: Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

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Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will

digest itself.

3. The dot over the letter " i " is called a tittle.

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down

continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

6. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 " by 3-1/2 " .

8. During the chariot scene in " Ben Hur, " a small red car can be seen in the

distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).

9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!

(That explains a few mysteries....)

10. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, " Elementary, my dear . "

11. Because metal was scarce, the s given out during World War II were made

of wood.

12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a

game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and

silver.

14. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space

because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed

the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go

mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)

17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w down the film so you

could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's " Born in the USA. "

19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

20. The phrase " rule of thumb " is derived from an old English law which stated

that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player

for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola,

so they called themselves Motorola.

22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into

quicksand.

24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of

celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike

contest.

26. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman

to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!

27. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book

most often stolen from public libraries.

28. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

29. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

Unconfirmed piece of information -

30. According to The Guinness Book of Records, the toughest examination on the

face of the Earth is the `Final Professional exam. of MBBS'. Can somebody check

it up please?

Fwd-Tejinder--1976

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Those are really strange things, Teji.

Especially the rule about not hitting your wife with anything broader than

your thumb. For husbands like me, who are UNDER our wife's thumb, I think it

is impossible to hit the wife, period.

Do you think there is another rule protecting the husband?

Meanwhile, I would like to agree with you on the last point. MBBS exam is

really the toughest exam in the world ..... for the parents!

Kishore Shah 1974

: Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

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> Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

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> 1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

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> 2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it

> will digest itself.

>

> 3. The dot over the letter " i " is called a tittle.

>

> 4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down

> continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

>

> 5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

>

> 6. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

>

> 7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 " by 3-1/2 " .

>

> 8. During the chariot scene in " Ben Hur, " a small red car can be seen in

> the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).

>

> 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!

> (That explains a few mysteries....)

>

> 10. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, " Elementary, my dear . "

>

> 11. Because metal was scarce, the s given out during World War II

> were made of wood.

>

> 12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side

> in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

>

> 13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple

> and silver.

>

> 14. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space

> because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

>

> 15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II

> killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

>

> 16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly

> go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered

> this??)

>

> 17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w down the film

> so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

>

> 18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's " Born in the

> USA. "

>

> 19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

>

> 20. The phrase " rule of thumb " is derived from an old English law which

> stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your

> thumb.

>

> 21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player

> for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was

> Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

>

> 22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

>

> 23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink

> into quicksand.

>

> 24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of

> celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

>

> 25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike

> contest.

>

> 26. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman

> to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!

>

> 27. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book

> most often stolen from public libraries.

>

> 28. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

>

> 29. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

>

> Unconfirmed piece of information -

>

> 30. According to The Guinness Book of Records, the toughest examination on

> the face of the Earth is the `Final Professional exam. of MBBS'. Can

> somebody check it up please?

>

>

>

> Fwd-Tejinder--1976