Weird & interesting facts!

. - .... .- -. .... · 13th August 2002, 17:44

Weird Things You Would Never Know!! (and might not ever care to know...)

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. - SCARY!!!

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.

Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow.

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So, did you try to lick your elbow????

Aquila Blue · 13th August 2002, 17:50

Quote:

Originally posted by ethan_h
So, did you try to lick your elbow????

I was wearing a lab coat when I read that so I think licking my elbow would be hazardous to my health (that is, if I could lick it at all

)

But neat stuff none the less.

Lain · 13th August 2002, 18:00

Those people need to stop chewing on their pens..dangerous. And I can lick my elbow!

Trigear · 13th August 2002, 18:00

i did try to lick my elbow. and i succeeded too... must be something wrong with me...

binary hero · 13th August 2002, 18:03

i am an elephant and i can jump.

james · 13th August 2002, 18:06

I thought about it... but then realised it would be stupid. So I didn't.

Sandman2012 · 13th August 2002, 18:13

Quote:

Originally posted by Lain
And I can lick my elbow!

/me waits for the forum horndogs to start flirting with Lain...

. - .... .- -. .... · 13th August 2002, 18:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Lain
Those people need to stop chewing on their pens..dangerous. And I can lick my elbow!

can I lick your elbow too???

(Well, someone had to say it....

)

CrowbarTK Hullo · 13th August 2002, 18:17

i already tried last year. 100 people choke to deathfrom ballpoint pens a year...? *shoves a pile of chewed pens into the trash*

Sandman2012 · 13th August 2002, 18:27

Quote:

Originally posted by CrowbarTK Hullo
*shoves a pile of chewed pens into the trash*

Yay Crowbar: the first step is admitting you have a problem.

CrowbarTK Hullo · 13th August 2002, 18:47

XDD

FesterHead · 13th August 2002, 19:01

TYPEWRITER can be typed using only the top row of keys on the keyboard. The following ten-letter words with this feature all appear in W2: PEPPERROOT, PEPPERWORT, PEWTERWORT, PIROUETTER, PREREQUIRE, PRETORTURE, PROPRIETOR, REPERTOIRE, REPETITORY, TETTERWORT. These words have also been suggested: PROPRIETORY, PROTEROTYPE, RUPTUREWORT, PITUITOTROPE, UROPYOURETER, PERPETUITY. Chris Cole (Wordplay) gives TEETERTOTTER, although MWCD10 spells the word with a hyphen. A person who rides a teetertotter would be a TEETERTOTTERER [Stuart Kidd]. A reader of this page suggests POWERTRIPPER, although this word seems not to be in dictionaries. EUROPE and PERU can be typed using only the top row of keys; Europe is the only continent that can be typed using a single row of letters.

Source: http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words8.html

Alternate Source: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...+keyboard+word

squell · 13th August 2002, 19:07

Those are some nice facts. I cannot lick my elbow.

J. Burnaway · 13th August 2002, 19:25

Quote:

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

I'll bet the eyebrows and eyelashes weren't the most painful hairs to pluck...

Quote:

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

If she's "life-size", why is she 7'-2"? Wouldn't life-size mean she is a normal height?

Shenlong · 13th August 2002, 19:48

Quote:

Originally posted by ethan_h
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

I still own a Yak-Bak and I can make that happen!

And yeah, I tried licking my elbow and I read that. I succeeded.

MetallichicA · 13th August 2002, 20:01

Quote:

Originally posted by J. Burnaway

If she's "life-size", why is she 7'-2"? Wouldn't life-size mean she is a normal height?

Life-size in this case means the head is normal size. I've heard this one before.

banjoe-john · 13th August 2002, 20:02

I tried to lick my elbow, but didn't succeed.

Quote:

Originally posted by J. Burnaway

If she's "life-size", why is she 7'-2"? Wouldn't life-size mean she is a normal height?

No, it just means that she's life sized, not normal sized. Is Shaq not life sized?

