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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.

Re: Did You Know

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Whoa! Makes you think.:confused:

Re: Did You Know

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Weird Things You Would Never Know!! (and might not ever care to know..)

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

I did, and was partially successful. :p

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
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:

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.

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

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?

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

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.

Re: Did You Know

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Weird Things You Would Never Know!! (and might not ever care to know..)

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

MOOOOOOOOOOO

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Most lipstick contains fish scales.

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

Re: What I've heard

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Originally posted by Gina1201

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.

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

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
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:
WOW!!!!!!

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
immigrants.
Now you know we knew the NY cabbies fact was true (any New Yorker knows this!)...

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating
are already married.
Yeah, that makes sense too...A DANG SHAME

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.
Why?

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
That's b/c they're too busy staring at our breasts!

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
No it's not, kind of (you know I did try & got part of it)

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.
I knew they were trying to kill me w/ that dang drill

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.
:D

A shrimp's heart is in its head.
Where's it's brain?

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.
Well, then I wonder were people got that idea that they do from?

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
Cuz they ain't got no necks (CT4: like my ebonics? :p)

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
So is my sister...and my cousin...etc....:D (Shh...don't tell them I said that)...

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.
Didn't know that one.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

I believe it, too (no, I've never done that).
Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

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

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

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:

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Originally posted by ClassyLady

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.