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 milli-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. 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 Alphagetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted
solely of little pasta swastikas. On average, a human being will have sex more
than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime. 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 is 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
will pop out. Rats multiply so quickly that in just 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. 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. Coca-Cola was originally green.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other
nation. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly
than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women; women
can hear better. Smartest dogs: 1) Collie; 2) Poodle; 3)
Golden Retriever Cost of raising a medium-size dog to age eleven:
$6400. Percentage of American men who say they would
marry the same woman if they had to do it all over again: 80% Percentage of American women who said they would
marry the same man again if they had it to do all over again: 50%. Average number of people airborne over the US
at any given hour: 61,000 Life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches Intelligent people have more zinc and copper
in their hair. The first novel ever written on a typewriter
was Tom Sawyer The reason firehouses have circular stairs dates
back to when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on
the ground floor and learned to walk up straight staircases. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in
the English language. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the
machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. No NFL team which plays its home games in a
domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The name "Wendy" was made up for the book Peter
Pan. There are 42 dots on a pair of dice. There are 18 different animal shapes in the
Animal Crackers cookie zoo. There are 119 grooves on the edge of a quarter 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year
in the U.S. 97% of all paper money in the U.S. contain traces
of cocaine. There are more than 2,700 languages in the world.
In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. If you took a standard Slinky and stretched
it out it would measure 87 feet. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. If you keep a gold fish in a dark room it will
eventually turn white. The average human brain has about 100 billion
nerve cells. The average cough comes out of your mouth at
60 miles per hour. Relative to its size, the strongest muscle in
the body is the tongue. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza everyday. There are 106 boys born for every 100 girls. Last night the majority of humans slept on their
right side. 75% of you will sing with the radio on as you
drive to work. The average TV is on 7 hours and 12 minutes
a day. 33% of people have talked to their dog on the
phone or left a message for them on the answering machine. You will spend 4 to 5 minutes longer getting
to work at rush hour than non-rush hour. If there is an accident
it doubles. 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. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now. 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 747's 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. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'. 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. 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. 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?
William Jefferson Clinton. And, the best for last.....Turtles can breathe
through their butts. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.. 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---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. 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. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the
scissors and the helicopter. 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. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with
only the left hand; "lollipop" with the right. The average person's left hand does 56% of the
typing. 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. 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). 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. Now, you know everything there is to know! I bet you tried to lick
your elbow!
