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  • A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. i know some people who can do some amazing stuff too.
  • Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae in their necks as humans. Their lips are prehensile, their tongues are 21 inches long, and they cannot cough.
  • Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying
  • Galileo became totally blind shortly before his death.(probably from looking at the sun too much)
  • As of 14.10.2003, only 0.6% of people actually sign the guestbook. Its true. Over 120,000 visitors. Yes, the statistic did go down.
  • Goldfish have the memory span of about 3-5 seconds, thats why you can leave them in a small jar and they wont get bored and you can also over feed them till they kaput.
  • If you leave a goldfish in a dark room for years, it will turn white. (be reminded of the RSPCA though)
  • A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
  • If you rubbed garlic on the sole of your feet, it would be absorbed and eventually show up on your breath (unsure)
  • If all the gold in the ocean were mined, every person on Earth would get about 20 kgs of gold each. Thanx clem
  • When glass breaks, it showers TOWARDS, not away from the force that broke it. To reiterate, I will repeat it again one more time, to recap, TOWARDS the force, not away.
  • People drank gold powder mixed in with water in medieval Europe to relieve pain from sore limbs.


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  • Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes
  • Astronauts grow taller (height) in space
  • The horse shoe crab has blue blood which can be used to kill bacteria
  • Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
  • The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
  • The Honda Accord has the highest stolen rate in the US according to NCIB. thanx jon cook
  • A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.
  • A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song "Happy Birthday".
  • A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside
  • Hippos kill more people in Africa when compared to crocodiles. (pfft, with a mouth that big and a fart to match...)
  • During warm weather, hippos secrete a reddish, oily fluid, called pink sweat, which acts as a skin conditioner to keep it moist.
  • In a year, your heart can beat up to 40 000 000 times! Thanx eric c.
  • Hyenas can comsume prey carrying anthrax without contracting the disease itself
  • The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Russia's Kola Peninsula, near the Norwegian border. Soviets have been drilling since 1970 and it is over 40 000 ft. This is used to study the earth's core.Thanx Kristian B
  • The female spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has a 'penis'. (RARE!!! MUST READ!!!) Thanx Z Kirsch
  • Hitler was voted Time Magazine's man of the year in 1938.


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  • Food passes through the small intestine in just two hours, zipping along at 0.002 mph. Inside the large intestine, it takes about 14 hours, traveling at a more leisurely rate of 0.00007 mph
  • According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is 4:00 p.m. Insects are most vulnerable at this time. (It's just like its better to water your plants in the early mornings or the evenings)
  • An insect exerts so much energy in one hour of flying that it may lose as much as a third of its total body weight.
  • In rural areas, there are more insects in 1 square mile than there are humans on earth
  • In Scotland, Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the restaurant was subsequently boycotted.


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  • A jellyfish is 95 percent water, and humans around 70%
  • Jaguars are frightened by dogs
  • Joan of Arc was actually burned alive as a witch in 1431, and only considered a saint in the 20th century. (Them folks must be pissed to hear that)
  • A "jiffy" is actually a proper time unit for 1/100th of a second



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  • Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.(unsure)
  • The sound you hear when you macho people crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
  • Okay, ketchup actually began in Thailand. There it was labelled "Kachiap". (Funky? I think not. Try their sweet chicken sauce. Thumbs up.)
  • 4 tablespoons of ketchup has about the same amount of nutrition as a ripe tomato.
  • Koalas have twin thumbs
  • Koala bears also have finger prints that are almost identical to ours (*disregard 'ours' if you're not human)


