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Butterflies taste with their feet.

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

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

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

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

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

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

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

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

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

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

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

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.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

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

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

All polar bears are left-handed.

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

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.



You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you?
 
Originally posted by Jordan
Butterflies taste with their feet.
:thatsodd:


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


On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
:cry: That was me earlier! 2 MASSIVE!! spiders! :cry: I had to clear the room for a while :o


Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
immigrants.
:lol: The movies use real cabbies then :p



Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for
dating are already married.
:eek: I bet 30% of that are male :p



Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
My chances are slim then :cry:



Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Shouldn't that be think :confused:



It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
So it is, strange that :thatsodd: :lol:



A snail can sleep for three years.
:eek: :sleep: :sleep:


Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
ears never stop growing.
I knew that one already :p :D



The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
😈 What a sadist!


All polar bears are left-handed.
Really ? :thatsodd:



In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
Ouch! :eek:



Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
No surprise there :p



You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you?
;) Your just too smart :p :lol:


Nice facts there Jordan, very interesting :D
 
:eek: Those are amazing!!!

:p i tried to lick my elbow but there must be someone who has a double-jointed elbow that can do it!!!!:)
 
I knew cows couldn't go down stairs - good tip if you're being chased by a bull is to run downhill. Their front legs are shorter than their rears, so they can't run downhill.

- and no, I didn't try to lick my elbow (I'm at work). Next time I'm in the can I might give it a shot... :lol: )
 
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

+ orange and I think silver but Im not sure about that.

Now I bet your trying to find words huh?

'The only thing you cant do is touch your left elbow with your left hand and vice versa"
 
Originally posted by Cobraboy

'The only thing you cant do is touch your left elbow with your left hand and vice versa"
I can - I'm double jointed in my right hand, but not my left, so I (just) got my hand to my elbow.
 
and the shortest sentence is "I am," (the sentence "go" doesn't have a subject, and therefore is not a sentence).
 
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