Interesting facts

[pericat]

It is physically impossible to lick your own elbow
A pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes
Right handed people live on average 9 years longer than left handed people
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
Pearls melt in vinegar
Turtles can breathe through their butts
Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of a keyboard
Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow

[snags]

I couldn't reach my elbow so I went for something else... couldn't lick that either...

[daffy654]

Number 4 is definitely not a fact peri :(
There was an episode of QI where they proved that a certain type and size of paper could be folded in half at least 12 times.

[daffy654]

http://pomonahistorical.org/12times.htm

[AndThenSome]

I licked someone else's elbow, unfortunately for me it was an elbow that belonged to a smelly hobo on my street corner, one good thing is that he was so shocked wont be asking me for change anymore....

[pericat]

thanks daffy - i believe you - its not something that I would experiment with - who has the time for these things - so now i know that thats not right and snags cant reach his toes

[Postdog]

and you haven't seen my tongue.....

[AndThenSome]

Was that Mythbusters or braniac daffy?

[daffy654]

I had always thought it was 6 times before that episode of QI, so if I hadn't watched it I would have been none the wiser either.lol
I definitely don't have the time or inclination to sit here experimenting with paper folding either :-)

[craft1948]

god it's no good being a pig if you've a bus to catch............

[snags]

''A pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes ''

Who discovered that fact? :-(

[Stephen_G]

Mythbusters doing the paper fold and succeeding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAEBbotuIE

[craft1948]

snags haven't you seen Animal Farm?

[snags]

''snags haven't you seen Animal Farm?''

Yes I have... but obviously not the same 'version' you have...

[scotman]

This reminds me of the old question

Why do male dogs lick their testicles?

[carrust]

Because they can scotman

[lilsecret]

The longest English word typable using only the top row of letters has 11 letters: rupturewort. Similar words with 10 letters include: pepperwort, perpetuity, proprietor, typewriter, requietory, repertoire, tripertite and pourriture.

[flobadob]

http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/