Did You Know

[Fidgits]

Praying Mantis have 2 brains, one in the head, and one in the torso..

The brain in the head controls fear and logic, the one in the torso controls instinct etc..

So when mating, the female mantis bites off the males head, because otherwise the male would flee in fear.. instead of continuing to mate..

and the reason the male would flee... is because the female bites off his head..

bizarre circle... and if you ever meet a male praying mantis, you know he's a virgin!

[Fidgits]

A cockroach can survive 9 days without its head....

And then it will die from starvation!

[jaxx]

Why are moths attracted to light (again)

To be perfectly honest nobody knows completely. There are many reasons why moths are attracted to light but many moths use the moon to navigate at night. By keeping the moon in a particular position the moth can fly in a straight line and in the direction it wants. Unfortunately moths confuse bright street lights for the moon and when they get close to the light they can't navigate properly and end up flying round and round in circles

[Fidgits]

That during nuclear tests in the nevada desert, the US goverment realised that in areas that has been hit by large doses of radiation, ants and cockroaches were all alive and well, and continuing to live as normal without any ill effects..

[Jimlad]

A cockroach can survive 9 days without its head....

And then it will die from starvation!

wtf ??.... lol

interesting tho... argh ! a headless cockroach !

[Firthy]

And You Thought You Knew EVERYTHING.

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.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

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

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first->class.

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.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in >Malaysia combined.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

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.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by >horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight >staircases.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from >the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

Turtles can breathe through their butts

Butterflies taste with their feet.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons >combined.

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

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

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."

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. >SCARY!!!

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

All polar bears are left handed.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and >eyelashes.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two >inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

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

Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone you know. They will get a kick out of it !!

PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow????

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

[Jimlad]

lol....

I was trying to lick my elbow before I got to the end... lol

[Firthy]

every body does

[Firthy]

SOME MORE

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you

would have produced enough sound energy to heat one

cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months,

enough gas is produced to create the energy of an

atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it

pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

(O.M.G.!)

A pig's !Removed! lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head

before it starves to death.

(Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories

an hour.

(Do not try this at home...... maybe at work.)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its

head is attached to its body. The female initiates

s*x by ripping the male's

head off.

("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's

like a human jumping the length of a football field.

(30 minutes... lucky pig... can you imagine??)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality

over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

(Hmmmmmm........)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years

longer than left-handed people.

(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the

difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

(OK, so that would be a good thing....)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains.

(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.

(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have

s*x for pleasure.

(What about that pig??)

[Paul C]

Why are moths attracted to light (again)

To be perfectly honest nobody knows completely. There are many reasons why moths are attracted to light but many moths use the moon to navigate at night. By keeping the moon in a particular position the moth can fly in a straight line and in the direction it wants. Unfortunately moths confuse bright street lights for the moon and when they get close to the light they can't navigate properly and end up flying round and round in circles

so why do they fly at the light cause they can't fly at the moon?

[Boro Sera]

The DTI's latest Report on Home and Leisure Accidents

says that in 2002 in Britain 40 people were injured

by cheese. Number hurt by faeces or excrement? Three.

Rich

[Stephen61]

firthy you've got far to much time on your hands lol

[Calisto]

The DTI's latest Report on Home and Leisure Accidents

says that in 2002 in Britain 40 people were injured

by cheese. Number hurt by faeces or excrement? Three.

Rich

nice

[Debz]

lol....

I was trying to lick my elbow before I got to the end... lol

me too So close!

I have never believed that elephant one. Surely hippos, rhinos can't jump, too porky. ;)

The first frozen vegetable was the Pea

Bunny's eat their own poo cos like cows their stomachs are not capable of digesting there food properly

you can't sneeze with your eyes open.

Well it is said that you learn somethiing knew everyday, think have got my quota for the week!! :D

[dj_davo]

facetious is the only word in the english dictionary with all 5 vowels in, in their correct order. a e i o u

[TheNissanMan]

The more educated people are, the more likely they are to drink. (that'll explain it...)

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. (mum, are we there yet ?)

In India its cheaper to have s*x with a prostitute than it is to buy a condom.

More than 11,000 people are injured every year trying out new sexual positions.

The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

A blue whale's !Removed! are as large as a volkswagon beetle.

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have s*x with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal are punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.)

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. (But of course!)

The first couple to be shown in bed together on TV; Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

[Fidgits]

Did you know.....

The swiss invented the internet????

A common misconception is that the americans did, but this is un-true.

CERN in switzerland invented the world-wide web, and it was an engineer named Tim Berners Lee who is cited as the 'inventor'.

CERN stands for Conseil European per la Recherche Nucleaire..

Yes, The European Council for Nuclear Research invented the internet!

Whats more, it is home to the largest machine on the planet, buried six stories underground, a partical accelerator that is 26Km long (but it is circular, with a diameter of 8km).

[vmail]

knew that one

[Calisto]

wow all that knowledge has made my life so much better :P

I thankyou.

[Bibbs]

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

Erm, what about snails? jellyfish?

and I can lick my elbow .. :o :P

[Calisto]

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

Erm, what about snails? jellyfish?

and I can lick my elbow .. :o :P

is that coz you got a long tonge.??? :P

[Bibbs]

nope .. bendy arms ..

[Calisto]

nope .. bendy arms ..

that what I thought. Bibbs.

[Firthy]

You must have bendy bones, or you can pop your shoulder out, i just cant do it!!!!

Not that i would want to.... its freaky :P

[vmail]

it hurts