Posted on 01/21/2018 5:03:41 AM PST by sodpoodle
Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth Each year.
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
Very large numbers could not be done in Roman numerals since they have to keep creating symbols as the numbers get larger
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
What if she was clumsy?
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
Does this mean redheads are smarter then blondes?
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
That is because it has not been discovered yet.
Stimulating ain’t it? you done good;)
<>Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.<><>
Maybe in a normal person’s body, but not in mine.
Another Fun Fact: Liberals screw up everything that they come in contact with.
“If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.”
serious??
<>Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.<><>
What about the penis? :-)
“If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day”
If two of your crazy aunts tell you that “you can see stars in the daytime” and you fall for it by lying on the ground covered by a raincoat while looking up the raincoat sleeve as one of the crazy aunts holds the sleeve skyward directing and encouraging your experience the other crazy aunt stealthily approaches the sleeve opening with a pitcher of water... “do you see anything?” WHOOOSH! “How ‘bout now?” as they they run off cackling.
Yes you have been had... but you made their day.
They lost that copyright as a result of a lawsuit. Since 2016, that song is in the public domain.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
How do they know? Are people reporting back after they die?
Very large numbers could not be done in Roman numerals since they have to keep creating symbols as the numbers get larger
Yes, that ‘fact’ is questionable.
1) The tongue is a muscular organ that has a role in the nervous system as a sensory organ (taste), and as an accessory organ of the digestive system.
2) The definition of organ is a system made up of tissue operating together to perform a function. The penis is an organ made up of muscle tissue, along with blood vessels, nerve fibers and so on. It performs a distinct function, therefore it’s an organ.
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=87105
Should have researched this list. Found it being discussed on Snopes back in 2013.
Sorry guys - Go back to what you were doing.
Sod
I was not actually referring to the penis. I don’t even know whether or not the “fun fact” is true. I was making a joke about myself. Due to an injury,a while back, I have a muscle in one of my fingers that is detached at one end. It’s curled up inside the base of the finger, which now has limited motion.
If you can believe Wikipedia, "In 1988, Warner/Chappell Music purchased the company owning the copyright for US$25 million, with the value of 'Happy Birthday' estimated at US$5 million." But "In 2016, Warner/Chappell settled for US $14 million, and the court declared that 'Happy Birthday to You' was in the public domain."
So, "Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You!"
I guess that Seinfeld producers likely had to pay to sing "Happy Birthday" to Walter on his special day (the other Walter, from Returns).
I accuse you of juvenilism
I accuse you of juvenilism.
Nice save.
I still accuse you of juvenilism.
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