Vie · 13th August 2002, 20:08

I can lick my elbo, it just hurts like hell and screws up my vison afterwards.

papadoc · 13th August 2002, 20:23

"Hello...my names Harry Horndog.
I'm a movie producer.
I understand there's someone here...
who can lick their elbow...

...I can make you a star..."

Vie · 13th August 2002, 20:31

no bloody way my shoulder still hurts now!

rm' · 13th August 2002, 21:21

A) We've had a thread before with these exact same facts... I'm ashamed at you for not using the search feature.

B) Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

Sandman2012 · 13th August 2002, 21:50

Yes, rm', but is it true that your quack doesn't echo?

insomniac · 13th August 2002, 22:37

I LIK TEH ELBO!

eleet-2k2 · 14th August 2002, 00:17

Quote:

Originally posted by triGEAR
i did try to lick my elbow. and i succeeded too... must be something wrong with me...

Is your shoulder dislocated?

rm' · 14th August 2002, 00:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Sandman2012
Yes, rm', but is it true that your quack doesn't echo?

That myth is quackery!

Neko · 14th August 2002, 01:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Lain
Those people need to stop chewing on their pens..dangerous. And I can lick my elbow!

i can lick my elbow too, perhaps me and lain are freaks?

Aquila Blue · 14th August 2002, 01:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Neko

i can lick my elbow too,

hmmmmm flexible

Trigear · 14th August 2002, 05:54

Quote:

Originally posted by 31337-2k2
Is your shoulder dislocated?

not that i know of. but i do have this SHARP pain when i try to move it.

Neko · 14th August 2002, 06:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Aquila Blue

hmmmmm flexible

its ALWAYS sex with you isnt it?!, sex sex sex sex! sheesh

just you wait till september ya horny bugger

Lapikas · 14th August 2002, 09:18

Hmm.. What would those customers think if I tried to LICK MY ELBOW??

I can't wait to get home and try that

oh man! we're all just a bunch of loonies..

s1138 · 14th August 2002, 09:47

Quote:

Originally posted by ethan_h
So, did you try to lick your elbow????

damnit! you caught me

Magic_Midget · 14th August 2002, 10:55

I succeeded in licking my elbow.

Fact: In sudan they're main dish contains bile and urine as main ingredients.

mmmm

. - .... .- -. .... · 14th August 2002, 12:17

Quote:

Originally posted by rm'
A) We've had a thread before with these exact same facts... I'm ashamed at you for not using the search feature.

Search???!!! Wassssat?????

Did a search for "elbow" - nothing came up (so to speak

)

fwgx · 14th August 2002, 12:36

I'm sure there must be more difficult places to lick than your elbow, any of our flexable members like to try?

.

I shall try licking my elbow this eavning

. - .... .- -. .... · 14th August 2002, 12:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Phily Baby
I'm sure there must be more difficult places to lick than your elbow, any of our flexable members like to try? .

If they could, then they wouldn't even get out of bed in the morning, never mind post here

fwgx · 14th August 2002, 13:04

Would be fantastic to watch a girl do that

Would that make them half lesbian?

kaprikorn · 14th August 2002, 13:13

I'm finding it very hard to keep myself from licking my elbow right now but I think people would stare at me if I did.

I have to fight it!

krystine · 14th August 2002, 13:30

Did you know that a pig's orgasam lasts 30 minutes.

In another lifetime I want to be a pig

zootm · 14th August 2002, 14:34

/me now wants to be a pig too

some facts about scotland's population:
there are roughly as many people in london as in scotland.
there are more sheep in scotland than people.

Sandman2012 · 14th August 2002, 18:06

Do you know why Scotsmen get married?

'Cause sheep can't cook!

13th August 2002, 17:44	#1
. - .... .- -. .... Backpacking Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: საქართველო (Georgia) Posts: 10,104	Weird & interesting facts! Weird Things You Would Never Know!! (and might not ever care to know...) 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. - SCARY!!! 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. Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow. . . . . . So, did you try to lick your elbow???? Like my photography? Buy some here....

