Here are some interesting facts u didnt knw,u can add yours if itz not included

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A
cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile
cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has
a life span of 24 hours.


A goldfish has a
memory span of three
seconds.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for
1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only
fish that can blink
with both eyes.


A snail can sleep for three
years.

Al Capone's business card said he
was a used furniture dealer.

Almonds are a
member of the peach
family.


An ostrich's eye is bigger than its
brain.



Babies are born without kneecaps.
They
don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their
feet. Cats have over one hundred vocal
sounds.




Dogs only have about 10.






'Dreamt' is the
only English word that
ends in the letters 'mt'.



February 1865 is the only month in
recorded history not to have a full moon.



In
the last 4,000 years, no new animals
have been domesticated.





If the population
of China walked past
you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.






Where facts are few, experts are many

A rat can last longer without water than
a camel.


Your stomach has to produce a
new layer
of mucus every two weeks or it will
digest itself.


The dot over the letter "i" is
called a tittle.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh
champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of
the glass to the top.

A female ferret will
die if it goes into
heat and cannot find a mate.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will
keep you from crying.


A 2 X 4 is really
1-1/2" by 3-1/2".


During the chariot scene
in "Ben Hur," a
small red car can be seen
in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).


On average, 12 newborns will be
given to
the wrong parents daily!
(That explains a few mysteries....)

Sherlock
Holmes NEVER said,
"Elementary, my dear Watson."

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars
given out during World War II were
made of wood.

The number of possible
ways of playing
the first four moves per
side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

There are no words in
the dictionary that
rhyme with orange,
purple and silver.



Astronauts are not
allowed to eat beans
before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit
damages them.

The very first bomb
dropped by the Allies
on Berlin in World War II killed the only
elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Weatherman
Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.

If one places a tiny
amount of liquor on a
scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
(Who was the sadist who
discovered this??)


Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually
had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves.


That's the
opposite of the norm.

The first CD pressed
in the US was Bruce
Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

The original name for butterfly
was
flutterby.


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.

The
first product Motorola started to
develop was a record player
for automobiles.

At that time, the most
known player on the market was
Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.






Roses may be red, but violets are
indeed
violet.

By raising your legs slowly and
lying on
your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand. Celery has negative calories.


It takes
more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to
begin with.



Charlie Chaplin once won third
prize in a
Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

An old law in
Bellingham, Washington,
made it illegal for a woman
to take more than three steps backwards
while dancing!


The Guinness Book of
Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from public libraries.

The
glue on Israeli postage is certified
kosher.


Bats always turn left when exiting
a
cave!



In the 1400's a law was set forth that a
man was not allowed to beat his wife
with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have "the rule of thumb"

The
first couple to be shown in bed
together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Men can read smaller
print then women
can; women can hear better.

It is
impossible to lick your elbow.

The State
with the highest percentage of
people who walk to work: Alaska

The average number of people airborne
over the US any given hour: 61,000


Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair.

The first novel ever
written on a
typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only
mobile National Monuments.

111,111,111 x
111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321

Each king in a
deck of playing cards
represents a great king from history: Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

If a statue in the
park of a person on a
horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one
front leg in the air the person died as a
result of wounds received in battle. If the
horse has all four legs on the ground, the
person died of natural causes.

Q. Half of all
Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace. Q.

If you
were to spell out numbers, how
far would you have to go until you would
find the letter "A"? A. One thousand Q.


What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the
only food that doesn't
spoil?
A. Honey

In Shakespeare's time,
mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When
you pulled on the ropes the mattress
tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep
on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight,
sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice
in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after
the wedding, the bride's father would
supply his son-in-law with all the mead
he could drink.

Mead is a honey beer and
because their calendar was lunar based,
this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the
"honeymoon".

In English pubs, ale is
ordered by pints
and quarts... So in old England, when
customers got unruly, the bartender
would yell at them, "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we
get the phrase "mind your
P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub
frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups.
When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your
whistle" is the phrase inspired by this
practice.


~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
At least 75% of people who read this will
try to lick their elbow.

i didnt lick my elbow.

that is why i said 75% and no one in particular

I read up to the '12 babies daily will be given to the wrong moms' and I stopped.
Thats scary!

Odunnu: I read up to the '12 babies daily will be given to the wrong moms' and I stopped.
Thats scary!

yeah but itz actually true

Obinnau: i didnt lick my elbow.

I did.

front page pls

wow...this list is very amazing and informative,i'av learnt alot...this are the kind of topics that should be at the front page for every user to see...nice write up@olugbenger

Very interesting. Actually tried the elbow stuff.

I think the possibilities of baby exchange is real more in the public maternites because babies are all taken n cleaned up in numbers at times at the same time and carelessness may come in. That's y as 4 me I will advise a private ward in a private hospital.

NB talking out of inexperience.

yeah datz tru

Unfortunately, i attemptd d elbow licking part....

Nice write-up.

I actually tot of licking my elbow then stopped cos i dont want to be part of d 75%

Odunnu: I read up to the '12 babies daily will be given to the wrong moms' and I stopped.
Thats scary!

Very scary indeed!

Had an experience where a couple were expecting a baby boy (all the scans during the pregnancy say so)

only for them to be "presented" with a baby girl minutes after the delivery of the baby.

Maybe na scan lie or na the hospital give the baby to the wrong mom.... me i no know !

Another great post. Weldone!

Jor True jor.

Great write-up there @Olugbener, Keep it up.

Learned a Lot , this should make front page

[quote author=Odunnu]I read up to the '12 babies daily will be given to the wrong moms' and I stopped.
Thats scary! [/quote
Very true cos I know of two guy said to be twins but never have anything in common

cnt bliv...wat has chewgum nd onions got to do wit each oda...i hv 2 try dis