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SandPiper · November 2009

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Berton · November 2009

In wisconsin At one time, margarine was illegal. and In Hudson Wisconsin Screens are required on all windows from May 1 to October 1. and In Sun Prairie Wisconsin Cats are forbidden from entering cemeteries

SandPiper · November 2009

Aw, no one wants to play. Here Wheaty, for being the first poster.

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Kaley1 · November 2009

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out. A shrimp's heart is in its head. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. Horses can't vomit. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. 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 and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. -- Update: "Brandon" writes: THis is NOT true....i Actually work in a Chemist lab and just to test out this theory i had my girl friend with me swabbed her ears tested for bactiria had her listen to headphones for 2 hours swabbed again and there was a 0% increase in Bactirea -- 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? In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. -- Note from Brian Kai : A duck's "quack" doesn't echo because it's resonant/anti-resonant. It is also only a certain sound that they make that will not echo. The non-echoing sound mentioned is used for inter-species location, while flying or otherwise. It's true that no one knows why they would need this ability but it is thought to be a "fluke" of nature. The study of anti-resonant sound came from the study of mallards. One of the more intriguing aspects of anti-resonance is the possible use in restaurantes and cars. Restaurantes could use anti-resonance in private booths to keep them "private". Cars could use anti-resonance to completely silence the engine. Hope you find this interesting.

-- -- Note from Catie : An english university has proved that a ducks quack does echo! this was done to persuade applicants that science isnt all that boring. -- -- Note from "Kristin" Me and my 2 sisters can all lick our elbows...though one can lick only one of her elblows. (Pictures Attached to Page) -- 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts. Most lipstick contains fish scales. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

And You Thought YOU Knew EVERYTHING. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. --- Note from a visitor --- today i folded a normal notebook piece of paper in half 8 times! and im mexikan and that comes to show that we are not stupid and that i can prove stuff when i disagree!

--- Reply to this note from another visitor (Dan) --- your origional 'saying' that paper can not be folded in half more than 7x is correct. This applies to a perfect square piece of paper. Notebook paper is not a perfect square! So much for "Mexikan's" remark

please post this in the facts thing Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. -- Note: norah" says: great site,i just wanted to write in and let you know Marilyn Monroe did NOT have six toes. this rumor is totally false,it started due to lighting and camera angles in a particular photo. Ms. Monroe had 10 toes perfectly intact. thanks! (o= -- All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. Pearls melt in vinegar. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton. Turtles can breathe through their butts. Butterflies taste with their feet. 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 ball-point pens every year. On average people fear spiders more than death. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. 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. -- "Lauren" says: <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/campus/libsink.html"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/campus/libsink.html</a> it confirms the fact that the indiana university library is NOT sinking...i go to IU and i know for a fact this is a myth. -- 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. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. 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.

1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." 2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt" --- Note From: "mia harms" "unkempt" is one, pre-empt" (verb form) is another --- 3. Almonds are members of the peach family. 4. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe. 5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. 6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary. 7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. 8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." Update from Keith : - UNDERFUND also begins and ends in UND. 9. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. 10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosesl. 12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill. 13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A. 14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery. 17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays. (so did Shakespeare, added by Chaise) 18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy. 19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers. 21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. 24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. 26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. *comment below* 27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball. 30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti 31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand. 33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." 34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. 35. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic." 36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason. 37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. 38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." 39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.) If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas s produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!) The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet... (O.M.G.!) A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.) (I'm still not over the pig.) Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Do not try this at home........ maybe at work.) The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?) Some lions mate over 50 times a day. Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know.) The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm........) Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?) Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (OK, so that would be a good thing....) A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?) An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.) Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.) Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer...) *comments* Daniel Writes: "Scientists have long since proven that goldfish have quite long memories. They are capable of learning to use lever systems to release food into the tank, and remember the exact procedure after not having used it for several days. This myth is brought about by the belief that goldfish will eat until they die. In actual fact, what kills the goldfish is excess food rotting in the tank / bowl, which releases toxic ammonia."

