Teach me something new today....

A human can run downhill faster than a grizzly bear.

Datsun1500 wrote:

Keith wrote: It is impossible to lick your own elbow. I know what you're doing right now.

Nope. I have a buddy that can do it. He wins bar bets quite a bit

Is this the urban legend that has something to do with having a rib removed?

The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

Probably a repost

jrw1621 wrote:

Datsun1500 wrote:

Keith wrote: It is impossible to lick your own elbow. I know what you're doing right now.

Nope. I have a buddy that can do it. He wins bar bets quite a bit

Is this the urban legend that has something to do with having a rib removed?

Long tongue.

SVreX wrote:

jrw1621 wrote:

Datsun1500 wrote:

Keith wrote: It is impossible to lick your own elbow. I know what you're doing right now.

Nope. I have a buddy that can do it. He wins bar bets quite a bit

Is this the urban legend that has something to do with having a rib removed?

Long tongue.

Can he say this?:

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

JoeyM wrote:

ultraclyde wrote: When Armadillos reproduce, they always have quadruplets..

identical quadruplets Here's another really weird reproductive fact: Most mammals have two sex chromosomes (XX or XY), but platypus have ten sex chromosomes

ummm got 3 here thankyou

In reply to KATYB:

Klinefelter's?

osterkraut yes....

however do not like admitting that it is klinefelters

Salanis wrote: A human can run downhill faster than a grizzly bear.

until he trips and falls?

you can't keep your eyes open while you sneeze

Most mammals have two sex chromosomes (XX or XY), but platypus have ten sex chromosomes

ummm got 3 here thankyou

hey, I said MOST

KATYB wrote: however do not like admitting that it is klinefelters

Now I'm really confused....

Woody wrote:

KATYB wrote: however do not like admitting that it is klinefelters

Now I'm really confused....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter%27s_syndrome

wbjones wrote: you can't keep your eyes open while you sneeze

Urban legend. Or at least I can...I heard this and did some experiments with black pepper...and yes, I could keep my eyes open. Was really weird feeling, but, I still got my eyeballs. In my face. The things you do when boredom and curiosity cross...

In 1996 Craig Lowndes won 16 V8Supercar races for an average of 53.33%

Why do we vote on the first Tuesday in November?

Because by then the mud roads will have frozen and our wagon wheels won't get stuck in the ruts and the crops have been harvested and Tuesday so we don't have to travel to the County Seat to vote by wagon on the Sabbath and because by then the businesses will have balanced their monthly books.

aircooled wrote: Why do we vote on the first Tuesday in November? Because by then the mud roads will have frozen and our wagon wheels won't get stuck in the ruts and the crops have been harvested and Tuesday so we don't have to travel to the County Seat to vote by wagon on the Sabbath and because by then the businesses will have balanced their monthly books.

Now, that's EXCELLENT trivia.

There are 2,027 bridges in New York City

John Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge, Delaware Aqueduct, and the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge un the mid 1800s. All are still in use today.

Don't whiz on the electric fence.

You don't tug on Superman's cape

48/2(9+3)=288

Some things I learnt this week:

The LD50 (i.e. lethal dose in 50% of cases) of Brown sugar is 29,700 mg/kg. Comparatively, the LD50 of Opium is 175 mg/kg.

Lycoperdon is a genus of 'puffball' mushrooms. 'Lyco', and 'perdon' translate from Greek to mean 'wolf' and 'break wind' respectively, hence the mushroom's common name of 'wolf fart'.

The handbrake on a Classic Saab 900 is located on the front wheels.

triumph5 wrote:

wbjones wrote: you can't keep your eyes open while you sneeze

Urban legend. Or at least I can...I heard this and did some experiments with black pepper...and yes, I could keep my eyes open. Was really weird feeling, but, I still got my eyeballs. In my face. The things you do when boredom and curiosity cross...

congrats.... I've tried and tried ... and for at least an instant my eyes blink.. I didn't mean they shut for seconds on end.... I can't keep them from blinking

KATYB wrote: yes....

and now I'm confused....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter's_syndrome