did you know? # 1
By ossie16d
@ossie16d (11821)
Australia
December 28, 2006 8:40am CST
Did you know?
1. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
2. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
3. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
4. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
5. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
6. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
7. A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
8. A shrimp's heart is in its head.
9. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
10. In a study of 200,000 ostriches, over 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
11. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
12. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
13. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
14. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
15. The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.
16. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
17. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
18. Butterflies taste with their feet.
19. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
20. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
All the useless information that you didn't know that you needed to know, just in case of a Trivia night that is. :)
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20 responses
@claudia413 (4280)
• United States
2 Jan 07
I must be slipping in my old age. I only knew 3 of them. But now I know 17 more bits of trivia. Thanks for passing them on to us, Ossie. #17 is the one that upset me. I hate cockroaches. LOL.
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@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
2 Jan 07
Yes, cockroaches are vermin and although I do know they are part of the ecological chain that doesn't mean I want them anywhere near me.
It was good to read that you learnt something new from this little lot, so now amaze everyone with your new found knowledge Claudia. :)
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@mytwo_daughters (2663)
• United States
2 Jan 07
WELLLLLLLLLLLl, I need to burn calories...and with my two daughters, have thought of banging my head against the wall....Painful! I will have to think of something else to burn off those 150 calories.... I knew the one about the shrimp. Interesting facts you have here! Thanks for posting such odd trivia! I am going to amaze and astound my friends and family...esp that king card thing! *LOL*...and I didn't know that about pigs....amazing!
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
2 Jan 07
I am pleased that you enjoyed and learnt something from these. Trivia can be so interesting and as you say we can astound and amaze family and friends with this sort of thing. Trivia was something that our son used to collect from a young age but called it "useless stuff everyone should know". LOL
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@rosebug23 (1906)
• Australia
30 Dec 06
ossie i loved all the trivia they are fun and interesting thank you i have a few
1. Did you know that the average persons neck is the same size as their waist
2. Your foot is the sane size as your arm from elbow to wrist .
3. Your thumb is the same length as your nose
4. Your hand around from thumb around palm to thumb is the same size as from
toe to heel.
5. Your feet and ears keep growing
6. You can have a baby the same size as your foot(example size 6 shoe 6lb baby
without any intervention like forceps
This is just a few hope you enjoyed them
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@feralwoman (2199)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
I never knew any of those things Ossie! I just tried to lick my elbow & I thought I could - but you're right it is impossible. Probably wouldn't taste that good anyway!!
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
There are all sorts of interesting things that we can find on the internet feralwoman and there will be more coming up as soon as I organise them. Just as well that you cannot lick your elbow, cos as you say it probably wouldn't taste that good. LOL
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@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
3 Jan 07
Trivia is one of those things that many people find interesting. I know that I certainly do, although lots of the things that I find out I would never even think about otherwise. I am pleased that you read and enjoyed these caribe and more to come soon. :)
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@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
10 Jan 07
These are quite interesting facts my friend. Thanks for sharing these.
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@gifana (4833)
• Portugal
30 Dec 06
I got 8 out of 20 right so I guess I flunked. Oh well, we can't all be perfect. I love trivia. The one about the elbow is different from the one I know.....The elbow is the only place that you can put one hand where the other hand can't touch it. Six of one half dozen of another.
@linzmcwilliams (1552)
•
30 Dec 06
But everyone always tries the second one when told. ;]
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@twistedvanilla (244)
• United States
28 Dec 06
Wow, all interesting stuff....but don't tell Gene Simmons #2, he might disagree with that one, lol.
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
Okay I won't tell him twistedvanilla. LOL Thanks for reading and responding to these, as I think some of them are really interesting.
I hope that you took particular note of the last one regarding children, and realise that you are not alone with yours. :)
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@feralwoman (2199)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
Ha Ha I love that one about Gene Simmons! That made me laff!
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@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
3 Jan 07
This is a very informative discussion ossie. I did not know many things you have written in your discussion. Thanks for this knowledgeble discussion.
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@asimo603 (1366)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 07
hi, these are really interesting and fun information. I have known about trivia #1,#4 ( I have tried it myself) #8 (learnt it from school). The moment I read your trivia #2, I experiment it and have my friends to tried it too,it's true nobody able to lick his/her elbow.For #9,never know that young coconut liquid has such usage.I live in a tropical country with lots of coconut trees,how come there is so less people know about this alternate usage of young coconut liquid ? It is really sad to know trivia #12 still happen in this modern world of many new technology. Due to #17, The next time I see a cockroach,shall make sure not only hit at its' head as this will do no harm for it at least for another 9 days :-D and for #20, Can you experiment it then tell us what's the outcome ....LOL
Anyway, thanks for sharing with us these trivia .
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@knowitallgurl (923)
• United States
11 Jan 07
I did see a girl in the Disney Channel who can lick her elbow. :)
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
3 Jan 07
Actually I didn't know that today was Trivia Day and yes I most definately will check out your discussion before starting another discussion. It is not good if we are all posting the same things, e.g. what trivia we post is the same as what others are posting. Thanks for reading and responding to this one. :)
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@khushboo1985 (18)
• India
2 Jan 07
can you imagine how long it would take to count a million pound?
if the money is one pound note a bank clerk could count a break it would take atleast 8 days for him to work through a million.......
Pearls are very pretty,but did you know it can take an oyster seven years to make one.
Did you know that you share your birthday with other 9 million people aroud the world....
There are two things that we cannot do at a time eating and swallowing the same time and sneezing with eyes open..
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@khushboo1985 (18)
• India
2 Jan 07
can you imagine how long it would take to count a million pound?
if the money is one pound note a bank clerk could count a break it would take atleast 8 days for him to work through a million.......
Pearls are very pretty,but did you know it can take an oyster seven years to make one.
Did you know that you share your birthday with other 9 million people aroud the world....
There are two things that we cannot do at a time eating and swallowing the same time and sneezing with eyes open..
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