Etymology of common words/terms we use. Interesting read!
[1]FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).
[2]POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.
[3]MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.
[4]BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
[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-orth, E-ast, W-est, and S-outh.
[7]AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
[8]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..
[9]JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.
[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)'. Over time GP became JEEP.
[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 - Asia, America, Australia, Europe
[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]Wearing HEADPHONES for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times!
[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.
Spades- King David
Clubs- Alexander the Great,
Hearts- Charlemagne
Diamonds- Julius Caesar.
[24]What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
Ans.- All were invented by women!
[25]A CROCODILE cannot stick its tongue out.
[26]A SNAIL can sleep for three years.
[27]All POLAR BEARS are left handed.
[28]BUTTERFLIES taste with their feet.
[29]ELEPHANTS are the only animals that can't jump.
[30]In the last 4000 years, no new ANIMALS have been domesticated.
[31]STEWARDESSES is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
[32]The human HEART creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
[33]RATS multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
[34]People say "BLESS YOU" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
[35]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. So good to bless the sneezing person
