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February 5th, 2002, 01:20 AM
#1
Did you know?
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
A shrimp's heart is in their head.
People say "Bless you" when you sneeze
because when you sneeze, your
heart stops for a mili-second.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a
period of 80 years, no one
reported a
single case where an ostrich buried its
head in the sand (or attempted to
do so - apart from Bones ).
It is physically impossible for pigs to
look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a
version of Alphabetti Spaghetti
especially for the German market that
consisted solely of little pasta
swastikas.
More than 50% of the people in the world
have never made or received a
telephone call.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's
sick" is said to be the toughest
tongue twister in the English language.
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. if
you keep your eyes open by force, they can
pop out.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18
months, two rats could have over
million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will
increase the bacteria in your
ear by 700 times.
If the government has no knowledge of
aliens, then why does Title 14,
Section 1211 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, implemented on July 16,
1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens
to have any contact with
extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a
Superman somewhere.
The cigarette lighter was invented
before the match.
Thirty-five percent of the people who
use personal ads for dating are
already married.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one
knows why.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide
are caused by people sitting on
them
and photocopying their buttocks.
In the course of an average lifetime you
will, while sleeping, eat 70
assorted insects and 10 spiders.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Cat's urine glows under a black-light.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue
print is different
over 75% of people who read this will
try to lick their elbow.
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
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February 5th, 2002, 01:50 AM
#2
Ok I'm one of those 75% who tried to lick their elbow. Even before I read the last line.Thanks for those facts they were pretty interesting.
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February 5th, 2002, 01:50 AM
#3
Nice post...very intersting - and yes, I tried to lick my elbow...failed miserably. 
Greg
\"Do you know what people are most afraid of?
What they don\'t understand.
When we don\'t understand, we turn to our assumptions.\"
-- William Forrester
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February 5th, 2002, 01:52 AM
#4
maybe i should've added a poll:
Did you try to lick your elbow?
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
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February 5th, 2002, 01:53 AM
#5
can't....reach....elbow....urggg!!
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February 5th, 2002, 02:06 AM
#6
That's some funny **** dude....I tried to lick my elbow and failed...of course. And that other stuff was funny to read too. Thanks!
We the willing, led by the unknowing, have been doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much with so little for so long that we are now qualified to do just about anything with almost nothing.
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February 5th, 2002, 02:13 AM
#7
heh,
I tried to lick my elbow too.... DOH..
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