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This'll catch you lot off guard!


In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.

In seventy-five years the human heart pumps 3,122,000,000 gallons of blood, enough to fill in oil tanker over 46 times!

In Scotland, Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the restaurant was subsequently boycotted.

After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

In Salem, Massachesetts sleeping in the nude in a rented room is forbidden, even for married couples.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from.

In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.

In playing poker, there is one chance in 500 of drawing a flush.

In Shakespeare, Rosalind, the heroine of "As You Like It", has more lines than any of Shakespeare's female characters. Cleopatra comes in second with 670 lines and third place belongs to Imogen ("Cymbeline"), with 591 lines.

In Scituate, Rhode Island it is illegal to keep a flock of chickens in your motorhome if you live in a trailer park.

In Saratoga, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.

All mammals have tongues.

Alexander H. Stephens was Jefferson Davis's Vice President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Alekthophilia is the love of chickens.

Adding sugar to coffee is believed to have started in 1715, in the court of King Louis XIV, the French monarch.

According to an Old English system of time units, a moment is considered to be one and a half minutes.

According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

According to a global survey in 1997 by Durex Condoms Canadians are the world's fourth worst lovers. The worst three slots belong to South Africa, Russia, and Poland.

Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.

Abraham Lincoln had to go across the street to the War Department to get news from the battlefield because there was no telegraph in the White House.

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.

About 80% of the city was burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.

About 55% of all movies are rated R. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.

About 24% of the total ground area of Los Angeles is said to be committed to automobiles.

About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk.

ABBA GOLD has been in the UK charts for over 280 weeks, thats over 5 years!

A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.

A total of 63 errors were made in the 1886 World Series.

A teaspoon of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons.
Posted 28 Jan 2008

On a BAD day!!

1. The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez
oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of
the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild
amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they
were both eaten by a killer whale.

2. A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to
a carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his
reactions. After weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with
an ax leaving her mentally retarded.

3. In 1992, Frank Perkins of Los Angeles made an attempt on the
world flagpole-sitting record. Suffering from the flu he came
down eight hours short of the 400 day record, his sponsor had gone
bust, his girlfriend had left him and his phone and electricity had
been cut off.

4. A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking
frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist
towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from
the deadly current she whacked him with a handy plank of wood by
the back door, breaking his arm in two places. Till that moment
he had been happily listening to his Walkman.

5. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of
sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two
thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling
the two hapless protesters to death.

6. Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a
letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it.
Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits!!
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Amazing 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.

If you fart constantly for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

A pig's lasts for 30 minutes.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Polar bears are left handed.

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

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.

Some lions have s** over 50 times a day!

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

A cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Starfishes haven't got brains.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime-time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Smartest dogs 1) Scottish border collie 2) Poodle 3) Golden retriever.

Dumbest: Afghan hound.

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. Oh nooooo... Does this mean Redheads???

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, "G.P."

The Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as When it was built in the 1940s,

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-stars Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

DID YOU KNOW (??)

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle"

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.

9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.

10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

13. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.

17. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented.

18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before.

21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver.

22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)

27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb

28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!


30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in
May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, as time passed they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water; followed by his sons, and other men living under the same roof. Then came the women and finally the children. Last of all were the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it, hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw, piled high-with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and
other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it
became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof, thus
came the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." ?


There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house either. This
posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could
really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet
hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came
into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than
dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor."


The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet,
so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As
the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the
door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the
entrance way creating a "thresh hold."


In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always
hung over the fire. Every day they lighted the fire and added things to
the pot. They ate mostly vegetables without much meat. They would eat the
stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight, then start
over the next day. Often times the kettle contained the same stew for quite
a while, hence the rhyme, "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas
porridge in the pot nine days old."


Families that could obtain pork considered themselves quite special. When
visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was an
outward sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." Another
indication was to cut off a sliver of bacon to share with guests and sit
around to "chew the fat."


Those with money had plates made of pewter. Unknowingly at the time, food
with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food,
causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes,
so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.


Most people did not have pewter plates, but had trenchers, a piece of wood
with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Often trenchers were made from
stale bread, which was so old and hard that they could be reused for quite some
time. Trenchers were never washed, and worms and mold got into the wood
and old bread. After eating off wormy, moldy trenchers, one would get "trench
mouth."

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of
the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would
sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along
roadside would often take them for dead, and prepare them for burial.
The "deceased" were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days,
and families would gather around, and eat, drink and wait to see if the person
would wake up, thus began the custom of holding a "wake."

England is old and small, and the locals started running out of places to
bury people. They would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a
"bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening coffins, 1 out of 25
coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside. Realizing they
had been burying people alive came the thought of looping a string around the
wrist of the corpse, through a hole in the coffin, and up through the
ground attached to a bell. Someone had to sit in the graveyard all night long --
the "Graveyard Shift" -- to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved
by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."


In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in
old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at
to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's
where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's.


Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle
baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a
refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your >
whistle," is the phrase inspired by this practice.

In ancient England a person could not have s** unless you had
consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When
anyone wanted to have a baby, they got the consent of the King and the
King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were
having sex. The placard had F. *. *. K. on it (Fornication Under
Consent of the King). Now you know where that came from.

