Sunday, August 21, 2011

DO YOU KNOWN FACTS ?

  A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won’t.
  
The growth rate of some bamboo plants can reach three feet (91.44 cm) per day.

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

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

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.

One of the longest English words that can be typed using the top row of a typewriter (allowing multiple uses of letters) is ‘typewriter.

AM and PM stand for “Ante-Meridian” and “Post-Meridian,” respectively, and A.D. actually stands for “Anno Domini” rather than “After Death.

When a giraffe’s baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.

To “testify” was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

Twelve or more cows are known as a “flink.”

A group of frogs is called an army

A group of rhinos is called a crash

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

A group of whales is called a pod

A group of geese is called a gaggle.

A group of ravens is called a murder.

A group of officers is called a mess.

A group of larks is called an exaltation.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Barbie’s measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. (Are those measurements worth diamond rings?)

111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 equals 12,345,678,987,654,321 


When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.

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