General Facts:

 

(Animals)

 

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

 

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

 

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

 

Slugs have 4 noses.

 

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

 

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

 

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

 

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

 

Whales have the largest penises of any animal. Of up to 5 FEET LONG!!!!! 1 foot or so girth!!!

 

A female pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

 

Polar bears are left handed.

 

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

 

A drop of alcohol dripped on a scorpion will cause it to sting itself to death.

 

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

 

Hummingbirds can't walk.

 

A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.

 

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



Word & Number Facts:

 

(Words)

 

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

 

"Rhythm" and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels

 

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions.

 

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

 

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.


AMAZING (more of creepy) FACTS ABOUT
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS...

 
Look what happens when an American
President gets elected in a year with
a
"0"at the end.

 
1840: William Henry Harrison (died in
office)

 

1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)

 

1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)

 

1900: William McKinley (assassinated)

 

1920: Warren G. Harding (died in
office)

 

1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (died in
office)

 

1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)

 

1980: Ronald Reagan (survived
assassination attempt)

 

2000: George W. Bush ????????????

 

THIS IS CREEPIER...

 
Abraham Lincoln was elected to
Congress in 1846.


John F. Kennedy was elected to
Congress in 1946.


Abraham Lincoln was elected President
in 1860.


John F. Kennedy was elected President
in 1960.


Both were particularly concerned with
civil rights.


Both wives lost their children while
living in the White House.


Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.


Both Presidents were shot in the head.


Now it gets really weird.

 
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.


Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.


Both were assassinated by Southerners.


Both were succeeded by Southerners
named Johnson.


Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln,
was born in 1808.


Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy,
was born in 1908.


John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated
Lincoln, was born in 1839.


Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated
Kennedy, was born in 1939.


Both assassins were known by their
three names.


Both names are composed of fifteen
letters.

 

It gets better...


Lincoln was shot at the theater
named 'Ford.'


Kennedy was shot in a car
called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'


Booth and Oswald were assassinated
before their trials.


And here's the kicker.......


A week before Lincoln was shot, he was
in Monroe, Maryland


A week before Kennedy was shot, he was
with Marilyn Monroe!

 

Things that make you go hmm, hmm?