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  • Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people. "left" in Latin is "sinister" and "right" is "dexter". Ambidextrous simply means "both right". Don't believe me?.Thanx De Composed
  • If a person has two thirds of their liver removed through trauma or surgery, it will grow back to the original size in four weeks time
  • The right lung is slightly larger than the left
  • Chicken liver can be used to change A type blood to O type blood
  • Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. He could also draw with one hand and write with the other.He ALSO wrote his notes backwards, going from right to left, just as a mental exercise.Thanx De Composed
  • There ARE clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.Thanx CPPnz and udamann (who lived there for 5 years)
  • To prevent some numbers from occurring more frequently than others, dice used in crap games in Las Vegas are manufactured to a tolerance of 0.0002 inches, less than 1/17 the thickness of a human hair.
  • A person who is lost in the woods and starving can obtain nourishment by chewing on his shoes. Leather has enough nutritional value to sustain life for a short time.
  • You will have to walk 80 kilometers for your legs to equal the amount of exercise your eyes get daily.
  • More than 92 465 people that did the death test in www.thespark.com claimed they had leprosy. (everybody's a joker)
  • The "London Bridge" is now in Arizona in the U.S.A. This fat cat(rich guy) bought it for only $2.46 million dollars.Click here Thanx Allen A.
  • Head lice actually prefer to live on clean heads, not dirty ones. click here
  • Los Angeles was formerly known as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula or The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion although its official name was simply El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles.Thanx Beth
  • Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people. "left" in Latin is "sinister" and "right" is "dexter". Ambidextrous simply means "both right". Don't believe me?.Thanx De Composed
  • Men are more likely to be left-handed(10%) than females(8%)
  • It takes only 8 minutes for sunlight to travel from the sun to the earth, which also means, if you see the sun go out, it actually went out 8 minutes ago
  • Lightning bolts can sometimes be hotter than the sun. (about 50 000º F)
  • If you were at 0° latitude and 0° longtitude, you would be standing in the Atlantic Ocean (thought some of you would like to know this)


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  • A Manatee (Dugong) has very slow-clotting blood, and important in finding out about haemophilia.
  • The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
  • The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
  • Michael Jordan has more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
  • A male emperor moth can detect and find a female of his species a mile away.
  • You can test for a two way mirror by putting your fingernail on the surface, if there's space between the tip and the image, then its a normal mirror, if not, its two way.
  • A McDonald's straw will hold 7.7 ml, or just over one-and-a-half teaspoons of whatever you are drinking.
  • Marilyn Monroe's real name is Norma Jean. (after all this time...)
  • A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year.
  • Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
  • December 1972 U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to set foot on the moon.(Didn't know they stopped going there)
  • The magnetic North Pole shifts by about 7 meters a day.
  • Only female mosquitoes bite. Males only drink water and plant juice. (There goes that debate..)
  • 85% of men who die of heartattacks during intercourse, are found to have been cheating on their wives.
  • The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
  • Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown, BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap the mo**erf**k*r upside the head, and 2 muscles to move your lips and tell the person to kiss your ass.
  • You can only tell the gender of a Macaw through an operation. They lack exterior genetials.
  • As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by YOUR HEAD! visit microshield
  • More Monopoly is printed yearly than real money throughout the world.
  • The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards. Thanx Gwynovere C.
  • The kissing under the missletoe tradition originated from the Druids.Thanx Shawna
  • A mole can dig about 92 metres in 1 night
  • Most marine fish can survive in a tank filled with human blood
  • According to Bristol zoo, the Howler monkey's growl is so loud, it can be heard 5km (3.3 miles for u Americans) away. (reminds me of a girl i once knew..)
  • During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies.
  • A mosquito will become restless and start flying around if there is an increase of carbon dioxide in the surrounding air
  • Mosquito repellents dont really repel mozzies. They actually block the sensory pores and makes the mozzies think they're flying to a colder, dryer, more CO2 free area. VIOLA! No bites Thanx Davina
  • The moon actually has mirrors on it. They were left there by astronauts who wanted to bounce laser beams off them, so that the distance to the moon can be measured. Click here
  • The metric system was to blame for the loss of the Mars Climate orbiter. (Read this!)
  • All mammals have tongues.
  • A mule is a crossbreed between a male donkey and a female horse. A hinnie is yada yada a female donkey and a male horse.
  • Mules are genetically sterile. i.e. they cannot reproduce. (however, there has been a first)
  • Monosodium glutamate can be found in mushrooms thanx liz chell, tomatoes and meat. MSG is safe to consume, and is essentially made of only water, sodium and glutamate. It contains only 1/3 the amount of sodium found in table salt, and can reduce salt intake in recipes.Click here




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