Amazing facts

**Kim** · 09-16-2001, 07:51 AM

to lighten the mood for a bit. I make no claims to the accuracy of these "facts"

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee
(Hardly seems worth it)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb (Now that's more like it)

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

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (In my next life I want to be a pig)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy) (I'm still not over the pig)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Do not try this at home .. maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the....")

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes...can you imagine??)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity.)

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm........)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump. (OK, so that would be a good thing....)

A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed. (Who knew...? Who cares!)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about the pig?)

**irwin** · 09-16-2001, 09:04 AM

I think the Gluteus Maximus is the strongest muscle, not the tongue. Hmm

**welfareloser** · 09-16-2001, 09:13 AM

Originally posted by Passwird
I think the Gluteus Maximus is the strongest muscle, not the tongue. Hmm

it depends on what you mean by strongest. ther is amount of force per pound of muscle, or total strenght, and there are different ways of measuring "strength" that give you different results.

and the mantids one is false (so every entomolgist tells me with a lot of eye-rolling.)

but i have verified the cockroach one. nine days is a maximum... but two days is no problem. they die cuz of dehydration, not starvation.

just to add to the pig thing... that must be why the porcine phallus is a bony corkscrew shape - it is shaped like that to keep the female from disengaging, and i guess you would have to have something like that if it was going to take you that long...

many other primates have sex for pleasure.

**Cheesypuff** · 09-16-2001, 09:13 AM

30 minutes....gee....Only if you can be a lion and a pig.

**Speedfreak** · 09-16-2001, 09:31 AM

Originally posted by Passwird
I think the Gluteus Maximus is the strongest muscle, not the tongue. Hmm

or jaw?

**Nanotech9** · 09-16-2001, 10:44 AM

shorter than what?... there are no righthanded polar bears, so whats the bar (no pun intended) for measuring their lifespan?

**M_A_C** · 09-16-2001, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by Passwird
I think the Gluteus Maximus is the strongest muscle, not the tongue. Hmm

Actually the strongest muscle in the body, by far, is the heart.

**Jenny** · 09-16-2001, 12:42 PM

LOL Kim, those were hysterical! Thanks for the laugh!

**The Happy Squirrel** · 09-16-2001, 03:39 PM

i can some up my feelings on this entire tread in ord word

"OINK"

**Sir_Froggy** · 09-16-2001, 06:37 PM

wow! that's amazing!

ya know wut else is a fact?

1. I can't touch the pedals in a car
2. A cow can smell something 7 miles away
3. Mosquitoes are attracted to someone that has just eaten a banana
4. The longest cab ride was from Europe (not sure where) to Egypt (not sure where either)
5. In California it is illegal to or is a law that: Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses, Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship, Bathhouses are against the law, It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale, Women may not drive in a house coat, No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour,

In Hollywood it is illegal to: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.

In Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.

In Los Angeles: It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent, You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time, Toads may not be licked, Zoot suits are prohibited

In San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar, The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.

In San Francisco: Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash, Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street (darn it i can't walk anywhere in SF), It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.

In Temecula: Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. at all times.

ok that's all i decided to do for California..i'll do one for every state just to show i'm not racist against other states

or would that be stateist?

i'mma hafta think bout that....or one of u could answer it for me

**Nanotech9** · 09-16-2001, 07:07 PM

those are hella funny d00d

(Psst, its Biased, not racist.

)

**Sir_Froggy** · 09-16-2001, 07:23 PM

i know it's not racism

but statecism?
as in against people from a different state?
like some people are in the state of reality and other in the state of denial ahahahahh it's stupid but i think it's hilarious

just if u see my laffing in any of my posts just ignore it...i laff at my own jokes