hmmmm ok!

[hippiechick60]

some things you didn't know but now you do!!

a rat can last longer without water than a
camel can
(hmmm!)

a female ferret will die if it goes into heat
and cannot find a mate
(men can't live with them can't live without
them lol!!!)

chewing gum while peeling onions will keep
you from crying
(awww don't cry then!)

charlie chaplin once won 3rd place in a charlie
chapin look alike contest
(lol and it was really him now thats a little sad
right there!)

men can read smaller print then women and can
hear better too
(yeah i know!)

in the 1400s a law was set forth that a man
couldn't beat his wife with a stick no thicker than a thumb
hence the phase "the rule of thumb"
(gee how about not beating us at all!)

on average 12 newborns will be giveing to the wrong parents daily
(well that explains a lot then!!)

[Frischman_Fan]

1. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

2. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

3. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

4. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

5. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

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

7. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

8. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

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

10. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

11. Pearls melt in vinegar.

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

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

14. Butterflies taste with their feet.

15. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

16. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

17. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

18. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

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

20. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

21. 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.

22. A snail can sleep for three years.

23. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'

24. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

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

26. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

27. All polar bears are left handed.

28. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

(I bet you just looked at your keyboard-HA!)

29. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

30. 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.

40. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

[AB]

That was pretty neat!

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Frischman_Fan

40. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Wow that IS interesting!

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

Who would wanna live that long???