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  • some facts you always wanted to know

    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
    weightof 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
    neverstop growing.

    All polar bears are left handed.

    A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

    Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
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  • #2
    Ok, I did, Who else?
    Autumn Has Arrived by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

    CHES'S UNDERSTUDY...........

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    • #3
      I like

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      • #4
        Me too !
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        • #5
          and me

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          • #6
            you got me too, lol

            best bit is, i have seen it before and didn't twig, ah ah

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            • #7
              more things you thought you'd never need to know

              Strange facts

              101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.
              A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.
              A dragonfly has a lifespan of twenty-four hours.
              A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
              A flush toilet exists that dates back to 2000 BC.
              A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
              A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
              A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
              A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
              A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
              A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
              A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
              A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
              A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair.
              A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.
              A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallon.
              A walla-walla scene is one where extras pretend to be talking in the background -- when they say "walla-walla" it looks like they are actually talking.
              A whale's penis is called a dork.
              According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
              Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
              After human death, post-mortem rigidity starts in the head and travels to the feet, and leaves the same way it came -- head to toe.
              Albert Brooks's real name is Albert Einstein.
              Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother. They were both deaf.
              Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
              Alfred Hitch**** didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
              All of the officers in the Confederate army were given copies of Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, to carry with them at all times. Robert E. Lee, among others, believed that the book symbolized their cause. Both revolts were defeated.
              An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
              Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups.
              Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
              Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
              Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!
              Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.
              Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.


              really must get out more

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