Fun Facts

1. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
2. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
3. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
4. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
5. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
6. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
7. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
8. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
9. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
10. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
11. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in The air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in The air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the Horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
12. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
13. AND FINALLY At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
14. Your hair and nails grow after you die
15. If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white

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Originally Posted by Cycofan1

1. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in The air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in The air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the Horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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snopes.com: Statue Code

Otherwise, good stuff.

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Originally Posted by JHudd

snopes.com: Statue Code

Otherwise, good stuff.

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I was really really bored.

i'm gonna cry foul on the golf one as well

snopes.com: Golf: Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden?

additionally the hair and nails one is false
snopes.com: Fingernails Grow After Death

and the youngest pope is up for debate

WikiAnswers - True or false was the youngest pope ten years old

still you're still getting about a C+ so, good show

The goldfish one isn't true either:

If I Leave My Goldfish in the Dark, Will it Turn White?

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Originally Posted by Cycofan1

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

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How the **** is this possible?!

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Originally Posted by Cycofan1

1. AND FINALLY At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
2. Your hair and nails grow after you die
3. If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white

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finally is usually considered something that you use on the last item of a list.

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Originally Posted by isucyfan

The goldfish one isn't true either:

If I Leave My Goldfish in the Dark, Will it Turn White?

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hRodsan18a.jpg

So, #13 is true, and the rest are false?

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Originally Posted by balken

So, #13 is true, and the rest are false?

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I guess so. I got them all from the same website.

People can lick their own elbows, too.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6bTHuomDUw]YouTube - I can lick my elbow!![/ame]

Would somebody please tell me how #7 is possible?

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Originally Posted by LeBron

Would somebody please tell me how #7 is possible?

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I'm not going to link it because it shows her nude when she was pregnant, but look on Wikipedia about Lina Medina, who was 5 when she gave birth.

More facts.

1. You can't spit in your own ear.
2. Doorknobs are made of polished coral.
3. Gorillas are the only primate (other than man) capable of moonwalking.
4. Method Man has no method and is not a man.
5. Beavers sometimes illuminate the insides of their burrows by using their tails to smear smashed fireflies on the walls.
6. What kind of a name is "Bullwinkle" for a moose?