I got these via email with no source, but who cares some of this stuff is amazing! since it wasnt tech, it doesnt go in the tech humour section, i mean its not even humour really..
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> just something to keep you busy for a couple of minutes
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > And You Thought YOU Knew EVERYTHING.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
> > > > mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
> > > >
> > > > *Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet
> > away
> > > > from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
> > > >
> > > > *The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
> > > > plasma.
> > > >
> > > > *No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
> > > >
> > > > *Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
> > > >
> > > > * You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
> > > >
> > > > *Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or
> > > > older.
> > > >
> > > > *The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
> > > >
> > > > *The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
> > > >
> > > > *A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first
> > > > flight.
> > > >
> > > > *American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from
> > > > each salad served in first-class.
> > > >
> > > > *Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
> > > >
> > > > *Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
> > morning.
> > > >
> > > > *The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
> > > >
> > > > *Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
> > > >
> > > > *The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
> > > >
> > > > *Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
> Nike
> > > > factory workers in Malaysia combined.
> > > >
> > > > *Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
> > > >
> > > > *All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
> > > > wearing them in public.
> > > >
> > > > *Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
> > > >
> > > > *Pearls melt in vinegar.
> > > >
> > > > *Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
> > > > already married.
> > > >
> > > > *The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola,
> and
> > > > Budweiser, in that order.
> > > >
> > > > *It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. *A
> duck's
> > > > quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
> > > >
> > > > *The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when
> the
> > > > engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
> > > > floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
> > > >
> > > > *Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name
> contains
> > > > all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William
> > > Jefferson
> > > > Clinton.
> > > >
> > > > *Butterflies taste with their feet.
> > > >
> > > > *In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the
> world's
> > > > nuclear weapons combined.
> > > >
> > > > *On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
> > > >
> > > > *On average people fear spiders more than death.
> > > >
> > > > *Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
> > immigrants.
> > > >
> > > > *Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
> > > >
> > > > *Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
> > > >
> > > > *Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
> > > >
> > > > *It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
> > > >
> > > > * The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year
> > > > because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the
> > > weight
> > > > of all the books that would occupy the building.
> > > >
> > > > *A snail can sleep for three years.
> > > >
> > > > *No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
> > > >
> > > > *Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
> > > >
> > > > *Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
> > never
> > > > stop growing. SCARY!!!
> > > >
> > > > *The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
> > > >
> > > > *All polar bears are left handed.
> > > >
> > > > *In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
> > including
> > > > their eyebrows and eyelashes.
> > > >
> > > > *An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
> > > >
> > > > *TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
> only
> > on
> > > > one row of the keyboard.
> > > >
> > > > *"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
> > > >
> > > > *If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She
> would
> > > > stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara
> > Millicent
> > > > Roberts.
> > > >
> > > > *A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
> > > >
> > > > *The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
> > > >
> > > > *Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.