Here Is Some More Facts , You Didn't Know That , You Didn't Know .

[Bazile]

sara3 ( it wont be a regular thing , though :-) )


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

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

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

4. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who
discovered this?)

5.The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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

7.It is impossible to lick your elbow.

8.If a statue in the park of a person 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 all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

9.What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
All invented by women.


10.At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

[Ratty2E]

Ok fair enough I didn't know some of those. Btw according to QI the statue thing isn't true.

[Ratty2E]

Oh yeah and I have seen someone lick their elbow.

[tonyav]

Bazile, I have to disagree with fact No 3, Hi Ho rhymes with Silver !.

[snags]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&hl=en-GB&;source=hp&;q=lick+elbow&gbv=2&oq=lick+elbow&gs_l=img.3...657.3236.0.3349.10.4.0.6.0.0.88.281.4.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.15.img.OaUO-iThWmc

[bednobs]

if you say it really quickly, hurtful rhymes with purple

[bednobs]

snags! some of those pictures made me feel sick!

[joggerjayne]

I want to drop a raisin into Champagne.

But then if I opened a bottle, I'd have to drink the Champagne, or it would go flat.

[tonyav]

LOL, reminds me of school days, 'The Purple Nurple'.

[Davethedog]

http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp

[ummmm]

7. Not true :-)

[joggerjayne]

Well, Robert Burns uses the word "curple" in one of his poems.

Although, to be fair, I think he just used to make words up.

[jake-the-peg]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=borange&defid=978780

What is this 10 urban myths to be debunked? :c)

What's left standing?

[anneasquith]

no, 6 . always handy to know, thanks

[Bazile]

In those pictures , they are not licking the 'pointy ' bit of their elbow

[RATTER15]

Fail!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHSF0RKZEs

[snags]

How much more 'pointy' do you want? ;-p

http://static.neatorama.com/images/2008-03/lick-elbow.jpg

[jim360]

1. Appears to be true but perhaps exaggerated -- certianly the mucus needs to be regenerated to avoid serious damage.

2. Can't validate this but probably true.

3. What about hirple, etc., chilver etc., and sporange?

4. There is no evidence that Scorpions do this -- search for videos. Most times the scorpion just gets well mad and attacks the alcohol. Won't kill itself though.

5. Another Urban myth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb

7. Some people can lick their elbows, but most cannot.

8. Urban myth.

9. Casimir Zeglen invented the first (commercially available) bulletproof vest; Daniel Maseres, Abraham Wivell and Henry Vieregg the Fire escape; and Gary Starkwether the laser printer. Windscreen wipers are the only one of the list invented by a woman, Mary Anderson.

10. True.

[mccfluff]

i can't lick my elbow, can't even get close (im not sitting in the office trying it, honest...)

[snags]

You sure you're doing it right? (you know that saying 'don't know your harris from your elbow')...

[mccfluff]

yes, one's pointy and one.. isnt