UNUSUAL FACTS!!!! :o

[susieq]

What do you think of these facts   Any one know of anymore   Would be pleased to hear of them.....


The liquid inside coconuts can be used a  substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of papaer can be folded more than  seven times.

The only planet that rotates clockwise is Venus.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

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

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs.....but not downstairs.

Its physically impossible for you to lickyour elbow.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

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

A snail can sleep for three years.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola and Budweiser, in that order.

Any more?

[12noon]

No piece of paper can be folded more than seven times.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
 
I've read something like this before, but can't think of any more just yet.

[SensoVision]

cool facts, Sue, where have you find them or you keep them all in your head?

Its physically impossible for you to lickyour elbow.

in the era of mutation it's become possible I've seen actually some TV show where person with pretty short hands was able to touch elbow with his tongue.

As for paper I even place some kind of experiment, and unless you really strong in hands or have really tiny paper or have some appliance e.g. pliers you would be able to do it only 6 times

[susieq]

Thanks Denis
Whenever I hear sometimes something like this...I write it down, then today trying to find something else, in amongst all these piles of papers here, I find these few:

*I still didn't find what I was looking for, was to do with logins   I actually received a message from an overseas friend who helped me out, so now I don't have to turn the place upside down any more*   

[12noon]

Did you know coca cola was actually green?
Did you know Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times?
Did you know 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts?
Did you know?...Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite?
Did you know?...1 in every 200 people are a psychopath and they look just like everyone else.....
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....
Did you know?...The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
 

[susieq]

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

Ha ha haaaaaa nice one   I still can't say it.......
Great post 12noon

Now I can't find something to write them all down on ( she says turning everything upside down again)

[12noon]

Here's a few more :-

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 ballpoint pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

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

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

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.

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.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
 
Keep them coming !

[Minette]

no piece of paper can folded more than 7 times...how is that? egually? because you can fold a piece of paper many more times than that, unless it's a 2" by 2 "....ever make a fan? folded 11 times, elbow licking is possible, and i wont try the pearl theory.

[12noon]

Try folding a piece of paper in half, then half again, then half again and do it more than 6 or 7 times.

[susieq]

I've seen actually some TV show where person with pretty short hands was able to touch elbow with his tongue.

Did you actually see yourself that Denis, or did someone tell you about it?

[iKwak]

Dude, those are very interesting!

[CoastPC]

We can eat up to a pound of bugs in a lifetime!!
http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/2002/01/31/Food/Creepy.Crawly-173422.shtml

Chris

[baba]

I guess you SHOULD define the paper folding one...
What they're saying is:
You cannot fold a piece of paper in half, then fold it in half on an axis perpindicular to the previous, more than seven times, without ripping the paper, and causing the paper to crease every time.

I haven't tried it, so I'm not going to argue it... but that's what he's saying. :-D

[susieq]

axis perpindicular 45/90 angle?

[baba]

what?