THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW

Brutuskend

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Did you know...

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.

The "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. ;)








 

Brutuskend

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:eek: <---- click me

I stand (or sit actually) corrected.....

BTW: Did you know that if "normal" your foot is the same lenght as the distance between your elbow and your wrist bone?
 

freebee

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One should qualify the elbow statement by indicating the arm must remain attached to the body.
 

killface

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In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman
That one isn't true. I know there wasn't one in the parking garage one. Not sure if there's one in the chinese restaurant episode or not, but there's a few of them that it doesn't show up in.

Edit - from some guy on eeggs.com:
"Out of 180 episodes, there are 24 that include a verbal reference. The refrigerator magnet does not appear until the 56th episode and the figurine doesn't show up until the 81st episode. The final count is 124 episodes with a Superman reference of some sort and 52 with no Superman reference whatsoever."
 

Brutuskend

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After further research it looks as if I may have been misinformed on the "superman" thing............So in the words of a great man "EXCUUUUUZZZE ME" ;)
 

Kelvrick

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Originally posted by: BrutuskendThe "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick"
is said to be the toughest tongue twister
in the English language.

:confused:

EDIT: darn new quote system
 

Brutuskend

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Gosh you guys are a tough crowd............
rolleye.gif
 

Brutuskend

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Me thinks that the same people that are trying to debunk the other piont of my post are the ones that DID try and lick their elbow!! ;)
 

TuffGirl

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BTW: Did you know that if "normal" your foot is the same lenght as the distance between your elbow and your wrist bone?
Yup I learned that from Pretty Woman. It's one of Julia Roberts' lines:p


<-- tried to lick her elbow:eek::p

 

Cyco

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Originally posted by: MajesticMoose
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide
you can't possibly know that particular statistic near that level of precision. At best, you could give a guess.
Yeah, something like 37% of statistics are made up.
 

Beau

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
BTW: Did you know that if "normal" your foot is the same lenght as the distance between your elbow and your wrist bone?

Same with the span between your thumb and middle finger. And in the case of males .... ;)

 

ragazzo

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Did you know...

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

that girl with the 7 inch tongue could probably prove that wrong...

 

Carl Uman

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Originally posted by: Beau6183
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
BTW: Did you know that if "normal" your foot is the same lenght as the distance between your elbow and your wrist bone?

Same with the span between your thumb and middle finger. And in the case of males .... ;)

Now that saying about big feet makes sense ;)
 

Frosty3799

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Originally posted by: Millenium
Over 75% of people who read this
will try to lick their elbow.

LOL I was considering it but didn't. Good post.

hehe same here..


A duck's quack doesn't echo,
and no one knows why. <-------- and that one is made up, it does echo
 

iamwiz82

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Originally posted by: Carl Uman
Originally posted by: Beau6183
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
BTW: Did you know that if "normal" your foot is the same lenght as the distance between your elbow and your wrist bone?

Same with the span between your thumb and middle finger. And in the case of males .... ;)

Now that saying about big feet makes sense ;)

I wear a size 13 shoe and am 5'9"
;)