Did You Know
 

Weird Things You Would Never Know!! (and might not ever care to know..)

Butterflies taste with their feet.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

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. :eek:

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
immigrants.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating
are already married.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

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 built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. :eek:

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. :cool:

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.

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.

Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow.


A shrimp's heart is in its head.

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.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

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. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants. :eek:

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.

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 butts.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

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Most lipstick contains fish scales.




Whoa! Makes you think.:confused:

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I did, and was partially successful. :p

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This is good to know because I ALWAYS hold my sneezes. Guess I now have a valid reason to let them go.

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i have actually sprained a rib sneezing too hard. can you say painful xrays! ouch.

Interesting...
 

I liked the list...and yes, I too tried to lick my elbow! :D

Did you know...
 

That we may all have WAY too much time on our hands :D

LOL, I also tried to lick my elbow.

The comment about the sneeze; is this why we say "Bless you" when someone sneezes?

What I've heard
 

I have heard that the reason why we say "Bless You" is because each time a person sneezes, their heart stops for a second. So, IMO it's said in case your heart stops.

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MOOOOOOOOOOO

You mean we all have Fishy lips:eek: :p :D ;)

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Now that you've brought it to my attention, I too have heard about the heart stopping for a second.

Check out www.snapple.com to get other "Real Facts"
:p

Thanx for the info (I always learn something from you or AKA2D, or Ideal, on GC)! Your'e a mountain of knowledge!

My 9th grade Civics teacher told us that we say "God Bless You" because people in Medieval Europe believed that your soul escaped through your nose when you sneezed. They thought that saying "God Bless You" would make your soul go back into your body. Go figure :rolleyes:

I learned something similar.

I was taught that it had to to with the Bubonic plague. Whenever someone sneezed, people said "Bless you" because the sneezed may have signified the onset of the plague.

I had to come back and tell y'all this.

Yesterday, me and Boyfriend were watching tv and just chillin. So me, remembering what my girl CT4 had posted, I told my boyfriend that it is physically impossible to lick your own elbow. He just said "wow, I didn't know that."

So, about an hour later, I was upstairs cleaning the bathroom when he starts calling me downstairs. I came down and this fool was licking his own elbow. At first, I thought he had just gotten close but not really there. But, he can really lick his own elbow. On one hand, I am kind of freaked out, but on the other hand, I am awkwardly intrigued.

LMAO LMAO LMAO -- girl umm tell your boyfriend congratulations. You know what that means right?!?!!? :o :eek: ;) :p :D :o

Think you know everything...?

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. :eek:

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. :eek:

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. :eek:

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; lollipop" with your right.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. :cool:

The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. :cool:

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). **waving at Ideal08**

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins. :(

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. (GROOOOOOOOOOOSS)

....................now you know everything

My son is 16 months old. I'm going home and I'm going to feel his knees. :o

So did he have them or what?!?!?!!?!? You all need to stop dropping the ball. LOL

...so that's what she meant when she called me a goldfish. :D

And the irony of that is when you die, the police lets your funeral procession run the red lights on the way to the cemetary. I guess it's because when you're dead, it's important that you arrive at your burial on time. :rolleyes:

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I guess in this case, practice doesn't make perfect.;)

BTW, great facts. Sounds like questions used on Hollywood Squares.

I'm just now seeing this, lol. You know I love a little palindrome. 414. :D ;) :D

ETA: Just a couple more...

DEED
PIP
ROTOR
CIVIC
POP :cool:
MADAM
EYE
NUN
RADAR
TOOT

And so is the name Hannah. And the phrase, Madam I'm Adam. I could go on and on. I don't know why these intrigue me so much. :)

:) :D :) :D :cool:

HUH?? :confused:



















GOTCHA!;)

*Coca-Cola was originally green.

*The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

*The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

*The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

*Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

*You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

*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.

*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.

*If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

*If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle

*If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

*What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

*A snail can sleep for three years.

*All polar bears are left handed.

*American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

*The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

*The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

*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.

*The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

North America and South America don't end in the letter they start with :confused:

I believe in this case they are referring to just the AmericA part.

Ohhhhh.....:p

lol
 

Just wanted 2 say i also tried to lick my elbow:rolleyes: :p