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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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1. Coca-Cola was originally green.

2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

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

4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the

letters only
on one row of the keyboard.

7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!

8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you

sneeze,your
heart stops for a millisecond.

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

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

13. 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.

14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from
history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

16. 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 a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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

18. Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
Ans. - Honey

19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

20. A snail can sleep for three years.

21. All polar bears are left handed.

22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one

olive from
each salad served in first-class.

23. Butterflies taste with their feet.

24.Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

25.In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.


31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to

the
body
to squirt blood 30 feet.

32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have
over
million descendants.

33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria

in your
ear by 700 times.

34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow


YES I DID IT WHEN I GOT IT AS WELL
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:09 PM
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9. It is impossible to lick your elbow

i just tried that
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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was cola green

i know they made santa red, as he was all colors before
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:17 PM
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i'm that pissed right now that i couldn't actually be bothered to ven try and lick my own elbow :LOL:
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Eh? says who lol
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:27 PM
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bet u can't do it :P lol
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:32 PM
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My g/f tried the elbow thing and was not impressed by the last line!
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by saff_cossie
My g/f tried the elbow thing and was not impressed by the last line!
fooker aint it
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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great list mate
but have to confess me and the wife tried to lick our elbow
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:54 PM
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.... ...when i was reading the end me too
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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i tried too
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 09:49 PM
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 10:40 PM
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"8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath."

Yes you can, 'cos I just did it.....
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