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That... The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. (Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!) Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN! The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first "Marlboro Man." Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE! PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR! The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs... but, not downstairs. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. And the best for last..... Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Kaylynncov · November 2009

1.It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk. 2.Dogs DO have better low-light vision than humans because of a special light-reflecting layer behind their retinas 3.A German Shepherd guide dog led her blind companion the entire 2100 mile Applachian Trail 4.If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could product over 66,000 dogs in 6 years! 5.Dogsâ€™ only sweat glands are between their paw pads 6.Like human babies, Chihuahuas are born with a soft spot in their skull which closes with age 7.The breed Lundehune has 6 toes and can close its ears 8.Teddy Rooseveltâ€™s dog, Pete, ripped a French ambassadorâ€™s pants off at the White House 9.President Lyndon Johnson had two beagles named Him and Her 10. Franklin Roosevelt spent $15,000 for a destroyer to pick up his Scottie in the Aleutian Islands MORE FUN FACTS LOL>>>>..................... In Roman times, mastiffs donned light armor and were sent after mounted knights The Russians trained dogs during WWII to run suicide missions with mines strapped to their backs A dogâ€™s mouth exerts 150-200 pounds of pressure per square inch â€¦ with some dogs exerting up to 450 pounds per squre inch. A one year old dog is as mature, physically, as a 15 year old human The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world France has the 2nd highest The average city dog lives 3 years longer than a country dog 87% of dog owners say their dog curls up beside them or at their feet while they watch T.V. Dogs can be trained to detect epileptic seizures 15 people die in the U.S. every year from dog bites In 2002 alone, more people in the U.S. were killed by dogs than by sharks in the past 100 years Gidget is the name of the Taco Bell dog Newfoundlands are great swimmers because of their webbed feet Basset Hounds cannot swim Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth, with speeds of up to 45 miles per hour Bingo is the name of the dog on the side of the Cracker Jack box The bible mentions dogs 14 times Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic â€“ a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese The Labrador Retriever is the #1 favorite breed in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Obesity is the #1 health problem among dogs An estimated 1,000,000 dogs in the U.S. have been named as the primary beneficiaries in their ownerâ€™s will An American Animal Hospital Assoc. poll found that 33% of dog owners admit to talking to their dogs on the phone and leaving answering machine messages for them while away Dogâ€™s nose prints are as unique as a humanâ€™s finger prints and can be used to accurately identify them At the end of the Beatlesâ€™ song â€œA Day in the Lifeâ€

MondyFlax · November 2009

I'm just going to share what I know about Guinea Pigs xD <ul class="bb-list-unordered">-Guinea pigs are born with fur and with their eyes open. They are not like rabbits or mice that are born hairless and helpless. They are so small they can fit in the palm of your hand. Their feet look too big for their bodies! They nurse right away on their mommy, and even nibble a little on her food a day or so later. -Guinea pigs are not related to pigs at all, They are really named cavies and they are members of the rodent family. -Guinea pigs came from South America, and the Incas domesticated them. -Some think they are called guinea pigs because in England they were sold for a guinea, which is a coin. Some think it is because they were brought to Europe by Spanish sailors from a country called Dutch Guiana in South America, nobody knows really. </ul>

Firekeeper3 · November 2009

...I like books.... The origin of the Latin word for book, liber, comes from the Romans who used the thin layer found between the bark and the wood (the liber) before the times of parchment. The English word comes from the Danish word for book, bog, meaning birch tree, as the early people of Denmark wrote on birch bark. An original copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales sold for a record £4,621,500 (9 times the expected price) at Christies, London, UK on 8th July 1998 by a private collector. The book was the first major work printed in England by William Caxton, in 1477. A rare first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll raised $1.5m at auction in New York, making this the most valuable children's book ever sold. The book was Carroll's own working copy that he used to prepare the text for a simplified version for younger children. Only 22 copies of the 1865 first edition are known to exist today, 17 of which are in libraries and just five, including the copy just sold, are in private hands. The complete Buddhist scriptures (or the Buddhist Bible) were engraved on 729 white marble tablets and are regarded by Myanmar Buddhists as orthodox texts. Authorized by King Mindon, the tablets are set up in a square, each being protected by a small temple. The 730th Pagoda is a conventional temple occupying the center of the square. Each marble tablets are about 3' wide and 4' height. It is known as Ku Tho Daw Phayar, situated at the foot of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay. The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA contains 28 million books and has 532 miles of shelving. If you were driving at a constant 70 mph in a car it would take you just under 8 hours to pass them all. And that's without stopping to go to the toilet! Barnes and Noble Bookstore, New York City, USA has 12 miles (20.71km) of shelving and covers an area of 14,330m² (154,250ft²). Of all time, this accolade goes to Agatha Christie, detective story authoress. Since 1920 her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 45 foreign languages. She is outsold only by the Bible and William Shakespeare. Following her is Dame Barbara Cartland, British romantic novelist, who died in 2000. With over 700 novels to her name, she has sold more than 670 million copies worldwide. J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the acclaimed series, had a first-run print of 8.5 million copies. This is approximately 80 times the average bestseller! This beat the previous book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which had a first-run print of 4.8 million copies. Between 1986 and 1996, Brazilian author Jose Carlos Ryoki de Alpoim Inoue had a massive 1,058 novels published. He writes westerns, science fiction and thrillers. The first novel ever written on a typewriter was â€œThe Adventures of Tom Sawyerâ€

