Monday, 27 June 2011

Bet you didn't know these!


  • 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 Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.

  • By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school.

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

  • Rats and horses can't vomit.

  • Most lipstick contains fish scales.

  • Cats urine glows under a black light.

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

  • If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 anywhere, and no one knows why.

  • 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

  • Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts.

  • It is impossible to lick your elbow.

  • A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

  • People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second.

    SO...now you know :)

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