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Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Updated: Sunday, January 31, 2010

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Cats' pee glows under black light.

Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like their fingers!

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

You could fracture your ribs if you sneeze too hard.

Horses and rats cannot vomit.

A taste bud's life span is 10 days!

Matches were invented AFTER cigarette lighters!

A dentist invented the electric chair.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

An ostrich's eye is actually bigger than its brain.

No English word rhymes with month, silver, orange or purple.

The longest word in the English language that does not repeat a letter is "uncopyrightable."

There is no such thing as a right-handed polar bear. They are all left-handed!

The only animal that cannot jump is an elephant.

On average, Americans eat 18 acres of pizza per day.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath (your body will not allow it), although you can knock yourself out.

Coca Cola would be green if the company did not add coloring!

During the 1600s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts.

In Uganda, half the population is under 15.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

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

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

The Eiffel Tower in Paris weighs over 1,000 elephants.

Every five seconds, a computer gets infected with a virus.

13 percent of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.

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