Gradly

• 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.
• Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
• 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.
• In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
• Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
• You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
• There is a city called Rome on every continent.
• It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
• Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
• Horatio Nelson, one of England’s most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
• The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
• Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
• Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
• The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
• One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
• Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different!
• The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
• Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
• The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
• Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian.
• 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.”
• On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 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!
• 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.
• It’s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
• 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 worlds 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
• Owls are the only birds who can see the colour 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!
• An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain

Consider these:

• A void negative sources, people, places, things and habits.
• B elieve in yourself.
• C onsider things from every angle.
• D on’t give up and don’t give in.
• E njoy life today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come.
• F amily and friends are hidden treasures; enjoy their riches.
• G ive more than you planned to.
• H ang on to your dreams.
• I gnore those who try to discourage you.
• J ust do it.
• K eep trying no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier.
• L ove yourself first and most.
• M ake it happen.
• N ever lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal.
• O pen your eyes and see things as they really are.
• P ractice makes perfect.
• Q uitters never win and winners never quit.
• R ead, study and learn about everything important in your life.
• S top procrastinating.
• T ake control of your own destiny.
• U nderstand yourself in order to better understand others.
• V isualize it.
• W ant it more than anything.
• X cellerate your efforts.
• Y ou are unique of all God’s creations, nothing can replace YOU.
• Z ero in on your target and go for it!

• The Winner is always part of the answer;
  The Loser is always part of the problem.
• The Winner always has a program;
  The Loser always has an excuse.
• The Winner says, “Let me do it for you”;
  The Loser says, “That is not my job.”
• The Winner sees an answer for every problem;
  The Loser sees a problem for every answer.
• The Winner says, “It may be difficult but it is possible”;
  The Loser says, “It may be possible but i t is too difficult.”
• When a Winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong”;
  When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, “It wasn’t my fault.”
• A Winner makes commitments;
  A Loser makes promises.
• Winners have dreams;
  Losers have schemes.
• Winners say, “I must do something”;
  Losers say, “Something must be done.”
• Winners are a part of the team;
  Losers are apart from the team.
• Winners see the gain;
  Losers see the pain.
• Winners see possibilities;
  Losers see problems.
• Winners believe in win-win;
  Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose.
• Winners see the potential;
  Losers see the past.
• Winners are like a thermostat;
  Losers are like thermometers.
• Winners choose what they say;
  Losers say what they choose.
• Winners use hard arguments but soft words;
  Losers use soft arguments but hard words.
• Winners stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;
  Losers stand firm on petty things but compromise on values.
• Winners follow the philosophy of empathy: “Don’t do to others what you would not want them to do to you”;
  Losers follow the philosophy, “Do it to others before they do it to you .”
• Winners make it happen;
  Losers let it happen.