Tuesday, July 22, 2003

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.
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