"Did you know?" Random TidBits and Facts!

[Missileer]

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

 

[tomtom22]

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

 

[Missileer]

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

 

[tomtom22]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

 

[Missileer]

Horses can't vomit.

 

[tomtom22]

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

 

[Missileer]

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

 

[tomtom22]

Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

 

[Missileer]

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

 

[tomtom22]

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

 

[Missileer]

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

 

[OORAH]

you should never run, or even walk briskly whilst holding onto scissors.


:rambo:

 

[Missileer]

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

 

[Marinerhodes]

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

At least 25% of the people that have or will read this will attempt to do so.

 

[tomtom22]

Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

 

[Toyuzu]

The fastest animal in the world - The Peregrine Falcon, has been clocked at over 200 miles per hour while diving after prey.

 

[tomtom22]

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

 

[Charge 7]

The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.

So even some politicians would come up second to that sucker! :twisted:

 

[KC72]

Nearly 1/3 of all Tiawanese funerals include a stripper :shock:

http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,129947,00.html

 

[tomtom22]

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.