Something You May Not Know

India
March 2, 2009 4:00am CST
1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with. 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters onlyon one row of the keyboard. 7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men! 8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.. 9. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. 13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. 14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar. 15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 16. If a statue of a warrior 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 a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women. 18. Honey - This is the onlyfood that doesn't spoil. 19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 20. A snail can sleep for three years. 21. All polar bears are left handed. 22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 23. Butterflies taste with their feet. 24. Elephants are the onlyanimals that can't jump. 25. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with onlythe left hand. 29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. 33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 35. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
9 responses
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
2 Mar 09
Real interest to know. I will make a study of it, one of these days. When a lot of people are down with weather, job, etc. it is very kind of you to share with us all those funny facts. We do need fun to cheer up.
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• India
2 Mar 09
I got this email from my friend and want to share with mylot members that is why i posted it. Ya some of the facts are really very interesting. Thanks for your response.
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
I love these . . . May I know who originally or what site did you get these? I want to copy and save it, or perhaps re-publish it with permission of course from the author.
• India
3 Mar 09
Well thanks for appreciating the facts.I was sent an email by my friend.I found the facts very interesting and posted it on mylot.
@drdivu (1011)
• India
2 Mar 09
wow.. awesome facts.. i have copied them as a mail to be sent to my friends and saved it on desktop too..
• India
3 Mar 09
Thank you for the appreciation.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
2 Mar 09
You are right in your observation . I really appreciate your observation. Nice work.
• India
3 Mar 09
I was sent an email by my friend.I found the facts very interesting and that is why posted here.
@jannpa (499)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Thanks for the information, some of them I have heard before but not all of them. It's amazing, isn't it some of the things that we don't know! I sent it to my family & friends.
• India
3 Mar 09
You are welcome.
• United States
3 Mar 09
Whoa! I did not know more than half of these! Good job on your research! If you get anymore, could you post those up too? Thanks!
• India
3 Mar 09
Thank you dear.
• China
2 Mar 09
OMG. There are more than 20 i don't have heart before.
• India
2 Mar 09
It is purely at your discretion to read it or not to read it. Thanks for your response.
• China
16 Mar 09
it's really interesting!
@Jamiesim (28)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 09
Most of the things I don't know.Quite interesting.Thanks for sharing with us.