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onfire4god57
08-29-2007, 08:36 PM
A shrimp's heart is in its head.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to
be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

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

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

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

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

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.

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.

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 ballpoint
pens every year.

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 was built, engineers failed t o 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."

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

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.

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.

Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone
you know.
They will get a kick out of it.

freeby4me
08-30-2007, 04:43 AM
Those are good, I remember the Mythbusters doing the one about a ducks quack has no echo and I dont remember for sure (it was a while ago) but I think their echo is at the same frequency as their quack and thats why it sounds like there is no echo.

ladybugva
08-30-2007, 05:01 AM
I like "useless: facts like this, thanks for sharing.

lisarae
08-30-2007, 05:10 AM
Mythbusters also proved your eyes wont pop out when sneezing if keeping them open. LOL
And it is possible for some people to lick their elbows. Ive seen my cousin do it, but he has a Gene Simmons tongue.

But ya learn something new every day. LOL

cubsgirl21
08-30-2007, 09:03 AM
23% of all photocopier faults world-wide are caused by
people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.



I know some people like this. LOL

PrincessArky
08-30-2007, 10:50 AM
I like "useless: facts like this, thanks for sharing.

me too those seem to be the only ones that I can remember anymore lol