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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: prakash khatiwala Date: Feb 7, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: Fwd: Amazing but true!!! * * <http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/mumbaihangout>* *<http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/mumbaihangout> *Have a look......things you may not know....* ** *1. Coca-Cola was originally green.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *3.The name of the entire continents end with the same letter that they start with.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on one row of the keyboard.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!* *----------------------------------------------------------------------* *8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *13. 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.* *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* *14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. *>Spades - King David* *>Clubs - Alexander the Great,* *>Hearts - Charlemagne* *>Diamonds - Julius Caesar.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (count out the answer)* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *16. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.* <cool huh!!> *-----------------------------------------------------------* *17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Answer - All invented by women.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *18. Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Answer - Honey* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *20. A snail can sleep for three years.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *21. All polar bears are left handed.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *23. Butterflies taste with their feet.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *24.Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *25.In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *27. Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *29. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps o squirt blood 30 feet.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.* *-----------------------------------------------------------* *36. 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