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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.

-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 when you sneeze, 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 U.S. 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 butts.

-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 actually try to lick their elbow
and a further 23% will have actually considered trying to do so.

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Here are my facts:

-This post just made my day.
-I believe every one of them.
-I tried to lick my elbow.
-The fact about eating bugs and spiders in your sleep greatly disturbes me and for several weeks i'll probably be thinking about that while lying in bed. :shock:

I always thought that people said "Bless You" because sneezing was a symptom of some deadly plague or something.

-People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
your heart stops for a mili-second.This is one of several unproven claims about why people say "bless you".
-The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language.I can say it with almost no trouble. :?
-If the U.S. 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?It doesn't.
-A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.Yes, it does.

I wonder what facts I can come up with...

-If the U.S. 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?


I looked it up and was disturbed to find that Title 14 Section 1211 existed and was "[reserved]" and unaccessable. :shock:

But the truth is out there...more accurately, here:
http://www.snopes.com/legal/et.htm

-People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
your heart stops for a mili-second.This is one of several unproven claims about why people say "bless you".
-The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language.I can say it with almost no trouble. :?
-If the U.S. 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?It doesn't.
-A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.Yes, it does.

I wonder what facts I can come up with...

I happen to know for a fact that a duck's quack doesn't echo. So you are wrong, Nianacio.

I happen to know for a fact that a duck's quack doesn't echo. So you are wrong, Nianacio.Yes, it does. (http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/08/duck.quack/index.html)

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


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39307000/jpg/_39307218_duck_salford_b203.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3086890.stm

http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm

i tried to lick my elbow :oops:

i tried to lick my elbow :oops:

Well...the last point is "Over 75% of people who read this will actually try to lick their elbow." :wink:

-People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
your heart stops for a mili-second.This is one of several unproven claims about why people say "bless you".
-The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
toughest tongue twister in the English language.I can say it with almost no trouble. :?
-If the U.S. 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?It doesn't.
-A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.Yes, it does.


I wonder what facts I can come up with...

Why are you just trying to ruin my facts?
And just to let you know,
-A duck's quack DOESN'T echo
-Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
implemented on July 16, 1969, makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to
have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles

Why are you just trying to ruin my facts?
And just to let you know,
-A duck's quack DOESN'T echo
-Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
implemented on July 16, 1969, makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to
have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehiclesThey're NOT facts. Look at my last post and Marineris Colonies's posts. ;)

i tried to lick my elbow :oops:

heh, don't feel bad i did too. ^_^``

not me :?

how did you get the title of "Smooth Operator"?

Generally these lists of "factoids" consist of BS, semi-BS, and misleading near BS. This one appears to be pretty much the same.

Visit http://snopes.com/ or http://straightdope.com/

And Zaws: no one is trying to ruin your "facts". The would have to be facts first. And people are just trying to stop your spreading ignorance.

Did you know...

-it is impossible to lick your elbow.

-People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
your heart stops for a mili-second.

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


-In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping,
eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.



1: people who suffer from dwarfism can lick their elbows
2: The term 'bless you' for sneezing more likely relates to times when everyone thought that anything and everything meant that you were possessed.
3: urban myth. A ducks quack does echo.
4: I've heard this a number of times, and the numbers have always differed.

i have heard some of thsoe, some i havent.
i saw the mythbusters try and bust that myth about he ducks echo, kinda funny.
i thought it was thirteen insects in all, not 70 and 10 spiders ?
and when you sneeze people say bless you, that dates back to the middle ages, during the black plauge, if you choughed or sneezed people thought you were going to die, so they say bless you.
as for the elbow thing, i showed it to my friends awhile back,it was funny watching them try to lick their elbows....

2: The term 'bless you' for sneezing more likely relates to times when everyone thought that anything and everything meant that you were possessed.No, surely bubonic plague isn't it? One of the early symptoms is sneezing, and people would whip a hankerchief up to their faces and bless you, effectively praying for you not to have the plague.

how did you get the title of "Smooth Operator"?

forum custom title draw, or dont you read the stickys? :P

2: The term 'bless you' for sneezing more likely relates to times when everyone thought that anything and everything meant that you were possessed.No, surely bubonic plague isn't it? One of the early symptoms is sneezing, and people would whip a hankerchief up to their faces and bless you, effectively praying for you not to have the plague.

yeah thats probably more accurate. I knew it would have related to a time well before they would have had much idea of how the heart worked anyway.

Oh, and in the interest of busting another...

::: holds arm out straight, raises it to face level, licks the inside of the elbow:::

That was freaking easy.

:::holds arm tight across chest, sticks toung waaayyyy out, licks the outside :::

I just did it. Not just tried to, I did it. The inside of the elbow was dead easy. The outside was a bit tough, but I did it. (And to head off the inevitable objections, if you mean to say "the outside of your elbow" then say it.)

2: The term 'bless you' for sneezing more likely relates to times when everyone thought that anything and everything meant that you were possessed.No, surely bubonic plague isn't it? One of the early symptoms is sneezing, and people would whip a hankerchief up to their faces and bless you, effectively praying for you not to have the plague.

I thought that they said bless you because they believed that when you sneezed your soul was trying to escape.

I also have a friend that is able to lick his elbow, so it is possible.