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[JK Ferret]

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

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.

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.

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 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.

Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

[Kezzer]

Haha, i did try

[Raz316]

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

Tisn't true im afraid. I know, I've got ducks and I live in a church.

[silent ben]

Swafe can lick his elbow

[klarrix]

Awesome!

If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

False. The reason people don't open them when they sneeze is because the nerves that govern sneezing and controlling your eyelids affect each other- it's the same reason looking at the Sun (squinting) and putting on mascara makes you sneeze.
Sneezing doesn't put pressure on your eyes, it's just a nervous reaction to close them.

[schmunk]

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

That's a load of arse!

[Tumble]

Also.. your foot is exactly the same length as your arm from the inside of your elbow to your wrist.....

[mike_w]

I think these have all been posted before, but I suppose it's keeping in theme with the thread! Ready?

The longest bout of hiccups lasted 65 years.

It would take 2 1/2 minutes to fall from the top of Mount Everest.

Poison Ivy is a member of the Cashew family.

Cashew nuts are actually seeds from the Cashew Apple.

A swarm of 50,000 bees weighs about 10 pounds.

In 1870 it took 8 days to cross the US by train.

In the 19th century, using the word 'pants' was a punishable offence.

The Belgian Post Office experimented with using cats to deliver the post.

In Switzerland it's against the law to slam your car door.

Traffic accidents rise 10% in the first week of daylight savings time.

In the US Daylight saving ends on the 26th October, but not in Arizona, which doesnt follow it. But if you live on Arizona's Navajo Reservation then you do follow it, unless you're on the Hopi Partition on the Reservation... which doesn't.

33% of the world's population cannot snap their fingers.

Thomas Edison wasn't blind but preferred reading in Braille.

Vultures can fly without flapping their wings.

The fingerprints of a human and a koala are virtually identical.

If a grasshopper is hungry enough it will eat external house paint.

A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Amish people do not believe in the use of aerosal air fresheners.

Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.

As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice.
Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.

Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace.

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London.

In 1958, the Crayola crayon color "Prussian Blue" was changed to "Midnight Blue" by the request of teachers as kids could not relate to Prussian history.

In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario.

In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.

In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit.

In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty.

A Gozzard is a person who owns geese.

Average US family income in 1915 : $687 per year

On average, females hear better than males throughout their entire lives

In the 1840's, the Uruguayan army fought the battle of Montevideo using old Edam cheeses after they ran out of cannonballs.... and won!

Pound for pound, a hamburger costs more than the average new car

The real Daniel Boon detested coonskin hats

Chickens are the only birds that have combs

Longest word typed entirely by one hand : 'stewardesses' ... try it!

Average lifespan of a Major League baseball : 5 pitches

James Madison, US President 1809-1817 weighed less than his IQ... the ONLY President to do so.

An eggshell takes up 12% of the egg's weight

If a frog keeps its mouth open too long, it suffocates

Humphrey Bogart's first line as an actor : "Tennis, anyone?"

The Nestle family haven't run the Nestle company since 1875

200 people voted for Tarquin Fintimlinbinwhimbinlin Bus Stop-F'tang-F'Tang-Ole-Biscuit Barrel in the 1981 General Election

8 cockroaches stowed away on the Apollo 12 flight

It's illegal to ship live mice through the post

Assuming Rudolph always stays in the front, there are 40,320 ways to arrange the other eight reindeer

About 75% of families put up a Christmas tree each year, of which 54% are artificial

Bluebirds cannot see the colour blue

There were no ponies in the Pony Express

Hans Christian Andersen couldn't spell

Vodka in Russian means "little water"

Schweppes Tonic Water became Schweppes Tonica in Italy after it was discovered 'il water' means 'the bathroom' in Italian.
Rolls-Royce had a similar problem in Germany with their Silver Mist as 'mist' in German means 'human waste'.
Clairol had the same problem with their Mist Stick curling iron.
Ford ran into trouble with their Caliente car in Mexico.... 'caliente' means 'hot'... but its also the slang for a prostitute.

Vanilla comes from orchids

Due to the shape of the North American elk's esophagus, even if it did have the ability to speak, it couldn't pronounce the word 'lasagne'

The medical name for a hiccup is singulthus.

[MAS]

Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

What a waste of 20 minutes I'm sure if I just dislocate my neck I can reach...

[Kumagoro]

ive seen pics of people who can lick their elbow in another forum.

[Trippledence]

Tisn't true im afraid. I know, I've got ducks and I live in a church.

Thats one hell of a craxy life you got there.

[Steve]

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

WRONG

[Yohji]

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

Heh. Man... That is tough.

[Russ]

THE MOST INTERESTING FACT EVER


There are over 700,000 camels in Australia, thats more than the middle east!

[Matt1eD]

Russ, totally true, they've become such a problem they've had to start pest controlling them.

These facts threads keep on being posted... or is it my imagination

[Swafe]

Swafe can lick his elbow

I disproved the theory a few months back Apprently its near impossible cos not many people can do it, about 1 in 50 or 1 in 100