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Yngwie · 12-22-2005, 05:09 PM

# Some carnivores, rodents, bats and insectivores have a penis bone, called a baculum.

# A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.

# Tomb robbers believed that knocking Egyptian sarcophagi's noses off would and therefore forestall curses.

# The allele for six fingers and toes is dominant in humans.

# The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.

# Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms.

# Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

# The only planet without a ring is earth.

# Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.

# If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

# The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots.

# Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

# A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

# Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."

# A group of frogs is called an army.

# A group of rhinos is called a crash.

# A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

# A group of whales is called a pod.

# A group of geese is called a gaggle.

# A group of ravens is called a murder.

# A group of officers is called a mess.

# A group of larks is called an exaltation.

# A group of owls is called a parliament.

# The 80s song "Rosanna" from the Eighties was written about Rosanna Arquette, the actress.

# Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

# Starfish don't have brains.

# Shrimps' hearts are in their heads.

# Did you know that the actor Jane Seymour's birth name is:
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.
Roy Rogers name was Leonard Slye
Dale Evans was Frances Octavia Smith.

# The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streets in Rome, they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of"trivia."

# Henry VIII only had two of his wives executed;
Anne Boleyn (#2) and Catherine Howard (#5).
Catherine of Aragon (#1) died after he had divorced her,
Jane Seymour (#3) died after childbirth (of Edward),
Anne of Cleves (#4) died after he divorced her
Katherine Parr (#6) actually outlived Henry.

# Jellyfish have no brains, yet they can tell light from dark, and sence movement.

# The term 'flying on cloud 9' originates from military flights. Cloud types are classified as numbers... with 'cloud 9' being a very tall thunderstorm. Jets have to climb to an extremely high altitude in order to fly over 'cloud 9.

# A dogs sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew. In fact, if you unfolded and laid out the delicate membranes from inside a dogs nose, the membranes would be larger than the dog itself.

# Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now.

# The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

# Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

# Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

# The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

# The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

# A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long.

# American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class.

# Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

# Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

# Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

# The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.

# Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

# All U.S. presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public.

# Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

# Pearls melt in vinegar.

# It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

# The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

# Turtles can breathe through their butts

# A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

# 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.

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

# Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

# 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.

# If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

# Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

# No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

# Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

# Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

# Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

# The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

# The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.

# The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

# The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

# There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

# There are more chickens than people in the world.

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

12-22-2005, 05:09 PM
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	# Some carnivores, rodents, bats and insectivores have a penis bone, called a baculum. # A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size. # Tomb robbers believed that knocking Egyptian sarcophagi's noses off would and therefore forestall curses. # The allele for six fingers and toes is dominant in humans. # The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water. # Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms. # Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. # The only planet without a ring is earth. # Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks. # If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode. # The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots. # Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." # A group of unicorns is called a blessing. # Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink." # A group of frogs is called an army. # A group of rhinos is called a crash. # A group of kangaroos is called a mob. # A group of whales is called a pod. # A group of geese is called a gaggle. # A group of ravens is called a murder. # A group of officers is called a mess. # A group of larks is called an exaltation. # A group of owls is called a parliament. # The 80s song "Rosanna" from the Eighties was written about Rosanna Arquette, the actress. # Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. # Starfish don't have brains. # Shrimps' hearts are in their heads. # Did you know that the actor Jane Seymour's birth name is: Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg. Roy Rogers name was Leonard Slye Dale Evans was Frances Octavia Smith. # The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streets in Rome, they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of"trivia." # Henry VIII only had two of his wives executed; Anne Boleyn (#2) and Catherine Howard (#5). Catherine of Aragon (#1) died after he had divorced her, Jane Seymour (#3) died after childbirth (of Edward), Anne of Cleves (#4) died after he divorced her Katherine Parr (#6) actually outlived Henry. # Jellyfish have no brains, yet they can tell light from dark, and sence movement. # The term 'flying on cloud 9' originates from military flights. Cloud types are classified as numbers... with 'cloud 9' being a very tall thunderstorm. Jets have to climb to an extremely high altitude in order to fly over 'cloud 9. # A dogs sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew. In fact, if you unfolded and laid out the delicate membranes from inside a dogs nose, the membranes would be larger than the dog itself. # Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now. # The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. # Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. # Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. # The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. # The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. # A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long. # American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class. # Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. # Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. # Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. # The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'. # Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. # All U.S. presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public. # Walt Disney was afraid of mice. # Pearls melt in vinegar. # It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. # The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. # Turtles can breathe through their butts # A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. # 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. # Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. # Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. # 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. # If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. # Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. # No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. # Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. # Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. # Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. # The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. # The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts. # The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. # The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. # There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. # There are more chickens than people in the world. # Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca