It is impossible to lick your elbow.
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
A shrimp's heart is in their head.
When you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so - apart from Bones).
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic paghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times
On average, a human being will spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
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.
If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Cat's urine glows under a black-light.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

Well, the last one was right for me! But sex 3,000 times though? That's .... er .... correct if I live to 1,500.

-- Anonymous, February 04, 2002

Answers

Womder how many are actually true. Never heard of Heinz's 58th variety, and I'm sure that would be a well known fact if true.

-- Anonymous, February 04, 2002

The pig one is annoying me. Surely a prize porker can see the sky at least 2 ways: a)lying on its back and b)when mountain climbing and viewing the horizon.

The sex one, I think, works out an average of once a week for 58 years (start with a great 18th birthday, die on the job at 76). Given our hormones kick start the process of several times a week when we're younger and slow down as opportunity / attractiveness decreases over time. And what counts as 'sex' - blowjob? Full pentr...

I'll stop there

-- Anonymous, February 04, 2002

Well I practice a lot on my own, does that count?

-- Anonymous, February 04, 2002

Congratulations - I hope you and your fist will be very happy together ;-))

-- Anonymous, February 04, 2002