Just the facts, weird ones.

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Weird Facts

*Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
*Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
*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 anti-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
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".
*Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing. SCARY!!!
*All polar bears are left-handed.
*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
*Almost everyone who reads this posting will try to lick their elbow.


PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow????
 
:gpost: Hey deaf24fan!!! Those were very interesting and good facts. Some I have read through forwards of other emails I get, and others I find out for the first time through your thread. They pretty neat.

Yes, guilty, the first time I read about the licking of the elbow, I did try it. Boy, we will stoop to anything just once to prove a theory wrong huh?

:thumb:
 
Interesting facts! :) Yes, I tried to lick my elbow, but with no success. :)
 
Very interesting! I can't even lick my own elbow cause either my neck is too short or I have a very lo-o-ong arm. :dunno:

*Turtles can breathe through their butts. That's more than I needed to know. :ugh:
 
deaf24fan said:
Weird Facts

*Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
*Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
*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 anti-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
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".
*Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing. SCARY!!!
*All polar bears are left-handed.
*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
*Almost everyone who reads this posting will try to lick their elbow.


PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow????

I know this post was made in good humor But just to make sure people KNOW that, a LOT of the info above is FALSE

*Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

No Dental Association explicitly recommends this. Who are the dentists who recommend this? Why 6 feet?

*Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

Who keeps track of "donkey killings?" NO ONE! So, how do we really know? We don't!

*Venus is the only planet that rotates anti-clockwise.

Not quite true. It is called RETROGRADE rotation. It's not "anti-clockwise."

The Earth (and most other planets in the solar system) have the sun rising in the East and setting in the West. Venus rises in the West and sets in the East.

That means Venus is rotating CLOCKWISE when looking down at the North Pole. Earth (and the other planets) rotate COUNTER-clockwise from the North Pole.

*Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

House dust is:
-fibers from different types of fabrics
-cotton lint
-feathers
-other stuffing materials
-animal dander
-bacteria
-mold and fungus spores
-food particles
-bits of plants and insects
-microscopic mites

*The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

There is no COMPANY named "Marlboro." The company that owns the BRAND NAME is The Phillip Morris Companies Inc. The first owner died in 1873 BEFORE lung cancer was a known disease. We don't know if lung cancer was caused his death.

*The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

Outdated info. What, you don't think Microsoft Windows is a most valuable brand name?

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

Not true. Tested and an echo was detected.
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html

*Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Not all turtles can. Only a few SPECIAL species have the ability to do so.



Oh my gosh! I wasted so much time debunking false rumors! I'll leave with one last one:

*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.

It's not sinking. The rumor has spread around so often that the library name oftens changes, "Indiana University" is just the latest one.
http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/campus/libsink.html
 
good eye dennis!

this myths is a foul brain washers..

im surprised when i read some of them i was thinking how the hell is that true?

i admit i tried to lick my elbow... :[
 
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