Random facts that no one really cares about but that I find funny.......

Durty

Shared on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 18:49

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1. A shrimp's heart is in its head.

2. The 'sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

3. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

4. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

5. 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?

6. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

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

8. 23% of all photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

9. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

10. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

11. 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.

12. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

13. 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 th e sand.

14. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

15. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

16. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

17. Horses can't vomit.

18. Butterflies taste with their feet.

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

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

21. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

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

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

24. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

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

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

27. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

28. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

29. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed t o take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

30. A snail can sleep for three years.

31. You nose and ears never stop growing.

32. Our eyes are always the same size from birth.

33. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

34. All polar bears are left handed.

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

36. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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

38. 'Go,' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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

40. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

42. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

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

Comments

Falelorn's picture
Submitted by Falelorn on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 18:54
7 - is not true. It was proven it does echo but at the same frequency with no loss, which is weird..
Eviluncle's picture
Submitted by Eviluncle on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 18:57
7 and 12 are wrong
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 19:01
I heard that Typewriter is on the top row cause when they would showcase the typewriter it was really easy for the person to type. Good PR
FuZZ_E_BiZkitZ's picture
Submitted by FuZZ_E_BiZkitZ on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 19:03
I can say 8 may be wrong as well. Being a former copier tech and salesman. i can say with certainty that the federal government doesn't fall into that range at least. But they just may have broken the copier out of extraordinary stupidity before they could get a copy of their butts.
Falelorn's picture
Submitted by Falelorn on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 19:04
@J-Cat actually the keyboard layout of QWERTY was designed for the old type writers (manual) when people hit the keys fast they wouldnt get the arms crossed and locked together. I personally prefer DVORAK keyboards from when I was coding.
Durty's picture
Submitted by Durty on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 19:11
LMAO, I love when people discuss randomness...it cracks me up. :)
Falelorn's picture
Submitted by Falelorn on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 19:13
Im bored.. :P
ThePapierBoy's picture
Submitted by ThePapierBoy on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 20:36
# 5 is misleading. The purpose of the law had nothing to do with aliens, per se. Plus, it was removed from 14CFR in the 1990's.
stang503421's picture
Submitted by stang503421 on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 20:49
I can think of hairs that might be a little more yuck to pluck than eyebrows and eyelashes....
BigBobbyBean's picture
Submitted by BigBobbyBean on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 21:25
#43 yes i did
DrTHE0P0LIS's picture
Submitted by DrTHE0P0LIS on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 21:48
#39 I would
budman24's picture
Submitted by budman24 on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 21:56
Wow...i really did try to lick my elbow lol
Anonymous's picture
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 22:26
Durty's picture
Submitted by Durty on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 22:42
Lol, thanks Pink. DrTheopolis...who WOULDN'T you do?
dre98's picture
Submitted by dre98 on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 08:21
Ha, True that on the last one!

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