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  1. Crazy Orchid Lady

    Crazy Orchid Lady Seedling

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    Did you know...

    It is impossible to lick your elbow (ok, so now... how many of you are trying to do this???) :rolleyes:

    A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

    A shrimp's heart is in its head.

    In a study of 200,000 ostriches, over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

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

    A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

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

    Horses can't vomit (that's why the colic).

    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. And, if you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

    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.

    Ohhhh the things I find on the internet! :D
     
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  3. cajunbelle

    cajunbelle Daylily Diva

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    Some interesting facts, especially the ear phone one. Of course, my girls will not believe me.
     
  4. Primsong

    Primsong Young Pine

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    Quite a mixed bag! A couple of them (the rats and the sneezing) kind of gave me the creeps, but others (like the pigs) were new to me. Huh!
     
  5. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    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. And, if you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. :eek:

    I'll just sneeze very gently with my eys closed then - can't have my eyes falling out now can I? They'd make an awful mess on my keyboard!!!! :p
     



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    jubabe296 Official Garden Fairy

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    That's so funny Eileen! :eek:

    Alan and I actually tried the tongue twister!! It is soooo darn hard! :headscratch: :rofl: :smt118
     
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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I thought to myself when I read that tongue twister that you and ZAlan wold have to try that ans sure enough lol you did
     

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