13th August 2002, 18:06	#6
james Forum PFY (Major Dude) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: WR3 or NG7 Posts: 6.2+3i Posts: 1,698	I thought about it... but then realised it would be stupid. So I didn't. He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts: for support, not illumination.

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Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	I can lick my elbo, it just hurts like hell and screws up my vison afterwards. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

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Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	no bloody way my shoulder still hurts now! Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

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Sandman2012 <3 foobar2k (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,203	Yes, rm', but is it true that your quack doesn't echo? pabook.net

13th August 2002, 18:00	#3
Lain Major Dudette Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Saratoga NY Posts: 722	Those people need to stop chewing on their pens..dangerous. And I can lick my elbow!

13th August 2002, 18:00	#4
Trigear bear! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,426	i did try to lick my elbow. and i succeeded too... must be something wrong with me...

13th August 2002, 18:03	#5
binary hero Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,004	i am an elephant and i can jump.

13th August 2002, 18:17	#9
CrowbarTK Hullo Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The lush, tropical country of Canada Posts: 565	i already tried last year. 100 people choke to deathfrom ballpoint pens a year...? shoves a pile of chewed pens into the trash

13th August 2002, 18:47	#11
CrowbarTK Hullo Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The lush, tropical country of Canada Posts: 565	XDD

13th August 2002, 19:01	#12
FesterHead Alumni Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 14,108	TYPEWRITER can be typed using only the top row of keys on the keyboard. The following ten-letter words with this feature all appear in W2: PEPPERROOT, PEPPERWORT, PEWTERWORT, PIROUETTER, PREREQUIRE, PRETORTURE, PROPRIETOR, REPERTOIRE, REPETITORY, TETTERWORT. These words have also been suggested: PROPRIETORY, PROTEROTYPE, RUPTUREWORT, PITUITOTROPE, UROPYOURETER, PERPETUITY. Chris Cole (Wordplay) gives TEETERTOTTER, although MWCD10 spells the word with a hyphen. A person who rides a teetertotter would be a TEETERTOTTERER [Stuart Kidd]. A reader of this page suggests POWERTRIPPER, although this word seems not to be in dictionaries. EUROPE and PERU can be typed using only the top row of keys; Europe is the only continent that can be typed using a single row of letters. Source: http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words8.html Alternate Source: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...+keyboard+word

13th August 2002, 19:07	#13
squell Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Island Closest To Heaven Posts: 713	Those are some nice facts. I cannot lick my elbow.

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papadoc Comfortably Numb (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 4,619	"Hello...my names Harry Horndog. I'm a movie producer. I understand there's someone here... who can lick their elbow... ...I can make you a star..."

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rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	A) We've had a thread before with these exact same facts... I'm ashamed at you for not using the search feature. B) Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

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Lapikas Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the other side.. Posts: 670	Hmm.. What would those customers think if I tried to LICK MY ELBOW?? I can't wait to get home and try that oh man! we're all just a bunch of loonies.. The requested SIG could not be retrieved

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Magic_Midget Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Back in TX finally Posts: 1,416	I succeeded in licking my elbow. Fact: In sudan they're main dish contains bile and urine as main ingredients. mmmm Like Poetry and art? Visit my DeviantArt Site: www.lilithlairpoetry.deviantart.com

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fwgx Rudolf the Red. (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,314	I'm sure there must be more difficult places to lick than your elbow, any of our flexable members like to try? . I shall try licking my elbow this eavning "We think science is interesting and if you disagree, you can fuck off."

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fwgx Rudolf the Red. (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,314	Would be fantastic to watch a girl do that Would that make them half lesbian? "We think science is interesting and if you disagree, you can fuck off."

14th August 2002, 13:13	#37
kaprikorn Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 27	I'm finding it very hard to keep myself from licking my elbow right now but I think people would stare at me if I did. I have to fight it!

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zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	/me now wants to be a pig too some facts about scotland's population: there are roughly as many people in london as in scotland. there are more sheep in scotland than people.

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