Strange but True Facts

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Strange but True Facts

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but men s noses and ears never stop growing.

When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to

mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.

Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

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

[stoic-one 1,544]

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Could have sworn mythbusters on the discovery channel disproved this one....

[WarTim 3,456]

At certain times, I have a memory span of 30 seconds....Still working on that.

[autigger 0]

Sometimes mine is shorter than 30 seconds. Like yesterday i called to amek a tanning appointment and as soon as i hung up the phone i had already forgotten what time i made it for....lol

[Tigerdog 0]

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Could have sworn mythbusters on the discovery channel disproved this one....

Saw that one too.

They did disprove and "bust" that myth

great show.

also proved in a controlled environment that by walking in the rain you get less wet than running!

[CarolinaTiger 0]

how do people ever measure such thigns?

[Aubie16 1]

Sorry MDM4AU....but I'm gonna have to prove another of the things on your list...There was never an American Flag on a Canadian bill...

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/English/BoC/Flag_Rumour.htm

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Oh well. you would think I would have learned by now about posting silly e-mails!