.
- A single cloud can weigh more than 1 million pounds.
- In France, it’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon. The law was passed in the 1800s as a way to prevent people from mocking the French emperor.
- The most eaten fruit in the world is the Banana. Bananas are the fourth most valuable food crop in the world and they are eaten by people in over 150 countries.