1. MOPED is the shortened name for 'MO'TORISED 'PED'ALLING ! > > > > 2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music" shortened ! > > > > 3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody. > > > 4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks). > > > 5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after >Dinner. > Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.. > > > 6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions > > N, E, W and S.. > > > 7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'. > > > 8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's >business. > > > > > 9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest', which referred to a long row of people >waiting to see the Queen. > > > > > 10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt >service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in >a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise >to the custom of Tips. > > > > 11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War >II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP >was changed into JEEP later. > > > > 12. Coca-Cola was originally green. > > > > 13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.. > > > 14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start >with. > > > > > 15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. > > > > 16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on >one row of the keyboard. > > > > 17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! > > > > 18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. > > > 19. It is impossible to lick your elbow. > > > 20. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart >stops for a millisecond. > > > > > 21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. > > > > 22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest >tongue twister in the English language. > > > > > 23. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
> > > > Â Â Â Â Spades - King David > Â Â Â Â Clubs - Alexander the Great, > Â Â Â Â Hearts - Charlemagne > Â Â Â Â Diamonds - Julius Caesar. > > > > 24. Horse Statue in a Park : > > > ... If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in >the air, the person died in battle. > > ... If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a >result of wounds received in battle > > ... If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of >natural causes. > > > > > 25. What do BULLET PROOF VESTS, FIRE ESCAPES, WIND SHIELD WIPERS & LASER >PRINTERS have in common? > > > > > ANSWER: - ALL WERE INVENTED BY WOMEN !!!! > > > > 26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. > > > > 27. A snail can sleep for three years. > > > > 28. All polar bears are left handed. > > > > 29. Butterflies taste with their feet. > > > > 30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. > > > > 31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. > > > > 32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. > > > > 33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. > > > > 34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. > > > > 35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. > > > > 36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. > > > > 37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to >squirt blood 30 feet. > > > > > 38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over >million descendants. > > > > > 39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear >by 700 times. > > > > > 40. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a >sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. > > > > > 41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox. > > > > 42. Most lipsticks contain fish scales. > > >-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- > > > veegopalji > (courtesy: J Suryanarayanan) >