Weird and wonderful facts



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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
your heart stops for a millisecond.

In a study of 200,000 ostritches over a period of 80 years, no
one reported a single case where an ostritch buried its head in the
sand, or even 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.

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 could
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 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 extraterrestials 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.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

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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