1. AGLET – The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. ARMSAYE – The armhole in clothing.
3. CHANKING – Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
4. COLUMELLA NASI – The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
5. DRAGÉES – Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
6. FEAT – A dangling curl of hair.
7. FERRULE – The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
8. HARP – The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
9. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER – A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)
10. JARNS,
11. NITTLES,
12. GRAWLIX,
13. and QUIMP – Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
14. KEEPER – The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
15. KICK or PUNT – The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
16. LIRIPIPE – The long tail on a graduate’s academic hood.
17. MINIMUS – The little finger or toe.
18. NEF – An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
19. OBDORMITION – The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is ‘asleep’.
20. OCTOTHORPE – The symbol ‘#’ on a telephone handset. Bell Labs’ engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
21. OPHRYON – The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
22. PEEN – The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
23. PHOSPHENES – The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
24. PURLICUE – The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
25. RASCETA – Creases on the inside of the wrist.
26. ROWEL – The revolving star on the back of a cowboy’s spurs.
27. SADDLE – The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
28. SCROOP – The rustle of silk.
29. SNORKEL BOX – A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
30. SPRAINTS – Otter dung.
31. TANG – The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
32. WAMBLE – Stomach rumbling..
33. ZARF – A holder for a handleless coffee cup.

1. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
2. All babies are color blind when they are born.
3. Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
4. In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.
5. Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
6. Minuus 40 degrees Celsius is equal to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
7. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world’s widest road.
8. 20252 is Smokey the Bear’s own zip code.
9. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
10. 35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!
11. 7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.
12. 85% of all Valentine’s Day cards are purchased by women!
13. A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
14. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
15. A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
16. A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
17. A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
18. A Citroen 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
19. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off – it dies from starvation!
20. A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
21. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
22. A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.
23. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
24. A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume.
25. A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.