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| Did You Know? by Sanchez01: 4:07pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
[b]Did You Know? 1. That what you probably sang as "sander lily" back then is actually "Standard Living"?  2. The giraffe can clean its own ears with its 50cm long tongue? 3. Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people? 4. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red. 5. The length of an elephant is the same as the tongue of a blue whale.  6. The crocodile's tongue is unmovable as it is attached to the roof of its mouth. 7. Dolphins sleep with their eyes open. 8. The reason honey is easy to digest is because it has already been digested by bees. 9. Mammals are the only creatures that have a flap around their ears. 10. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first to fly in an hot air balloon. 11. An average person laughs 13 times a day. 12. Human hair and finger nails continue to grow after death. 13. Camels spit when angry. 14. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower. 15. The sex organ of a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs. 16. Giraffes have no vocal chords  17. Every time you sneeze, some of your brain cells die! 18. A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second. 19. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.  20. Sharks are apparently the only animals that never get sick, they are immune to any kind of disease including cancer! 21. Elephants have been known to remain standing when they die. 22. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named "Volney". 23. Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz 24. No two corn flakes look the same 25. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain 26. Birds need gravity to swallow[/b] |
| Re: Did You Know? by Sanchez01: 4:12pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
[b]27. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. 28. A lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.  29. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries 30. August has the highest percentage of births  31. Most lipsticks contain fish scales  32. Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt 33. the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON  34. if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same 35. Goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light. 36. Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year 37. The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia. 38. Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine 39. The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense 40. Australia was originally called New Holland 41. Cats have over 100 vocal chords. 42. The average human brain contains around 78% water 43. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet. 44. Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open. 45. Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body 46. Dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk. 47. A strawberry is the only fruit which seeds grow on the outside. 48. Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal 49. there are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous) 50. The oldest word in the English language is 'town' [/b] 1 Like |
| Re: Did You Know? by Francman(m): 4:41pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
Cool! |
| Re: Did You Know? by georgementday(m): 5:22pm On Feb 17, 2015 |
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