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Strange Yet True

Below are strange yet true useless facts that I'm sure will serve you absolutley no purpose other than a breif moment of enjoyment... oh well, have fun! Read inside the parenthesis for my reaction to some of these facts.


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. (LMAO... no comment.) It is impossible to lick your elbow.(<---I tried.... I almost made it.)

A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in their head.

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a mili-second.(<--Wow, I am never sneezing again!)

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand or attempted to do so - apart from Bones .

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. (<----.. didn't Babe do it, though?)

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. (<---lol.. you twit!)

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. (<--No, that must be wrong, where the hell do these people live?!?!)

Rats and horses can't vomit.(<---that's kinda cool!)

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. (<--ok I tried this too. Couldn't even come close to saying it)

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. (<--Ahh!! I never want to sneeze again!)

If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in Your head or neck and die. (<---*whimper* sneezes are EVIL!)

If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, they can pop out. (<--That happened to Angry Kid, I believe that one)

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants. (hm.. do we really NEED that many rats?)

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in Your ear by 700 times.(<--ewww.)

If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles? (<--OH MY GOD! THEY'RE WATCHING US!)

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. (ok, batman is much cooler, and so is his song..nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah BATMAAAAAN!!!!!!)

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.(<---That just shows you how stupid humans are)

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

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.(<---one of life's greatest myseries that will never be solved)

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.(<--- lol.. I wonder who the genious was who that up that whole 'photocopying you butt' thing..lol.)

In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.(I'm never going to sleep again!)

Most lipstick contains fish scales. (hmm... that's just lovely. It reminds me of the little mermaid, when Ursula is putting on that lipstick stuff)

Cat's urine glows under a black-light.(<-- and we figured this out HOW ?!?!)

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. (I'm not going to even comment on that one)

Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.


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