Wednesday, April 21, 2010

some freaky facts

* Coca-Cola was originally green.



* The most common name in the world is Mohammed.



* The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.



* The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue



* TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.



* Women blink nearly twice as much as men!



* You can't kill yourself by holding your breath



* It is impossible to lick your elbow.



* People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.



* It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.



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



* 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.



* Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.



Spades - King David

Clubs - Alexander the Great,

Hearts - Charlemagne

Diamonds - Julius Caesar.



* If a statue of a person in the park 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 all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.



* What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women.



* A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.



* A snail can sleep for three years.



* All polar bears are left handed.



* American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.



* Butterflies taste with their feet.



* Elephants are the only animals that can't jump

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