I ran across this - some of the most bizarre factoids I have ever read... thought I would share:
# Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam. [just think if everyone did this.. their computers would combust!!!]
"Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises." 
"SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below." 
# In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi. Poor, poor first astronaut that actually had this happen.. heynet or no???
# The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa. and then the saying.. "we're not in Kansas anymore" will be dead on!!! 
# The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.
# Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling. [Thank you very kindly I would rather itch and swell]
# The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over. [OK, who tried this??? ]
# The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.
# The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
# Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.
# Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard. (I know you just checked....  )
The volume of water that the Giant Sequoia tree consumes in a 24-hour period contains enough suspended minerals to pave 17.3 feet of a 4-lane concrete freeway.
Because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROMs, microfiche and the Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations under the weight of their books are now in danger of collapsing in extremely high winds.
In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation. [This one I kind of believe.] 
Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.
University of Virginia researchers released a study promoting the practice of nose picking, claiming that the health benefits of keeping nasal passages free from
infectious blockages far outweigh the negative social connotations.
If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey. [Seems like somebody forgot about the Conservation of
Matter law.]
Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms. [Get out the paint brushes and rollers, boys.] 
# You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
# Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons. [ewwwww... I can see all the parents running .. looking to grab the silly putty]
# The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver. [ I don't even wanna know how they found that out!!!]
# A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White. [oh, yeah babbbbeee] 
# Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water. 
Continued in comment below.. just because some were soooo good
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luvshorses644
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Jun 6 @ 8:44AM
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# Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-hour baseball game. [will this persuade more men toward the soaps... nah... doubt it]
# To human taste buds, Zima is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine. [who was the poor schmuck that actually had that zebra urine glass in the testing booth????]
# Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a game. For Canadians who don't play hockey, that figure drops to five out of ten. [what?????]
# A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet. [Finally, great news for that dog named Toby in the commercials where the kid tells his mom Toby had learned a new trick and he was draggin his arzzz on the carpet!!!]
# Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes use it for lantern fuel. [again, how the heck????]
# At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.
# Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas. [just how in the hell did they find that out???? hmmmmmm????]
# Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs. [wow... almost like this---> ]
# Centuries ago, purchasing real estate often required having one or more limbs amputated in order to prevent the purchaser from running away to avoid repayment of the loan. Hence an expensive purchase was said to cost "an arm and a leg." [and now we know "the rest of the story".. thanks to Paul Harvey for that one]
# Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during summer months.
# Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today.
# If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian. [I can see everyone looking at theirs and making some quick changes.. or not]
# When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.
# The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
# Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards.
# In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
# It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
# The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers.
# The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun.
# The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.
Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.
That's all folks.. so cram that index finger up your nose and be careful while eating your Doritos
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lazareth
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Jun 6 @ 2:56PM
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OMG ! Just think who you could impress at a dull party with some of this lol.... I;m saving this to my favorites 
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daisy315
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Jun 12 @ 3:46PM
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Facinating! ~*~
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