Interesting Facts

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Carrying on from an intersting fact pointed out by Ska, what interesting facts do you know?

Well....

1. Dogs cant look up
2. Lift a dogs tail and it will wink at you
3. Printer manufacturers print invisible yellow dots on consumer's prints that check to see if a person is printing counterfeit money. the yellow dots are the serial number of the machine, this security feature is most commonly found on high end digital presses to combat counterfeiting. the dots are printed across the sheet and are hardly "invisible" and can be seen with a good eye or under a loupe.

[4GS]

Cats and all polar bears are left handed

Elephant's cannot jump

The average length of an America air hostesses nose is 2.6 inches

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Please be aware that my fact no 2, took me a few years to figure out.

John, your third point is probably down to the amount of makeup they render onto their "boat races" mate! lol

[SKA]

aww I know loads of random things but can think of any on demand
I need to to be in the middle of a converstaion then I'll come out with 'did you know....' (which wont have anything to do with the current convo)

[Sir Alec]

..........and elephants are the only animals with 4 knees.

[joggerjayne]

polar bears don't eat penguins

[SKA]

Women don�t need men to reproduce so the world could still go on if all the men were abducted by aliens and the world would be full of women!!
However men can't live without us!!

[4getmenot]

if you stand against a wall with your arm touching and your right leg up against it. you cannot lift your left leg off the floor

[CheekyChick]

Cockroaches can live for up to 9 days after their heads have been cut off!

And to carry on the winking theme, dolphins sneeze with one eye open.

[Doc_Spock]

I won't ask why anyone would wish to life up a dogs' tail.

[4getmenot]

every 20 minutes your breathing will change from one nostril to the other

[4getmenot]

I got a book for my birthday with fun tricks to do, that really cant be done

[redcrx]

they may want to if it winked at them doc :)

[4GS]

Its impossible to sneeze and keep your eyes open

[ChuckFickens]

The phrase The 3 R's was coined by a man that was illiterate.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Non-dairy cream is flammable. (the squirty stuff, it really is.. try it!)

[Richie1976]

Dolphins are the only other mammal to have sex for the sake of enjoyment.

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dogs eye winking = their poop hole dilating, thus winking!!!


How would women reproduce without men to provide the.....ingrediants?

[Sir Alec]

Stand on your left leg.
Swing your right leg clockwise and try to draw a 6 with your right hand.
No, don't, because it's impossible!

[CheekyChick]

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

[SKA]

Combine the DNA of two eggs and you'll get a baby girl
Dunno where I heard that from maybe one of my lecturers can�t remember what else they said about it, I just noted the main point.

[4getmenot]

if you have a marble at hand, put your middle finger over your index finger and touch the marble it will feel like there are 2