cynical lady Posted February 23, 2007 DID u KNW! 1) One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. 2)TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. 3)Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. 4)Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. 5)The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. 6)The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start 7)A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can. 8)Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time. 9)Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. 10)A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer 11)An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain 12)The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children 13)A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. 14)Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch as Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. 15)the word "panic" draws its origns from the greek god pan 16) did u know all the planets name apart from earth are named after the greek gods 17)If you fart constantly for 6 years, 9 months and 23 days you would produce enough gas to explode an atomic bomb. 18)The shortest war in history was between England and Zanzibar in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. 19)Charlie Chaplin once came third in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like competition 20)If you shouted for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. Dont hesitate to add few of ure own cio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodman Posted February 23, 2007 lol useless but hilarious Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FatB Posted February 24, 2007 6)The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start.... that rong... north america & south america are the exceptions Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites