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I just got email a load of these, here some of them: <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />
China has more English speakers than the United States. ---
The Dominican Republic has the highest crime rate on earth, more than 1/5 of the population is involved in criminal activities.
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Switzerland has the highest number of car thefts per capita.
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The Russian embassy in the U.S. has 3.8 million dollars of unpaid parking tickets.
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Germany has a negative population growth.
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Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.
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The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.
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The Soviet flag was the first one on the moon.
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Warren Buffet the 2nd richest man on earth, started out as a Pinball repairman.
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Pacing yourself with your finger allows you to read faster.
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More people have a phobia of frogs than rats, More people have a phobia of vomiting than death.
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You lose 1 IQ point for every hour your up past the standard 8 hours of sleep.
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Out of the 206 bones in your body, 52 are in your feet.
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The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
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The reason people say "God Bless You" when you sneeze is because your heart actually stops as long as it takes for you to sneeze.
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The human brain only accounts for 2% of your body weight but takes up more than 20% of your blood flow.
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The human brain holds between 1 and 7 terabytes (1 and 7 million megabytes) of data.
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Males sweat 40% more then females.
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Faith is believing in something you know isn't true
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The Soviet flag was the first one on the moon. This one I can't understand. You lose 1 IQ point for every hour your up past the standard 8 hours of sleep. Ever hour you're sleeping or every hour you are not sleeping? The human brain holds between 1 and 7 terabytes (1 and 7 million megabytes) of data. Curious! I thought it was more! Good info. I still remember something I picked from some site: 1- You can't touch your elbow with your tongue. 2- 81% of people who read the above are now trying to reach thir elbow with their tongue. I think it was translated from german.
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The Soviet flag was the first one on the moon. This one I can't understand. You lose 1 IQ point for every hour your up past the standard 8 hours of sleep. Ever hour you're sleeping or every hour you are not sleeping? The human brain holds between 1 and 7 terabytes (1 and 7 million megabytes) of data. Curious! I thought it was more! The soviets were this first people to send a probe to the moon. I can only assume they dropped a flag too. every hour after eight that you're still awake, you lose 1 IQ point. So 9 hours without sleep, you lose 1 IQ Don't know about the brain. I think we only use about 8% of it.
Faith is believing in something you know isn't true
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Wow, so staying up till 3am drinking must mean I had an IQ of over 200 at one time..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />
" Road rage, air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into seperate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-around, everyday rage. I don't have time for distinctions. I'm too busy screaming at people. " -George Carlin
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The English-language alphabet originally had only 24 letters. One missing letter was J, which was the last letter to be added to the alphabet. The other latecomer to the alphabet was U.
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The reason people say "God Bless You" when you sneeze is because your heart actually stops as long as it takes for you to sneeze. Not the story I've heard. What I heard was that people believed that your guard was down when you sneezed and that evil spirits could enter your body at this time. This is why we bless people after sneezing, to remove the foul demons. You can't touch your elbow with your tongue. Not true. However, you cannot kiss your own elbow (assuming it's still attached).
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Not true. However, you cannot kiss your own elbow (assuming it's still attached). Have you tried? If yes, you either have a very long tongue or a very short elbow <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />.
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Yes, I can. Combination of tongue and neck. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Yes, I can. Combination of tongue and neck. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Neck dexterity of 18 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />.
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THERE IS ENOUGH IRON IN A HUMAN BEING TO MAKE ONE SMALL NAIL.
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THERE IS ENOUGH IRON IN A HUMAN BEING TO MAKE ONE SMALL NAIL. Some of us have more. I bet with all the sour sarcasm and 2nd-grade jokes I could open a hardware store if I could get all the Iron out of me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />.
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And a long sword from his steely gaze... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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THERE IS ENOUGH IRON IN A HUMAN BEING TO MAKE ONE SMALL NAIL. Some of us have more. I bet with all the sour sarcasm and 2nd-grade jokes I could open a hardware store if I could get all the Iron out of me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />. 'Ere death me old mucker, do you know what the Cockney slang for "Iron Hoof" is? which is shortened even more to "Iron" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Last edited by spick; 11/06/04 03:42 PM.
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Roof, perchance? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
" Road rage, air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into seperate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-around, everyday rage. I don't have time for distinctions. I'm too busy screaming at people. " -George Carlin
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Damn, what is it then? Poof? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
" Road rage, air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into seperate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-around, everyday rage. I don't have time for distinctions. I'm too busy screaming at people. " -George Carlin
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Yay...applaud the ugly git with one eye and a cracking scar. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />
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Alreet ya sarky southern git. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
" Road rage, air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into seperate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-around, everyday rage. I don't have time for distinctions. I'm too busy screaming at people. " -George Carlin
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THERE IS ENOUGH IRON IN A HUMAN BEING TO MAKE ONE SMALL NAIL.
Then how come in X-Men 2 Mystique had to inject the guard with iron in order to get Magneto out... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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So...death as an "Iron" up him..means???
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