SandPiper · November 2009

Oi. I was hoping for like... a few facts per pg. Sheesh.

I got a fact. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. >:]

Firekeeper3 · November 2009

More fun this way.

I'm a dork and read all of them. An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. The largest meteorite crater in the world is in Winslow, Arizona. It is 4,150 feet across and 150 feet deep.

SandPiper · November 2009

Alright Fire,

<a href="http://virtualpups.com/index.php?r=dog/view&id=1332997"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://virtualpups.com/index.php?r=dog/view&id=1332997</a> Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

woodpecker · November 2009

ehh.. facts xD People are just copying them from the internet xD *and uh.. Kaley. Some of those facts, are innapropriate.. I would re-read them & edit it.. - Murcury is so dense that a billiard ball can float on it.

MondyFlax · November 2009

woodpecker wrote:

ehh.. facts xD People are just copying them from the internet xD *and uh.. Kaley. Some of those facts, are innapropriate.. I would re-read them & edit it.. - Murcury is so dense that a billiard ball can float on it.

you really can't prove if people post facts straight from a website ... <.< && 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts . :]

woodpecker · November 2009

MondyFlax wrote:

woodpecker wrote:

ehh.. facts xD People are just copying them from the internet xD *and uh.. Kaley. Some of those facts, are innapropriate.. I would re-read them & edit it.. - Murcury is so dense that a billiard ball can float on it.

 you really can't prove if people post facts straight from a website ... <.< && 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts . :]

err *cough* other than when you find the website that they are from xD & lol, most of my friends used to photocopy their hands

Shibagirl · November 2009

** Shiba Inu translates to Brushwood or small dog in Japanese. ** In WWII they almost went extinct but three remaining bloodlines made up the Shibas of today. ** Pure white Shiba Inus are a mutated color of the breed. **Yorkies sneeze inward, not outward. **Chinchillas roll in dust to keep themselves clean and can't eat citrus or cedar. **In Washington state there's a law that says "any person who's dog wanders onto another person's property may be shot by the property owner, or the dog's owner himself."--- but nobody listens to it anyways

**In real life when breeding landseer newfies you have to breed the black variety in every three generations. **Iams tests their dog food on dogs, cruelly.-- go to iamscruelty.com for proof. **Now to end on a good note! :: I'm number 1 out of 13 of all junior handlers to show shiba inus in the U.S

Kaley1 · November 2009

woodpecker wrote:

ehh.. facts xD People are just copying them from the internet xD *and uh.. Kaley. Some of those facts, are innapropriate.. I would re-read them & edit it.. - Murcury is so dense that a billiard ball can float on it.

sorry. -fixed- D;

reina__ · November 2009

It's impossible to lick your elbow. And 75% of the people that read that try to lick their elbow.

Kaley1 · November 2009

reina__ wrote:

It's impossible to lick your elbow. And 75% of the people that read that try to lick their elbow.

uh-uh!! i saw on (insert word begining with a y & ending with an e here) lick their elbows! :twisted:

reina__ · November 2009

Average person, I guess.

Shibagirl · November 2009

Chinchillas have really delicate ribs, almost like not having any.

reina__ · November 2009

A fetus is recognizably human by 17 weeks (4 months) in utero.

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