An eldritch switch
>> 31 May 2009 –
unique world
The following text is originally lifted from http://www.unkno.com/
- The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
- The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
- An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
- Turtles can breathe through their butts
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
- A snail can sleep for three years.
- Every year about 7 people gets killed by sharp objects in the dishwasher.
- You lose 60 hairs a day.
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
- Pancreaticoduodenostomy is the longest word with all six vowels in order.
- A human can not kiss his elbow with his lips. Also 96 % of people who reads this information are compelled to try this.
- More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States.
- The average length of an orgasm for a pig is 30 minutes.
- The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69.
- TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
- Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
- The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
- Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
- Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln are born on the very same day of 12 Feb 1809.
- When Titanic sank it had 3000 tonnes of ham onboard.
- More people are killed by falling coconuts every year than sharks attack.
- Thomas Edison created the English word, 'Hello'.
- If decapitated, a chicken will die from blood loss before heart failure.
- Pilot and co-pilot of a flight never have lunch (or dinner) at the same place. In case of one of the pilot feeling sick, the co-pilot can replace him.
- You are more likely to get strike by lightning than win the state lottery
- "Bookkeeper" is the only word in the english language that has 3 letters that consecutively repeat.
- Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked.
- There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.
- The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
- An ostrich's eye is larger than it's brain.
- One thousand words make up 90% of common speech.
- The only word in English with three consecutive S's is "godessship".