Did you know that....
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Did you know that....
-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 ball-point 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 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.
-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.
-I have to POOP!!!
-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 will try to lick their elbow.
-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 ball-point 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 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.
-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.
-I have to POOP!!!
-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 will try to lick their elbow.
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No. I did not know. I feel all the wiser now that I do.
I've resisted the urge to lick my elbow but I think I'm going to see if I can get an elephant to jump and lead a cow down some stairs.
Good one! Very interesting.
I've resisted the urge to lick my elbow but I think I'm going to see if I can get an elephant to jump and lead a cow down some stairs.
Good one! Very interesting.
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When I read the elbow thing, I thought about doing it, but I figured Id just take your word for it. By the way, how long did it take for you to figure out the "typewriter" thing? 
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From: Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Well i was gonna post:
You really can't lick your elbow!!
But then i read everyone who reads this will try to lick there elbow and i was like awe!!
Ya well i tried unsuccessfully.
LOL
You really can't lick your elbow!!
But then i read everyone who reads this will try to lick there elbow and i was like awe!!
Ya well i tried unsuccessfully.
LOL
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