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**Abdul-Raouf** · 07-25-2007

1. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people
in the world?

2. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

3. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

4. Banging your head against a wall uses an average of 900 calories an hour.

5.When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation
laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

6. The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

7. "I am ." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

8. The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

9. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

10. Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

11. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

12. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

13. Every time you lick a stamp,you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

14. Cat's urine glows under a black light.

15. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

16. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

17. Babies are born without knee caps.They don't appear until the child

reaches 2-6 years of age.

18. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

19. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

20. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each

gallon of diesel that it burns.

21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

22. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in

the 30's lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.

23. You know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

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

25. On an average there are atleast 2 credit cards for every person in the US.

26. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

27. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

28. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

29. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds,dogs only have about ten.

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

Some r hard to believe..... ..i got thru mail

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

Only one word in the english language end in 'Mt'..guess which?

**H4RUN** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by ...FLaWeD...

Only one word in the english language end in 'Mt'..guess which?

dreaMT

U thought no one was gonna get it eeeh? Dream on dreamer

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

Oh I try so hard but my attemps prove worthless and futile when those with more braincells than me try to outwit moi! *sigh* Dreeamer? good memory....

erm...a camel has long eyelashes...know why? (lol thats just pathetic) :blind:

**H4RUN** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by ...FLaWeD...

Oh I try so hard but my attemps prove worthless and futile when those with more braincells than me try to outwit moi! *sigh* Dreeamer? good memory....

erm...a camel has long eyelashes...know why? (lol thats just pathetic) :blind:

To protect againt the sand in his/hers eyes and not cos she's been using maybellene ultra?

laying:

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

lol

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

**H4RUN** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by ...FLaWeD...

lol

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

^

ffended: honestly i didnt need to know what they taste like:eek: I take it u like crushed apples on your desserts

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by H4RUN

^

ffended: honestly i didnt need to know what they taste like:eek: I take it u like crushed apples on your desserts

musta forgotten to tell you....I had crushed beetle juice for brekkie this morning and a handful of wasps

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

**H4RUN** · 07-26-2007

HEEEEEY where you copying all these dodgy facts from?

I wana sue the site! lol

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

**amirah_87** · 07-26-2007

All swans throughout the UK are property of the Queen.

I just read that on a tub of "Petite Filous", is that true?

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

Must be

if not...you can sue the creamy delights

**amirah_87** · 07-26-2007

.. If that's true I dont think it's fair!!

**H4RUN** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by ...FLaWeD...

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

That's cos we're like zombies, and you erm have issues after wearing mascara or whateva u use. Charcoal?

So...where is Rome in the Britain

I await for you to google the answer and get back to meh

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by amirah_87

.. If that's true I dont think it's fair!!

I'm sure you'll inherit them..being the princess and that

Originally Posted by H4RUN

So...where is Rome in the Britain

I await for you to google the answer and get back to meh

Rome is at home (yup MY house)

ma goldfish's name dint ya know

(google=

)

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

**Strzelecki** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by H4RUN

So...where is Rome in the Britain

Britain isn't a continent. It's in Europe.
Euro-Rome is in Italy!

**Re.TiReD** · 07-26-2007

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

enjoy

I be off

**H4RUN** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by buriedaway_4536

Britain isn't a continent. It's in Europe.
Euro-Rome is in Italy!

lol! I knew someone would comment on that! Note the '

' after the comment

Come to think of it, i only know of one rome...care to tell us the rest

**Strzelecki** · 07-26-2007

» The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body that it could squirt blood 30 feet.

» An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

» The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body that it could squirt blood 30 feet.

» The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.

» If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

» Polar bears are left-handed.

» 80% of millionaires drive used cars.

» Blue and white are the most common school colors.

» On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

» There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history.

» The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".

» A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

» Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, blondes to brunettes.

» Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.

» A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.

» No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

» The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

» "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

**Strzelecki** · 07-26-2007

Originally Posted by H4RUN

lol! I knew someone would comment on that! Note the '

' after the comment

Come to think of it, i only know of one rome...care to tell us the rest

*slaps self for falling into your trap...
Well...We have...

Rome, Australia
Rome, Asia
Rome, Africa
Rome, Antarctica
Rome, North America
Rome, South America

*shocked*