Ultimate collection of weird and useless facts
 

The words "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left.
whether they are read left to right or right to left.

"a man a plan a canal panama"

spelled backwards is still

"a man a plan a canal panama"



Fact: It is nearly impossible to lick your elbow.



Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.



No word in the English language rhymes with "month".



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



An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.





You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a
poisonous spider.





The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
uses every letter in the alphabet.





A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.





Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.





The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.



The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.





In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.





The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, more than any other animal.



A roach will live nine days without its head.

The only reason it doesn't live longer is it's unable to eat.



The flea can jump 350 times its body length;

that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.



If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months,

enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.



Rats can't vomit - that's why rat poison works.





Vatican City is the smallest country in the world,

with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.





On New Year's Day in Spain they throw a goat off a church.



More than 50% of the people in the world
have never made or received a telephone call.



The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick"
is said to be the toughest tongue twister
in the English language.



Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months,
two rats could have over a million descendants.





If the government has no knowledge of aliens,
then why does Title 14, Section 1211
of the Code of Federal Regulations,
implemented on July 16, 1969,
make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact
with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?




23% of all photocopier faults worldwide
are caused by people sitting on them
and photocopying their butts.



Most lipstick contains fish scales.




Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.



And the final useless fact is.......


Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

LOL busted! Those are great where did you find them?

I have trusted people who send me this shit.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

awesome

I thought there would be a picture of my brain in here.

those are pretty cool. I might have to reuse some of those.

good stuff CD... are you stoned?

I did :winkwink:

"A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why."

That's an urban myth that has long since been disproven.

It was an otherwise entertaining post though. Anybody got any more interesting facts?

A nice read. Thanks. :thumbsup

your foot is the same length as is from your wrist to the bend in elbow on front side heard that on a radio station they do a thing called something you didnt know

Do you think punctuation marks were invented for cosmetical reasons, or what?

The bit about rat poison is incorrect. Why they may indeed not be able to vomit, what kills them is that rat poison contains large amounts of warfarin, which causes severe internal bleeding.

People suffering from blood clots and other circulatory ailments, and they may or may not be rats, take this same drug, but obviously in smaller doses.

Same here. :( If only my tongue would be a few inches longer :(

That is so cool! But now my arm smells like feet. Time for a shower.

same goes for your arms...if you spread'em, should be about the same length as your height....(tried it on a wall and it works here)

a ducks quack DOES echo - thats just a myth

More than 50% of the people in the world
have never made or received a telephone call.

crazy