Mr-X Posted October 4, 2002 #1 Share Posted October 4, 2002 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 ballpoint 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 was 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. - SCARY!!! The electric chair was invented by a dentist. All polar bears are left-handed. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. 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. 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. You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_Jones Posted October 4, 2002 #2 Share Posted October 4, 2002 :s2 :s2 YES! I'm also going through the althabet trying to find a word to rhyme with month! :s04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel Posted October 4, 2002 #3 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Mr-X, thanks for the trivia, I enjoyed it. Regarding the duck's quack....... maybe it has something to do with the resonance of the quack having very short sound waves and hence not being able to bounce back? Or maybe the quack consists of differing sound waves that cancel each other out once they hit a surface 8) Oh boy, I think I've got too much time on my hands. :sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-X Posted October 4, 2002 Author #4 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Halo_Jomes Purple and silver are two other words that dont rhyme with any word in the english language. azazel, Regarding the duck's quack....... maybe it has something to do with the resonance of the quack having very short sound waves and hence not being able to bounce back? Or maybe the quack consists of differing sound waves that cancel each other out once i agree............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarro Posted October 4, 2002 #5 Share Posted October 4, 2002 i vote that X starts his own website- he has so many interesting posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druss Posted October 4, 2002 #6 Share Posted October 4, 2002 The electric chair was invented by a dentist. It Figures :s2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalcase Posted October 5, 2002 #7 Share Posted October 5, 2002 I wonder if slugs can jump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted October 5, 2002 #8 Share Posted October 5, 2002 All polar bears are left-handed. How do they know this ................ did they ask? :s2 :s2 Another great thread X ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted October 5, 2002 #9 Share Posted October 5, 2002 :s2 :s2 :s2 :s2 :s2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceyKC Posted October 6, 2002 #10 Share Posted October 6, 2002 interesting stuff Mr-X! Oh CW! I bet they offered their hand to shake, and watched to see which one the bear extended!! :s2 Either that or they placed a phone nearby and then rang it!! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 7, 2002 #11 Share Posted October 7, 2002 A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. Echoes are a little bit like a reflection in the mirror. You look in a mirror, your reflection bounces back at you. Instead of being a light wave, though, an echo is a sound wave that bounces back after sound hits a solid object. The quack of a duck does indeed echo. 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. This is just an Urban Legend Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. Hippos definately can't jump either, and although I'm not absolutely certain, I believe that rhinos can't jump either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin6th Posted October 7, 2002 #12 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Hmmm...snails cannot jump too...that's why we eat them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD Posted October 7, 2002 #13 Share Posted October 7, 2002 :s2 :s2 :s2 :s2 :sr Mother hand me that saw I'll prove I can lick my elbows..... Good one Mr-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapplez Posted October 11, 2002 #14 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Halo_Jomes Purple and silver are two other words that dont rhyme with any word in the english language. what about sliver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalcase Posted October 11, 2002 #15 Share Posted October 11, 2002 it doesnt RHYME. neither does ORANGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magikman Posted October 11, 2002 #16 Share Posted October 11, 2002 neither does ORANGE Haven't you ever had an orange Lozenge? :s1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalcase Posted October 11, 2002 #17 Share Posted October 11, 2002 can't say i have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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