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More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call

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3.95 Stars | 19 ratings

It is impossible to lick your elbow

25 reviews

3.19 Stars | 26 ratings

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language

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4.00 Stars | 10 ratings

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die

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4.13 Stars | 8 ratings

Rats and horses can't vomit

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4.00 Stars | 10 ratings

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

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3.90 Stars | 10 ratings

A shrimp's heart is in their head

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4.33 Stars | 6 ratings

By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school

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3.70 Stars | 10 ratings

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks

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3.67 Stars | 12 ratings

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times

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3.50 Stars | 8 ratings

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out

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3.43 Stars | 7 ratings

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants

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3.50 Stars | 8 ratings

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

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3.30 Stars | 10 ratings

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so)

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3.00 Stars | 11 ratings

A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere, and no one knows why

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2.71 Stars | 7 ratings

Koala bear fingerprints

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4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out

6 reviews

3.14 Stars | 7 ratings

In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders

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2.77 Stars | 13 ratings

Most lipstick contains fish scales

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3.40 Stars | 5 ratings

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

8 reviews

3.13 Stars | 8 ratings

Typewriter is the longest word that can be written with just one line of the keyboard/typewriter

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2.83 Stars | 6 ratings

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

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2.63 Stars | 8 ratings

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second

10 reviews

2.30 Stars | 10 ratings

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Little Known Facts...

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call

It is impossible to lick your elbow

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die

Rats and horses can't vomit

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

A shrimp's heart is in their head

By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so)

A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere, and no one knows why

Koala bear fingerprints

If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out

In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders

Most lipstick contains fish scales

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

Typewriter is the longest word that can be written with just one line of the keyboard/typewriter

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second

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