"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood."
That may not be facts....
Published on August 11, 2004 By Sally jacobs In Humor
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

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

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

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

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro,Coca-Cola, and
Budweiser, in that order.

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

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

Turtles can breathe through their bum.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year
because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the
weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

A snail can sleep for three years.

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.

All polar bears are left handed.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.



Comments (Page 1)
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on Aug 11, 2004
Okay, the duck quacking thing is wrong. See www.snopes.com for info. The University Library thing is also reported about many libraries, and is also false. (see another snopes.com link for details on that.)

Many of the others are true, I'm not going to go looking for info on any more of them.

And I did NOT try to lick my elbow, thank you very much.
on Aug 11, 2004
Byt the way, I do want to point out that I enjoy these postings.... I just can't let some things that I know to be false slide by, even if they are trivia.
on Aug 11, 2004
Hehe, no citahellion, I'm glad you did! I recieved this in e-mail and it amused me, but if they can be proved wrong, even better! I shall add a subtitle for this!

Thanks for the comments!
on Aug 11, 2004
Dammit! Citahellion got to those ones first!

Love these too babe! Promise to chat soon - I've missed you!

Suz xxx
on Aug 12, 2004
this reminds me of when i was little and this boy used to make fun of me because my eyes would blink so much. haha stupid kid. if only he had gotten that email.
on Aug 12, 2004
Well, I didn't try to lick my elbow....I've tried that a long time before I read this....

Not bad...you should check out my "Interesting Facts" series if you haven't already...I can't remember who read them ,

~Zoo
on Aug 12, 2004
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.


clams and snails can jump?

But seriously, good article.
on Aug 12, 2004
I tried to lick my elbow...
on Aug 12, 2004
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
plasma.
There was a Jackie Chan movie that I saw a while back where I saw him use a coconut as a on the spot transfusion, then I was like yeah right Jackies out of his mind but lo and behold...
Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
That's so true I hadn't read this part before I attempted it.
on Aug 12, 2004
Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.


Guilty. I really just thought I might be able to. So close. Oh, well.

on Aug 12, 2004
Yummm.......elbow.......
on Aug 13, 2004
this reminds me of when i was little and this boy used to make fun of me because my eyes would blink so much


It could only happen to you pinky, hehe!

Not bad...you should check out my "Interesting Facts" series if you haven't already...I can't remember who read them


Yes I read them! Much more entertaining than mine, hehe!

clams and snails can jump?


Hehe theres always one Gid!

I tried to lick my elbow...


Hehe.....what a surprise

I was like yeah right Jackies out of his mind but lo and behold...


Never doubt Jackie! How could you!

Guilty. I really just thought I might be able to. So close. Oh, well.


So near yet so far huh! Don't worry we all did it!

Yummm.......elbow.......


Show off!

Thanks for the comments guys!
on Aug 13, 2004
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump


Actually, that's not true. More proper term: Elephants is only MAMMAL that can't jump at all.

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


"MythBusters" show busted that myth. It was pretty hard to find apparently, because echo sounds same as actual "quack".

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.


That was busted by that same show, "MythBusters". They had 20 or so toothbrushes arrayed from one feet away to 6 feet away, and control that was used, then covered and left in kitchen.

All toothbrushes had those bacteria associated to waste, including control toothbrush itself!
*edit* They used 20 because they had put em in different heights as well as distance. It was from just one foot higher from toilet seat to about 4 feet higher.

Hmm coconut juice used as blood? That's something new to me! You got an insightful just for that, but whole blog post's a good read!
on Aug 19, 2004
I have friends who can lick their elbow. Gross but true.

... and when I first read this email I tried to lick my elbow You can't get me a second time though
on Aug 19, 2004
Catnip is 20 times more effective as an insect "repellent" as Citronella
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