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Some Strange Facts

Posted: August 1, 2005 10:43 am
by 11bravo
All the things you thought you'd never need to know:
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.

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

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.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

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.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

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

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

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."

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

All polar bears are left handed.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

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????

Posted: August 1, 2005 10:58 am
by aeroparrot
One more strange fact, Venus does not have seasons since it does not tilt on its axis like the rest of the planets in our solar system.

Posted: August 1, 2005 6:08 pm
by Jason Mason
Fun Stuff....

Posted: August 1, 2005 6:21 pm
by jonesbeach10
I hate to burst your bubble but I think some of those are false. In the Julie Andrews "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" thread, SMLCHNG said the rumor was false and backed it up with an urban legends website. I was looking through there and remember some of those were false.


And yes, I did try to lick my elbow.

Posted: August 1, 2005 6:50 pm
by Prthd119
jonesbeach10 wrote:I hate to burst your bubble but I think some of those are false. In the Julie Andrews "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" thread, SMLCHNG said the rumor was false and backed it up with an urban legends website. I was looking through there and remember some of those were false.


And yes, I did try to lick my elbow.

I have too , but not in a very long time.. :wink: :oops: :lol:

Posted: August 2, 2005 8:22 am
by 11bravo
jonesbeach10 wrote:I hate to burst your bubble but I think some of those are false. In the Julie Andrews "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" thread, SMLCHNG said the rumor was false and backed it up with an urban legends website. I was looking through there and remember some of those were false.


And yes, I did try to lick my elbow.
Another bubble burst and gone WOW will it ever stop :(
Maybe I'll just move to Tahiti and not worry about it. :D
Jonesbeach nice name guess it had to be someone close to home to break it all up. :wink:

Re: Some Strange Facts

Posted: August 2, 2005 8:32 am
by ToplessRideFL
11bravo wrote: 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????
Nope! LOL

Posted: August 2, 2005 8:45 am
by jonesbeach10
11bravo wrote:
jonesbeach10 wrote:I hate to burst your bubble but I think some of those are false. In the Julie Andrews "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" thread, SMLCHNG said the rumor was false and backed it up with an urban legends website. I was looking through there and remember some of those were false.


And yes, I did try to lick my elbow.
Another bubble burst and gone WOW will it ever stop :(
Maybe I'll just move to Tahiti and not worry about it. :D
Jonesbeach nice name guess it had to be someone close to home to break it all up. :wink:
Didn't even notice it. Nice to see a phellow LI'er. :D The website is snopes.com, I think. It was a good website and it got pretty addicting (but then again, the 'net never lies!)

Posted: August 2, 2005 9:34 am
by FFishstick
just folded a piece of paper in half 8 times. yeah I had to stomp on it a few times, and use pliers on the last fold, but that little sucker folded up right in half for the eight time. I can mail it to you if you want.



or maybe I was using magic paper? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ziz Zag rolling papers are papers, it says so right in the name. :lol: :lol:

Posted: August 2, 2005 10:10 pm
by Thewino
Turtles must have really bad breath

Posted: August 2, 2005 11:44 pm
by tdparrothead
Very interesting stuff... :lol: