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Dont' say we never taught you anything Written by Kat (Big thanks to everyone at Portrait who shared facts!)
Charlie Chapman once won third place in a Charlie Chapman lookalike contest. Peanuts are one of the ingrediants in dynamite. Every time you lick a stamp you're consuming 0.1 of a calorie. Cats have no ability to taste sweet things. The modern flushing toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about 10. The human body is 85% water. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times! Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive! The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds! Cat urine glows under a black-light! It is impossible to lick your elbow A crocodile can't stick its tongue out A shrimp's heart is in its head. Forget flying! It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. 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 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants
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. Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body. You burn more calories sleeping then you do watching television. 35% of people who use personal ads for dating are already married. Lemons contain more sugar then strawberries. More people are killed each year by donkeys then in air crashes. A polar bears fur is not white but actually clear. Forget flying; it's physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. Most people fear public speaking more than death. Most lipsticks contain fish scales. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown. The average human body has enough iron to make a 7.62cm nail. About 10% of the worlds population is left handed.
A fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. In medievil England, beer was often served with breakfast. A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds of up to 100kph. Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, laser printers and windshield wipers were all invented by women. The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night 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. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. 9 million people worldwide share your birthday. In the past few decades 90% of the big fish in the oceans have been eaten, or otherwise disposed of. The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs." If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. 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. Thai researchers have succeeded in generating electricity from natural gas made from elephant dung. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month. A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village". Maine is closer to Bermuda than Florida! A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year. Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents! Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed Europe is the only continent without a desert All babies are color blind when they are born. Wyoming was the first state to allow woman to vote; New Zealand was the first country.
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