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beth wallbank
06-02-03, 11:56 PM
> >Some interesting facts I thought you'd enjoy knowing about...
> >
> >
> >Some you know, some you don't....
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
> >
> >The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
> >
> >A Boeing 747s 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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
> >already married.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
> >
> >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 was William
Jefferson
> >Clinton.
> >
> >Turtles can breathe through their butts
> >
> >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 ball-point pens every year.
> >
> >On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
> >
> >Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
immigrants.
> >
> >Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
> >
> >Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
> >
> >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 to 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."
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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. Barbie's full name is Barbara
Millicent
> >Roberts.
> >
> >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 !!
> >
> >PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow????

eyespy
06-03-03, 12:05 AM
> >Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All together? If that were the case no wonder she's a star, the three-toed box office sensation :D

ThEmAdHaTtEr
06-03-03, 12:06 AM
Lol I didnt, but a friend of mine can do it. Some wierd girl at school too. Awesome facts, that typewriter one is funny.

Rebecca
06-03-03, 12:09 AM
ROTFL!!! That's good!! And no I didn't try to lick my elbow (well not that I'm willing to admit to at least;)

Tim and Julie B
06-03-03, 12:21 AM
Killer donkeys are everywhere!!!!!! Duck quakes don't echo? Ok that is a little X-fileish. And I am getting a tape measure out right now and figuring out where my tooth brush is............no nevermind I am getting a new one and keeping it in the hall closet!!! In a ziplock!!!! MMMMMMMMMMMMM...................eighteen acres of pizza...................mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

beth wallbank
06-03-03, 08:37 AM
dangit.....my shoulder blade is killing.....still can't lick my elbow. but i will........lol

asphyxia
06-03-03, 09:29 AM
I can lick my elbow...0.1 line up starts to the left

XxRachxX
06-03-03, 10:41 AM
i tried and i hurt my shoulder and my tongue......
::Turtles can breathe through their butts.::
that is SO not true!!! ..................is it?
and 18 acres of pizza? mmmmmmmm spicy chicken and mushroom please........

CyberGhost
06-03-03, 10:54 AM
I knew some of those, and as soon as I read the elbow thing I went to licken. Couldt do it, why dont you try. "GO."

Mr.Lizard
06-29-03, 01:25 PM
The oak tree one is not true,I planted an oak in my front yard 6 years ago and it produced acorns recently.
And the one about nothing rhyming with month is also untrue,well if you talk with a lithp it ith:)

Linds
06-29-03, 01:42 PM
I can't lick my elbow... :o well unless you count the side, I was aiming for the tip though :rolleyes:

fateamber
06-29-03, 01:50 PM
I'm so close to licking my elbow, but i just can't do it! :mad:

fateamber
06-29-03, 01:51 PM
> >Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

:D :D

Invictus
06-29-03, 02:08 PM
Good thing I don't believe everything I read.

Zoe
06-29-03, 02:27 PM
lol!
I've read that before, and I did try to lick my elbow the first time.

BUT I do have some qualms about some of these:

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
** Yes it is.

Turtles can breathe through their butts
** That isn't entirely true. Most turtles can not breathe through the backs of their bodies, but a presumed-extinct species can:
http://www.poopreport.com/blog/b2poop.php

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
** Since when can earthworms jump?

Bryce Masuk
06-29-03, 03:38 PM
Its funny since As soon as I read That I was like.... Hmmm I can lick my elbow...... but I cant

python_diva_06
07-01-03, 01:45 PM
those were great!!! LMFAO!!!:D