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Wisdom Bears Wisdom Bears
Ayrshire, Scotland.
Posts: 951

Subject: FW: 40 things you didnt  know

1)  Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the 
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

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

3)  The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood 
plasma.

4) No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7  times.

5) Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. 

6) The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. 

7) Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

8)  Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.


9) The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. 

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

11) The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. 
12) Pearls melt in vinegar.

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

14) It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. 

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

16)  Turtles can breathe through their arse.

17) On average, 100 people  choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

18) Elephants are  the only animals that can't jump.

19) Women blink nearly twice as  much as men.

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

21) 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. 

22) A snail can sleep for three years.

23) No word in the  English language rhymes with MONTH.

24) Our eyes are always the  same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing. 

25) All polar bears are left handed.

26) A crocodile  cannot stick its tongue out.
27) A group of twelve or more cows is  called a flink.

28) Giraffes can't cough.

29) DREAMT is  the only English word that ends in the letters  MT.

30)  Mona Lisa has no eyebrows in Leonardo da Vinci's painting.

31) A  shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

32) A  dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

33) Shakespeare invented  the words ASSASSINATION and BUMP.

34) The longest earthworm in the  world was reported to exceed 150ft. in
length.

35) A shrimp's  heart is in its head.

36) The only word in the English language  with all the vowels in reverse
order is SUBCONTINENTAL.

37) A cat  uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze
through. 

38) The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200  people.

39) An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater. 

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

Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone you  know.

P.S. ... So, did you try to lick your elbow????  Hope you all enjoy this. Hugs Rita xxx

Eileen Baird'sBears
Toronto
Posts: 3,873

bear_grin Not only did I try to lick my elbow, Rita, I also tried to fold the paper 8 times. Neither worked. Rats  :mad:
I'm about to go and check out the Mona Lisa . . .  bear_grin

Eileen

psichick78 Flying Fur Studios
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 3,073

I can't lick my elbow, but my coworker here can.
Very funny though. Interesting facts.
Heather

Shelli SHELLI MAKES
Chico, California
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My son Toby can actually put the end of his tongue into his nostril.  Gross, but fascinating. bear_original

Wisdom Bears Wisdom Bears
Ayrshire, Scotland.
Posts: 951

Wow Shelli,
                       That is amazing, did he practice for a while?? I can hardly get my tongue over my top lip. Licking my elbow was out of the question. Hugs Rita xx

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