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Haha. Well, since i contain reams of useless information, i only thought it right that i share some of it with you. I bet you're thrilled aren't you?! Yes, thought so. Well, here it is, for your viewing pleasure... Oh yes...and i stole this idea off our Saria...sorry! |
-Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks, otherwise it will digest itself. -A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. -On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pen caps every year. -Your ears and nose never stop growing...i now know why old people have big ears! -Every year, more people die from accidents with donkeys than in plane crashes. -Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. -Pickle week is the last two weeks in May. -If ever chased by a crocodile, run in a zigzag line. You will lose it easily. -People in parts of Western China put salt instead of sugar in their tea -Must make it taste nicer ;) -There is approximately one chicken for every person in the world - What you use them for is up to you. -The following two sentences read the same backwards and forwards (if the spacing is re-arranged slightly): Nurse, i spy Gypsies. Run! He lived as a devil, eh? -Ants yawn before work. -If you put a small amount of any liquor on a scorpion, it will sting itself to death. -In the country of Turkey, in the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone found drinking coffee was put to death- Oh dear. -A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of champagne will bounce continually from top to bottom. -It is illegal to doze off under a hairdryer in Florida. -Coca-cola was originally green. -Pigs are the only other mammal that can get sunburnt. -Armadillos can be house trained. -Donald Ducks middle name is Fauntleroy. -Dueling is legal in Paragua, as long as both participants are blood donors- what a novel way of getting people to give blood. -Certain frogs can be frozen, then thawed again, and will continue living. -To "testify" comes from when Roman men were made to swear to a statement made in court by swearing on their testicles. -Eskimos never gamble. -The declaration of independance (no...i don't know which one) was written on hemp paper. -Every person has a unique tongue print. -The spot on 7up comes from its inventor who had red eyes- he was an albino. -Chocolate kills dogs...it affects their nervous systems. -Most lipstick contains fish scales. -Nothing in the English language rhymes with "orange" "purple" or "silver". -By raising your leg slowly, and lying on your back, you cannot sink in quicksand. - Remember this well. -Chewing gum whilst peeling onions will prevent you from crying. -Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they get into a space suit...because passing wind in one can damage it. -In 500 BC bald heads were considered the ultimate in feminine beauty.-WOW -If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you'd generate enough energy to heat one cup of coffee.- I'll bear this one in mind. -You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider. -It is impossible to lick your elbow. -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, you're heart stops for a mili-second. -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). -It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. -Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas. -On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime. -Rats and horses can't vomit. -The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. -If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out. -Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. -Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. -The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. -Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. -A duck's quack doesn't echo - 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks. -In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders. |