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He who trains his tongue to quote the

learned sages, will be known far and

wide as a smart ass.

- Howard Kandel

 

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

- Unknown

 

It is generally agreed that "Hello" is an appropriate greeting because if you

entered a room and said "Goodbye,"

it could confuse a lot of people.

- Dolph Sharp

 

"Tattoed" Baby

"Tattoo" Baby courtesy 2KAD

 

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

In 1970, a group of people were arrested at Highgate cemetery for intent to harm...a vampire! The vampire is rumored to still be around today.

Prisoners in a California jail were so spooked by a Ouija board they made that Priests were called in to cast out the demons. The convicts had summoned up spirits, including a woman who told them how she was murdered.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

After complaining about the smell in their room, a couple staying in a hotel in the United States discovered the body of a murdered girl under their bed.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Ants always fall over on their right side when intoxicated.

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.

Starfish haven't got brains.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

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

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

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

Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is contaminated with bacteria.

Homely criminals get 50% longer jail sentences, on average, than good-looking criminals.

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

If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

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.

 

 

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Sign Screw Up

SOPT? Courtesy University of Texas

 

 

 

 

 

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