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1. Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts.

2. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

3. A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

4. A shrimp's heart is in their head.

5. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second.

6. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no-one reported a single case where and ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so).

7. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

8. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

9. Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.

10. By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary School.

11. On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

12. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

13. Rats and horses can't vomit.

14. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tounge twister in the English language.

15. 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. If you could keep your eyes open by force, they would pop out.

16. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

17. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

18. 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?

19. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

20. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

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

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

23. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

24. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

25. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

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

27. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

Now, did you try to lick your elbow ??? :o

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1..The measurement between the tip of each middle finger when arms are held out horizontally to the sides equals your height.

2..The measurement from the elbow to the wrist is the same as your foot measurement

Generally speaking, that is. Those are approximate. Some basketball players, for example, have wingspans a foot or more wider than their height ....

my own foot is not quite as long as my forearm (I have unusually long arms- can't get shirts the fit off the rack)

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#5 is not quite true, either. People say blass you because back in the day, if you got the flu it meant you were gonna die.

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14. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tounge twister in the English language.

hahahaha- try getting some Thais to say that one! :D:o

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23. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

Wow! Those are some ugly buttocks!

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  • 3 weeks later...

No 5 dates from the black death as mentioned already.

15. 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. If you could keep your eyes open by force, they would pop out.
To win a bet that this is not true I held my eyes open while sneezing with no ill effect... Then to twist the bet it was claimed I had to hold my sneeze in with my eyes open, I later tested and again this still does not make your eyes pop out.
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11. On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

12. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

13. Rats and horses can't vomit.

17. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

24. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

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

27. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

Now, did you try to lick your elbow ??? :D

11. Whole life? That was my teenage years - partly :o

12. But the b**tards who call me in the middle of the night make up for it.

13. What about sick buffaloes?

17. Do airlines know about this?

24. That is an average - if you deduct Issaan from the equation - no one else has ever eaten any assorted insects.

26. So does mine.

27. Shouldn't this be combined with the photocopier example?

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7. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

so pigs cannot watch other pigs fly? :o

to stop a sneeze, lightly bite your tounge.

on your car insurance claim state you sneezed, therfore your eyes were closed.

just bit my tongue off, when i sneezed

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did you know...

early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what was considered important to the people. since there were no telephones, tv's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars who were told to 'go sip some ale' and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. many assistants were dispatched at different times...

'you go sip here' and 'you go sip there.' the two words 'go sip' were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term 'gossip.'

:o

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did you know...

early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what was considered important to the people. since there were no telephones, tv's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars who were told to 'go sip some ale' and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. many assistants were dispatched at different times...

'you go sip here' and 'you go sip there.' the two words 'go sip' were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term 'gossip.'

:D

You Knutter! :o

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10. By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary School.

This is not correct also.

We need to take music lessons because it's in the curriculum, and the instrument is a wooden flute not a harmonica. :D

Let me give another one :D

10. 80 percent of Americans Haven't got a clue ........ :o

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Yes Black Light... Those ultra violet things clubs and theatres use. Oh and Pink Floyd to great Effect.

No. 10 is also not true... It´s recorder lessons... I had the unfortunate three years in prim school there.

Didn´t meet Dutroux though... BTW Do you know what Du Trou(x) means...

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