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Things Everyone Should Know....

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring werenâ€™t added to it.

On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.

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

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

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

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not

Slugs have 4 noses.

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

The average person laughs 10 times a day!

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

VeryHappyPig thinks the world would be a better place if we all knew more useless facts like these!!

Things Everyone Should Know.....

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a a lot....)

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,purple and silver.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages it.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.

It is impossible to lick your elbow. (Although, at least 75% of you who read this will now try to lick their elbow.)

VeryHappyPig says these are very important pieces of information, everyone should write them down and keep them in a safe place, just in case....!!

Interesting Facts

The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.

A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.

Mussolini dodged the Italian draft.

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!

By 3,000 B.C. there were at least six different types of beer in Egypt

Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts

When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.

Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.

Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.

Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!

One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.

George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.

Butterflies taste with with their feet

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

VeryHappyPig has photocopied his butt many a time and broken many a photocopier!

Bizarre Real Life Animal Laws

In Kingsville, Texas, there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city's airport property.

It is illegal for hens to lay eggs before 8 am and after 4 pm in Norfolk, Virginia.

Ducks quacking after 10 pm in Essex Falls, New Jersey are breaking the law.

In Quitman, Georgia, it is against the law for a chicken to cross any road within the city limits.

In McDonald, Ohio, farmers cannot march a goose down a city street. And fowl, particularly roosters, are prohibited from going into bakeries in Massachusetts.

In Kansas, it is illegal for chicken thieves to work during daylight hours.

In New York, frogs may be taken from their ponds from June 16 to September 30, but only between sunrise and sunset.

In Vermont, you can be fined if your pig runs in a public park without the permission of a selectman. (what's a selectman!?)

French Lick Springs, Indiana, once passed a law requiring all black cats to wear bells on Friday the 13th.

Dogs in Foxpoint, Wisconsin, may not bark profusely, snarl, or make any menacing gestures.

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.

It is illegal to ride a mule down Lang, Kansas' Main Street in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat.

Over in Berea, Kentucky and also in Willamantic, Connecticut, horses are not allowed out on the streets and highways at night unless the animal has a "bright" red taillight securely attached to its rump.

Horses may not wear cowbells inside the city limits of Tahoe City, California.

In Washington, though, every cow wandering the streets of Seattle must be wearing a cowbell.

In Burns, Oregon, horses are allowed in the town's taverns, if an admission fee is paid before they enter.

VeryHappyPig says ok.....

Crazy Inventions...

Would you believe these are actual patented inventions!?

â€¢ Flying Chicken Plane -- exactly like it sounds, a plane in the shape of a giant chicken

â€¢ Dad Saddle -- for when little kids "ride horsey" on their dad's back

â€¢ Dining Table Dishwasher -- Finished dinner? Just open the table and put the dishes in.

â€¢ Poodle Earrings -- for the next time your dog wants to look classy (ear-piercing required)

â€¢ Sneaker with Hoop -- each sneaker has a tiny little basketball hoop on the back. The reason.... so ants can dunk?

â€¢ Talking Dog Collar -- recorded messages for your dogs collar so it sounds like your dog is talking! Sort of?!

â€¢ Santa Detector -- it's a stocking with an alarm that sounds when the stocking is filled... Ok!

â€¢ Bird Diaper -- honey, who's turn is it to change the budgie?

â€¢ Meat Goldfish -- a meaty snack that can be eaten, or used for BAIT! Yum!

VeryHappyPig loves these crazy inventions, I have a few up my sleeve as well!

Listen Up for Some Unbelievable Facts

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

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. (Since Venus is normally associated with women,what does this tell you!)

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.So did the first "Marlboro Man."

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro
Coca Cola
Budweiser

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

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

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)

VeryHappyPig is amazed at some of these facts, wonder can a pig walk downstairs, I live in a bungalow, you see!?

More Useless Facts To Clog Up Your Brain

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

30% of Chinese adults live with their parents.

People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores.

The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side. (I'd have loved to been there for that experiment!)

The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

25% of all fires of unknown origin are rat-caused.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20

I know the picture has nothing to do with the useless information I have just provided you with, I just thought it was funny!

Strange Facts For All You Bored People Out There...

There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S!

Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year!

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year!

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The average person laughs 13 times a day!

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

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

A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!

VeryHappyPig is delighted to be able to bring you information which will never have any use in your life, ever!!

A Bit Of Useless Information For You!!

Did you know:

Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!

To sell your home faster, and for more money, paint it yellow

'Formicophilia'' is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.

'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.

1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper

More useless information coming soon courtesy of the very easily entertained VeryHappyPig

Strange Laws.....

In Piqua, Ohio, it is illegal for anyone to take a bath before 10pm!

Also in Ohio, dogs and cats out after dark were once required to wear taillights!

It's against the law in Oklahoma to get a fish drunk!

In Ontario, it's against the law for a farmer, while he's around cattle, to wear socks with holes in them!

Until recently, New York state law made it illegal to drive away after striking a horse, dog or cow - but not a cat!

In Illinois, it is aginst the law to fall asleep in the barber's chair!

In Arkansas, it's against the law to blindfold a bull and lead it down a public road!

VeryHappyPig loves the American justice system!!