Subject: Interesting Factoids
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 02:38:38 EST
"Interesting Factoids"
Did you know .........
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 millisecond.
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
(or attempted to do so - apart from Bones ).
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 Alphabetic Spaghetti especially for
the German market that consisted solely of
little pasta swastikas. {Does that give you a
chill or what? - LadyHawke}
More than 50% of the people in the world have
never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two
rats could have over million descendants.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is
said to be the toughest tongue twister in the
English language.
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.
{Yuck!}
Most lipstick contains fish scales. {Huh? I don't
want to think about it...}
Cat's urine glows under a black-light.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
Over 75% of people who read this will try to
lick their elbow.
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