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Did you know?...It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Did you know?...Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Did you know?...Coca-Cola was originally green.

Did you know?...23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

Did you know?...In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Did you know?...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 contactwith extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

Did you know?...Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Did you know?...More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Did you know?...The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

Did you know?...The Eiffel Tower in Paris weighs over 1000 elephants.

Did you know?...there are actually two types of humans? The slightly larger and less intelligent kind, males, have protruding external genitalia called "penises" that are used for making important life decisions. Meanwhile, females have these nifty things called "vaginas" that no one understands yet, especially males

Did you know?... In 1879, a mail service in Belgium employed 37 cats to carry bundles of letters to villages around the town of Liege, this experiment was shorted-lived as the cats proved thoroughly undisciplined. Just plain weird...even by my standards.

Did you know?... The greatest recorded number of children that have been born by one mother is 69! The poor lass gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and a measly 4 sets of quadruplets. Even in the days before IVF!

Did you know?...Males, on average, think about sex every 7 seconds.

Did you know?... Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus

Did you know?...13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese...yummy

Did you know?...The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Did you know?...If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct temperature in celcius degrees... How do they know that?

Did you know?...Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes. Eeewwwwww

Did you know?...Hydrogen is an explosive gas. Oxygen supports combustion. Yet when these are combined it is water which is used to put out fires.

Did you know?...Walt Disney's autograph bears no resemblance to the famous Disney logo he was also impotent. Bwahahahahahaha!

Did you know?...The Dutch town of Leeuwarden can be spelled 225 different ways-

1. Leeuwaarden
2. Leewaarden
3. Leewarden
4. Leuwarden
5. leuwaardenn
6. Leuuwarrden......
224. Bradford

Did you know?...Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Go on, try it then

Did you know?...The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

Did you know?...Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Did you know?...Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs - Alexander the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Did you know?...In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Did you know?...If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Did you know?...Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Did you know?...The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

Did you know?...101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die during the movie.

Did you know?...To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

Did you know?...You're most likely to win the National Lottery (UK) if you buy your ticket on a saturday rather than a wednesday. Because you are more likey to die before the number draw than win.

Did you know?... In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

Did you know?...On average, 90% Dutch teenagers can speak fluent English whereas only 80% American teenagers can speak fluent English. (Just incase you didnt know, English is not the first langauge of The Netherlands.)

Did you know?...In Texas, a recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. Only in Texas....




The expression "to get fired" comes from long, long ago.
When clans wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
without killing them used to burn their houses down.

Did you know?...No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

Did you know?...The people who make school kitchens, also make electric chairs.

Did you know?... The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

Did you know?..."Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Did you know?...The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

Did you know?...1 in every 200 people are a psychopath and they look just like everyone else......

Did you know?...An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

Did you know?... All the chemicals in the human body have a combined value of approximately ?4.00 (6.25 Euro)

Did you know?...In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

Did you know?...You are most likely to be murdered or raped by a family member or a close friend (98% of all murders). Whereas being murdered by a derranged lunatic down a dark alley is very rare.

Did you know?...Bill "Four eyes" Gates has enough money to buy every house in Alaska, greedy bastard!

Did you know?...Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year

Did you know?...It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open? Next time you feel a sneeze coming try it!

Did you know?...The expression "to get fired" comes from long, long ago. When clans wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down.

Did you know?...The word 'corr' actually means 'odd' in Irish.

Did you know?...Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". In English this means 'The City of Angels'

Did you know?...In France, a five year old child can buy an alcholic drink in a bar
 

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Your digestive tract is ten meters long. (Approx. 30 feet).

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Your heart pumps more than six liters of blood every minute.
That is about 10 000 liters a day, or about 2000 gallons.



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If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction,
you could lift 25 tons.

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Every half kilogram of excess fat you carry
requires an extra 320 kilometers of capillaries.

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You have skin cells in your stomach, eyes and lungs.

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More than half of your body's 206 bones
are in your hands and feet.

