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Re: Fw: Strange Facts


3 folks ask me to resubmit this lil gem..........:)

Robert Rice

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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:15:46 +0000 robertrice writes:
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>>> The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than a 
>Black
>>> Widow s or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because 
>their
>>> jaws won t open wide enough.
>>> On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
>>> The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
>>> If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, 
>but
>>> more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on 
>the
>>> bottom.
>>> The human brain is so complex; that it would cost over 8 billion 
>for
>>> anyone to program, and sell a computer(s) to do all the things it 
>does!
>>> Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
>>> Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
>>> If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have 
>produced
>>> enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
>>> The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the 
>body to
>>> squirt blood 30 feet.
>>> Humans and Dolphins are the only species that have sex for 
>pleasure.
>>> Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day
>>> The first letters of the months July through November, in order, 
>spell
>>> the name JASON.
>>> In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on 
>a
>>> watch is 10:10.
>>> The pop you get when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble 
>of gas
>>> bursting.
>>> 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy ) are the only two Disney 
>cartoon
>>> features with both parents that are present and don t die 
>throughout the
>>> movie.
>>> The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one 
>located in
>>> the inner ear.
>>> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely 
>solid.
>>> There s no Betty Rubble in the Flintstone Chewables.
>>> It s impossible to get water out of a rimless tire.
>>> A survey in the U.S. shows that nuns of small or medium build 
>expect to
>>> live far longer than tall unskilled and divorced alcoholic 
>laborers.
>>> Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
>>> Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne 
>cork
>>> than by a poisonous spider?
>>> The world record for cow-chip tossing (under the strict
>>> non-sphericalization and 100% organic rule of 1986) is 56.70 
>meters..
>>> In Minnesota it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your 
>head.
>>> In Indiana it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 
>30
>>> minutes after eating garlic.
>>> Arizona requires it s citizens to register with the state before 
>going
>>> into the business of selling cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other 
>illegal
>>> drugs.
>>> Pierre, South Dakota is the only example of a state and capital in 
>the
>>> U.S. that don t share any letters.
>>> In the United States there are more 2nd streets than there are 1st
>>> streets, and Main street is not the most common; Pine is.
>>> Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than 
>left-handed
>>> people do.
>>> A pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
>>> A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
>>> The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its 
>own
>>> weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
>>> Polar bears are left handed.
>>> The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human 
>jumping
>>> the length of a football field.
>>> A cockroach will live nine days without it s head, before it 
>starves to
>>> death.
>>> Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
>>>More capital cities begin with B than any other letter: Berlin, 
>Berne,
>>>Bonn, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Brasilia,
>>>Baghdad, Bratislava, Brussels, Belgrade, Bogato and of course 
>Belfast.
>>>The Detroit Red Wings in 1997 hold the most Stanly Cup wins for a 
>United
>>>States Hockey Club in the NHL.
>>>In Japan meat from the 'Fugu' or spiny puffer fish is considered a 
>rare
>>>delicacy, however the liver and intestines contain a
>>>powerful neurotoxin and the slightest contamination during 
>preparation
>>>can be deadly. Restaurants who serve fugu must have 'Fugu
>>>certified' chefs. In Japan about one hundred people on average die 
>annualy
>>>from fugu poisoning.
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