Interesting Facts

Brotha · Post by **Brotha** » February 12, 2003, 11:14 pm

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

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

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

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs ... but not downstairs.

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."

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

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

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

All polar bears are left-handed.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

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

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » February 12, 2003, 11:54 pm

There is no proof about Polar Bears being all left handed, just speculation.

A ducks quack does echo.

The pipe lighter (not as we know it today) was invented before the match, however the cigarette lighter, as we know it today, was not.

Now i have to get back to work!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » February 13, 2003, 12:04 am

More quacking...

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm

Forthe · Post by **Forthe** » February 13, 2003, 12:06 am

I did in fact try to lick my elbow. Oh the shame.

Rivera Bladestrike · February 13, 2003, 12:09 am

Bah, I tried to lick my elbow.

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » February 13, 2003, 12:19 am

I can definatly lick my elbow.

and I done this long before ever seeing this post,although I did do it to see if I still could.

My eyes and ears are the same size they been for 10 years ya crazy thing.

I will find a word that rymes with Month.. give me a night to think on this.

Bojangels · Post by **Bojangels** » February 13, 2003, 12:29 am

Snails can jump?

Sparck · Post by **Sparck** » February 13, 2003, 1:11 am

A snail isn't an animal, but a hippopotamus is and I seriously doubt that they can jump.

Bojangels · Post by **Bojangels** » February 13, 2003, 1:19 am

Sparck wrote:A snail isn't an animal, but a hippopotamus is and I seriously doubt that they can jump.

What's a snail then? Sorry hehe :b

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 13, 2003, 1:22 am

a whale is an animal and although some can jump a little out of the drink not many can.

most of these lists are BS that people have added to over the years.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » February 13, 2003, 1:24 am

It's an animal, that list should read 'mammal', not 'animal'.

Some of those sound like old wives' tales to me, but we'll see! Gonna go find a word that rhymes with month.

Asheran Mojomaster · February 13, 2003, 1:25 am

It is possible to lick your elbow if you have a long enough tongue...like that girl from Germany with like a 7 inch tongue.

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » February 13, 2003, 1:59 am

Asheran Mojomaster wrote:It is possible to lick your elbow if you have a long enough tongue...like that girl from Germany with like a 7 inch tongue.

It says her tongue is 7 centimetres... which would only be 2.7 inches.

Braxter · Post by **Braxter** » February 13, 2003, 3:21 am

coral can't jump.

Denadeb · Post by **Denadeb** » February 13, 2003, 3:22 am

Braxter Can't jump

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 13, 2003, 3:28 am

is braxter white or coral?

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » February 13, 2003, 3:32 am

white men can't jump

Laliana · Post by **Laliana** » February 13, 2003, 4:00 am

I tried to lick my elbow.

Neost · Post by **Neost** » February 13, 2003, 9:57 am

I was sitting here reading some of these off to my 2 daughters.

I turned around to see both of them trying like hell to lick their elbow.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » February 13, 2003, 10:45 am

Neost wrote:I was sitting here reading some of these off to my 2 daughters.

I turned around to see both of them trying like hell to lick their elbow.

My Wife was reading this with Me I immediately placed her Elbow in my crotch

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » February 13, 2003, 10:48 am

Knibble wrote:I can definatly lick my elbow.

/cheer

I can't, got a weird look from the lady that sits across from me too

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » February 13, 2003, 10:51 am

Robbie the Retard can lick his elbow..

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 13, 2003, 11:51 am

You should also try to find words that rhyme with orange and silver.

Braxter · Post by **Braxter** » February 13, 2003, 11:55 am

kyoukan type-R wrote:is braxter white or coral?

both rawr!

err I mean blubblubblub

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » February 13, 2003, 12:31 pm

If I remember correctly, elephants can't jump because of the design of their legs and not because of their size.

Pyronius Flamebringer · February 13, 2003, 1:06 pm

Snails can jump......

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » February 13, 2003, 7:20 pm

I saw that article on the german girl, and I'm sorry, her tongue is not only 7 centimeters long. Hell, I should have my own article too then in that case. If you saw the picture, and knew just how small a centimeter was, you wouldn't ever believe that. Not that I believe 7 inches tho...