Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Amazing facts about the words you hear and the things you see in daily life

1. MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.

2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.

4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).

6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S.

8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.

9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as
waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.

12. Coca-Cola was originally green.

15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.


      

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