Weird Facts

[Shaney_R]

Weird Facts

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> No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

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> Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

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> The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

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> Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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> Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the

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> The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

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> Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

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> The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

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> Pearls melt in vinegar.

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> 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.

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

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> Turtles can breathe through their butts.

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> On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every

year.

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> Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

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> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

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> It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

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> The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every

year

> because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account

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> weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

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> A snail can sleep for three years.

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> No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

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> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears

> never stop growing.

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> All polar bears are left handed.

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> A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

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> Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.

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[Dawn]

QUOTE (Shaney_R @ Jul 23 2004, 18:30)

> Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow. >

Damn I did too

 

 

I think Tart could though

[Ginge]

QUOTE (Dawn @ Jul 23 2004, 18:35)

QUOTE (Shaney_R @ Jul 23 2004, 18:30) >        Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow. > Damn I did too     I think Tart could though I saw a guy on TV do it.

[Spunkmonkey]

QUOTE (Shaney_R @ Jul 23 2004, 18:30)

Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.

so close as well

[Scream]

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

 

is wrong. a ducks quack does echo, it was just so low that we couldn't detect it. however this year or last year it was proven it does!

[Guest Kether]

Your dad is gay, did you know?

[Scream]

QUOTE (Kether @ Jul 30 2004, 06:20)

Your dad is gay, did you know?

was that aimed at me?

[Alex]

Scream likes reading Womens magazines and I don't mean to look at the pictures.

Edited July 30, 2004 by Alex

[Scream]

QUOTE (Alex @ Jul 30 2004, 12:30)

Scream likes reading Womens magazines and I don't mean to look at the pictures.

it's true i can't denie it. it's the stories!! You know little timmy and his 1 legged dog pluto.