Trivia

Sassy7

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1. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

2. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.

3. A shrimp's heart is in it's head.

4. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your
heart stops for a mili-second.

5. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried it's head in the sand.

6. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

7. Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta shaped swastikas.

8. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

9. Rats and horses can't vomit.

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

11.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 when you sneeze, they can pop out.

12.Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over one million descendants.

13.Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

14.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?

15.In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

16.The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

17.Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

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

19.23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

20.In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

21.Most lipstick contains fish scales.

22.Cat's urine glows under a black-light.

23.Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

24.over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
....Ha Ha - Caught You!!
 
I was one of the 25% who did not try to lick their elbows.

Why would someone lick their elbow anyway?
 
Re: Did you know...

foxinsox said:
seagulls explode if you feed them alka seltzer. This is because they have no gagging reflex and, when the seltzer hits their stomach juices, it cause a reaction and... pouf. Feathers everywhere.

Apparently.
Yeah, yeah, now all your nasty childhood tricks are coming out :)
 
OK . . .

Turkeys are so stupid that if left outside when raining, if they looked up toward the sky, they would drown?

You can turn a white carnation any color by freshly cutting the stem and placing it in diluted food coloring for 12+ hours?

You might think that in the summer sheep are hot with all of the wool on them. However, if you shear a sheep in 100+ degree temperatures you will kill them. Wool is a natural insulator much like the insulation in your homes. Keeps them warm in the winter, cool in the summer.

Sheep don't sweat ~ neither do pigs, so where does the term "sweating like a pig" come from?

The average American farmer produces enough food to feed 130+ people in the United States and abroad?

If California were a nation it would rank #1 in agriculture (food, fiber & crop) production?

When it comes to lifestyles, America enjoys wealth due to our agriculture diversity ~ spending less than 8% of our salaries on food. . .lesser developed countries spend up to 80% of their income on food.

*guess what I study?*
 
Random Facts

Plastic lawn flamingos are more numerous in the United States than real flamingos.

An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil.

Isaac Asimovis is the only author to have a book in every major category of the Dewey-decimal system.

In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions.

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
 
HAHA!!!!

*raises hands into the air triumphantly*

I HAVE LICKED MY ELBOW!!

TAKE THAT, WENCH!!!











*whimpers*
i think i dislocated my shoulder
 
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