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Your eyes and brain build colour from waves of energy.
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The surface area of your lungs is 1000 square feet
(93 square meters).
That is 20 times greater than the surface area of your skin.

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Your body produces one billion red blood cells every day.

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Your ears can discriminate more than 300 000 tones.

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One cubic inch of bone can withstand a two ton force.

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The heaviest body organ is the skin.
The average mass is 3.2 kilograms or seven pounds.
No wonder it droops with age.

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All snowflakes have six points,
yet no two snowflakes are alike.

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It takes 625 grapes to make one bottle of wine.

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There are more chickens in the world than any other bird.
- Three billion or more

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The elephant is the only animal in the world
with four knees.

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Seals seldom sleep;
in fact they have been known to swim continuously
for eight months and travel 10 000 kilometers.

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A woodpecker can peck up to 500 times per minute
or 8 times per second. Now that's using your head.

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During a lifetime a tiger shark will produce,
use and then shed some 24 000 teeth.

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The human heart produces enough energy
in one day to lift 360 metric tonnes 1 meter.

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A bee can haul 300 times it's own weight
- that is equivalent to a human pulling
a 30 tonne transport truck.

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Salt is Sodium Chloride
which always forms as cube crystals.

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Ants will never cross a white line on a football field.
They are allergic to the white chalk.

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Each sugar crystal has 16 sides. Count them.

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The Great Wall of China is the largest man made object
that can bee seen from a satellite going around the earth.

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Hydrogen is an explosive gas.
Oxygen supports combustion.
Yet when these are combined it is water
which is used to put out fires.

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The chalk used in schools isn't chalk at all...
it is Plaster of Paris.

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All the chemicals in the human body have a combined
value of $6.25. At least you'll never go broke.

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Your sense of balance is between your ears...
so is your head.

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Water puts out fire by cooling it and covering it
so oxygen can't get to the burning object.

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Oysters make pearls from lime slime on a grain of sand.
(Think about it.)
 

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The human body is composed of
about 36 liters or eight gallons of water.

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Ocean waves have been known to toss
rocks weighing more than 100 tons.

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Fish that live more than 800 meters below
the ocean surface don't have eyes.

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Dogs pant to regulate their body heat,
but they also have sweat glands in their feet.

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Taking a bath requires 40 percent more water
than the average shower ...
Unless you sing and have to finish your song.

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Grasshoppers hear through their knees.

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Some snakes hear through their tongues.

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Fish don't have ears,
yet they hear or feel vibrations along
the lateral line of their bodies.

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If you could count the number of times
a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2,
add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have
the correct temperature in celcius degrees...
On the other hand you can always look at a thermometer.

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There are 336 dimples on a golf ball.
If you don't believe me... count them.

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Your teeth are the first to decay while you are alive
... yet the last to decay when you are dead.

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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

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Elephants can't jump.
Every other mammal can.

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Cat's urine glows under a black light. (Ultraviolet)

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Humans are the only primates that don't
have pigment in the palms of their hands.

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

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

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When opossums are playing 'possum,
they are not "playing."
They actually pass out from sheer terror.

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

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The longest recorded flight of a chicken
is thirteen seconds.

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In a deck of playing cards each king supposedly
represents a great king or emperor from our history.
King David - Spades , Alexander the Great - Clubs,
Charlemagne - Hearts, and Julius Caesar - Diamonds.

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

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The expression "to get fired" comes from long, long ago.
When clans wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
without killing them used to burn their houses down.

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An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

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An ant can pull 50 times its own weight.

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Cats have two different sets of vocal cords,
one to meow and one to purr.

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There are 800 000 different kinds of insects.

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In their lifetime,
150 bees will gather only 25 milliliters of honey.
(And they call them worker bees?)

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A tarantula can live up to two years without food.
Some of them eat birds.

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Your eyes can distinguish nearly eight million different colours.
 

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"Did you know?... Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus"


I bet this number could be changed to every 0.5 seconds now.
 

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