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    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.

    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.

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

    If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33 and she would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

    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.

    The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.

    The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

    All polar bears are left-handed.

    Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

    A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

    A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

    A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

    A snail can sleep for three years.

    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

    All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

    An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

    Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

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

    Butterflies taste with their feet.

    Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

    If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

    It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

    Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

    Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

    No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

    Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

    Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

    The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

    The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

    The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

    The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

    There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

    There are more chickens than people in the world.

    There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

    Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

    You did try to lick your elbow, didn't you?











  • #2
    Re: useless but fun facts

    LOL! No actually I tried to sneeze with my eyes open!
    My hubby & I in the Smokies!




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    • #3
      Re: useless but fun facts

      I did both

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      • #4
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        A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
        This has been proven wrong.
        They brought a duck into a room that was used for testing echos and things, and it echoed.

        No, I didn't try to do either.

        I'm sure there are others with which I could debate, but I know that "urban myth" was debunked.
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        • #5
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          You know I tried to lick it. LOL!




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          • #6
            Re: useless but fun facts

            Almost everyone who reads this page will try to lick their elbow.
            Totally got me! Thanks for posting that it was really great reading!


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            • #7
              Re: useless but fun facts

              This was fun! Thanks for posting!!
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              • #8
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                iv actually seen someone like her elbo...think she was double jointed



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                • #9
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                  yes I tried to lick my elbow. and almost did it - yep double jointed

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                  • #10
                    Re: useless but fun facts

                    someone got me at worked..I tried licking my elbow at my desk..and almost got caught...lol

                    glad everyone is enjoying..it..










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                    • #11
                      Re: useless but fun facts

                      I'm extremely thoughtful about the "leading the cow upstairs but not downstairs one". How did they ever find this out? Is there a cow upstairs in someone bedroom somewhere, because it cant get down the stairs again?

                      Rich.

                      FWIW, I didnt try and lick my elbow.
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                      • #12
                        Re: useless but fun facts

                        And how many other people tried to find rhymes for Purple, Orange and Month???
                        sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

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                        • #13
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                          Nop, I can't lick my elbow.

                          Did you know most women open their mouths when applying mascara?
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                          • #14
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                            Originally posted by boonie stomper

                            Did you know most women open their mouths when applying mascara?

                            My sons have problems getting their contacts in so I am constantly reminding them to do this to keep their eyes open wider.
                            My hubby & I in the Smokies!




                            Jan. 23/06 -183
                            July 23 -159
                            Jan. 23/07 - 154 - 29 lbs.
                            Aug 16 - 153 - 30 lb. mark
                            Sep 26. '07-148.5
                            Nov 26-153
                            April 1, '08-155
                            July7 '08-155
                            6/11/09-148 - 35 lbs. loss



                            ~Karen~

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                            • #15
                              Re: useless but fun facts

                              That was great reading, gave me something to do on a slow Monday at work, Thanks!
                              I tried neither but did try to find rhymes for Purple, Orange and Month???

                              Month- Moth?
                              Purple- Gerbil?
                              Orange - Grange?

                              I have no clue.. lol
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