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 mili-second.
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 Alphabetti Spaghetti
especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta
swastikas.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a
telephone call.
Rats and 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 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.
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.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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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24 Comments
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 4:44pm
Impossible for me, but how about her:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1646000/1646912.stm
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 5:15pm
Dude, I got that e-mail too. Small world!
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 6:13pm
Did you know more people are killed by donkeys than airplane crashes?
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 7:13pm
You can pick your friends. And you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friends nose. Unless you want your *** kicked, I guess.
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 8:33pm
HAHAHA, i actually tried to lick my elbow when i read this. Does that make me stupid? Where did everyone get that email from, because i never got it and i wanted 2!
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 8:54pm
AHHHHHH!!! i tried to lick my elbow too!! Some of that stuffs reale freaky!! i gotta print this out n show it to my friends!!
Anonymous
January 24th, 2002
at 9:06pm
Both myself and my roommate, with whom I was sharing this email, tried to lick our elbows. I guess that's what comes of being a scientist…always trying to test other people's hypotheses.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 12:49am
The worst tonguetwister I know of is ´lemon liniment` just say it five times with out getting a hiccup.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 1:44am
I thought that the origins of 'Bless You' when you sneeze was because of the Black Death…
Apparently, one of the first symptoms of Bubonic Plague is fits of sneezing.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 2:16am
ME too! I tried to lick my elbow too! Arghhhh!!! foolish me!
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 4:37am
actually, people say “bless you” because in the middle ages they believed that when someone sneezed it was a sign someone else was dying, thus saying “bless you” to take the poor soul to heaven.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 6:49am
Actually, you say “bless you” because they believed that your soul left your body for a moment when you sneezed and the devil had an opportunity to enter your body. Scorpions also glow in blacklight. Prairie dog urine makes a good liquid crystal ala LCD displays. Which makes me wonder, what kind of drugs was the scientist doing when he made this discovery ?? Also, who has to milk those things ? Trivia test: What was the name of Dudley Doright's horse ??
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 7:07am
So, if rats can't puke, but are capable of producing millions of descendants, it sounds like they can't/don't get morning sickness.
(by the way, rat poison is effective because rats can't puke).
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 7:29am
I can tell you from personal experience that duck quacks do echo, and people don't say 'bless you” because your heart stops when you sneeze, they say it so evil spirits won't get into your body. Stupid either way, but not as stupid as believing half of this post, like the BS statistic about people sitting on copiers. If you believe that, you probably fell for the Darwin Awards as well. Oh, and the Lemon Linament tongue twister could be said by any 8 year old I know.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 9:28am
I suppose you're going to tell me that there is no Easter Bunny, which I know for a fact can lick it's elbow.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 10:56am
Lordy, my elbow tastes terrible. I'll never do that again.
C
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 11:34am
i was brought up that bless you was said when you sneeze, because your heart stops for a mili-second
and
that you put your hand over your mouth when you yawn to keep evil spirits from entering your body.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 12:10pm
Most of these are trash. For example, there is no Title14,Section 1211…
The others are just obvious stupid things that we know, but just worded differently. For example… most people have greater than the average number of legs(for humans).
Everyone's toungeprint is unique? So is everyone's bodyprint for that matter… and heartprint, and buttprint, and everything else… if you get down to the right level of detail.
Anonymous
January 25th, 2002
at 5:37pm
Where, oh where, does one get the complete e-mail -
my curiousity is consuming me; yep, feel myself shrinking from the consumption now. [LOL]
Besides looking forward to getting on this unknown mailing list to receive this complete e-mail, and still reeling with laughter, I hope that you'll continue as you are - wonderfully creative, bright, and amusing.
Anonymous
January 27th, 2002
at 4:52am
Things that make you go hummm :)
I got that same email about a week ago but didn't read it too much till now
very enlightening :)
Anonymous
January 28th, 2002
at 9:08am
My wife can lick her elbows. An' that's all I'm sayin' about that.
Anonymous
January 30th, 2002
at 10:02pm
CFR14, 1211 does not exist now. But if this is accurate, it used to exist and is reserved to be re-activated. You decide.
http://www.beyondweird.com/etlaw.html
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Anonymous
August 10th, 2007
at 6:47pm
Actually horses CAN vomit, and I know I’m right, YOU are wrong. Really, it’s true.
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at 7:03am
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