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Funny Words of Wisdom: Page 3
Weird Facts


  • Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.


  • The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.


  • No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.


  • Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.


  • The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.


  • Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.


  • Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.(Or at any time for that matter.)


  • The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.


  • Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.


  • Pearls melt in vinegar.


  • The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.


  • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.


  • A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.


  • Turtles can breathe through their anus.


  • On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.


  • Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.


  • Women blink nearly twice as much as men.


  • It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. ---- Hey! I saw you just try! (Nearly everyone does when they read that.)


  • The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.


  • A snail can sleep for three years.


  • No word in the English language rhymes with "month."


  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.


  • All polar bears are left handed.


  • A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.


Why Is It?
Some questions I often ponder.

  • Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?


  • Why do we nearly shout when we speak to someone that doesn't speak our language?


  • Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?


  • Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but checks when you say the paint is wet?


  • Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?


  • Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?


  • Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?


  • Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?


  • Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?


  • Whose cruel idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?


  • If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?


  • Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?


  • Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?


  • Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?


  • Who will know if you remove the tag from your own mattress or pillow? Is there such a thing as "The Mattress/Pillow Tag Removal Police"?


  • Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?


  • Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?


  • Why is it that no plastic bag in the supermarket will open from the end you first try?


  • How do those dead bugs get into those closed light fixtures?


  • Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?


  • In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?


  • How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?


  • If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try doing it like your wife told you to do it?


  • Why is it that the length of a 'minute' varies by which side of the bathroom door you are on?


  • The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends...if they're okay, then it's you.

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