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#117512 - Wed Jun 26 2002 09:37 AM THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
MollyGrue Offline
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Registered: Wed Mar 21 2001
Posts: 1765
Loc: Michigan USA
THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
Did you know...


It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

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.

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.

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, they can 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 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.

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.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

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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"I don't have to conform to vagaries of time and space...I'm a loony for god's sake!"

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#117513 - Fri Jun 28 2002 10:37 AM Re: THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
casdw5 Offline
Learning the ropes...

Registered: Fri Jun 28 2002
Posts: 1
On what day and year was the toothbrush invented?

Where was it invented?

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#117514 - Sat Jun 29 2002 04:56 PM Re: THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
hhascup Offline
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Registered: Fri Apr 27 2001
Posts: 253
Loc: Lodi New Jersey USA
A toothbrush with synthetic bristles was Dr. West's Miracle Tuft Toothbrush, made of Du Pont "Exton," a product synthesized from elementary substances. The brush was introduced to the retail during September 1938.

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