Posted 17 Apr 2008

Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight. Elton comes from Elton Dean, a Bluesology sax player. John comes from Long John Baldry, founder of Blues Inc. They were the first electric white blues band ever seen in England-

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

The original plan for Disneyland included a Lilliputland.

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

The "ZIP" in Zip Code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."

Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Even More Amazing Facts

Did You Know That:

Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers."
Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.

Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with
mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids
peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.

Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in 1
cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a
massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.

Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1
tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.

Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two
tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms.
Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly
even though the product was never been advertised for this use.

Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey
and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin
sterile, and speeds healing Works overnight.

Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail
fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.

Easy eyeglass protection.. To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from
loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to
the threads of the screws before tightening them.

Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just
saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The
phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.

Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps,
hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the
insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground
instantly.

Smart splinter remover...just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the
splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter
sticks to the dried glue.

Hunt's tomato paste boil cure...cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste
as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the
boil to a head.

Balm for broken blisters...To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few
drops of Listerine... a powerful antiseptic.

Heinz vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and
apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and
speeds up the healing process.

Kills fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few
drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to
avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas.

Rainy day cure for dog odor... Next time your dog comes in from the rain,
simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly
making your dog smell springtime fresh.

Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in
your cat's ear Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily
for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and
accelerates healing.

Quaker Oats for fast pain relief....It's not for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

oops sholly actually itne dhe se pages hain mein ne kuch read nhi kye islye aisa hua



Oh OK, it's cool, don't worry about it.



sho nice of u my gulab jaman
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

nhi wo cigeratte nhi peti



Lol, tauba tauba!!

Hum cigarette nahi, aggarbatti sung tai hai haan!!

Lol!


Haila Aggarbatti sung k meri sans ruk jati hai
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
Miss mine said:


gr8 work rapu


missy me ne sareh nai parhe jo parhe hai wahhhh    



thhnxx sweetie

credit goes to Missy
Posted 17 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
mein ne abhi aik post parhi hai but its really nice sweety
Posted 17 Apr 2008

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

oops sholly actually itne dhe se pages hain mein ne kuch read nhi kye islye aisa hua



Oh OK, it's cool, don't worry about it.



sho nice of u my gulab jaman


Gulaab Jamun ...

Posted 18 Apr 2008

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

nhi wo cigeratte nhi peti



Lol, tauba tauba!!

Hum cigarette nahi, aggarbatti sung tai hai haan!!

Lol!


Haila Aggarbatti sung k meri sans ruk jati hai


Lol awwww!!
Don't worry, aap kai pass aggarbatti nahi rakho ghee!!
Posted 18 Apr 2008

rapunzel said:

mein ne abhi aik post parhi hai but its really nice sweety



Thank you jaanu.
Posted 18 Apr 2008


nice sharing...
kahan sai itni info collect kar rahi hain...
Posted 21 Apr 2008

hiya man kewl things keep it up!!!!!
Posted 21 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

oops sholly actually itne dhe se pages hain mein ne kuch read nhi kye islye aisa hua



Oh OK, it's cool, don't worry about it.



sho nice of u my gulab jaman


Gulaab Jamun ...



gulab jaman ka naam sun k mera bi yehi haal hota hai
Posted 21 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

nhi wo cigeratte nhi peti



Lol, tauba tauba!!

Hum cigarette nahi, aggarbatti sung tai hai haan!!

Lol!


Haila Aggarbatti sung k meri sans ruk jati hai


Lol awwww!!
Don't worry, aap kai pass aggarbatti nahi rakho ghee!!


shuker hai agay aik do sin se fever ki wajah se mera sans acha khasa ruka hai
Posted 21 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

mein ne abhi aik post parhi hai but its really nice sweety



Thank you jaanu.


mosst welcum sweets
Posted 21 Apr 2008

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

oops sholly actually itne dhe se pages hain mein ne kuch read nhi kye islye aisa hua



Oh OK, it's cool, don't worry about it.



sho nice of u my gulab jaman


Gulaab Jamun ...



gulab jaman ka naam sun k mera bi yehi haal hota hai


Lol, I'm not the only one then.
Posted 21 Apr 2008

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

nhi wo cigeratte nhi peti



Lol, tauba tauba!!

Hum cigarette nahi, aggarbatti sung tai hai haan!!

Lol!


Haila Aggarbatti sung k meri sans ruk jati hai


Lol awwww!!
Don't worry, aap kai pass aggarbatti nahi rakho ghee!!


shuker hai agay aik do sin se fever ki wajah se mera sans acha khasa ruka hai


Awww, mera baby, lol.

Aab tabiyat kaise hai janu?
Posted 21 Apr 2008

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

mein ne abhi aik post parhi hai but its really nice sweety



Thank you jaanu.


mosst welcum sweets


Posted 21 Apr 2008

**sensational** said:

hiya man kewl things keep it up!!!!!



Shukariyah jee.
Posted 21 Apr 2008

Rehan M Din said:


nice sharing...
kahan sai itni info collect kar rahi hain...



Lol, maine aap koh pehle bhi bataya hain janab.

The net.
Posted 21 Apr 2008


net to boht bara hai...
thora sa limitize karain na...
Posted 22 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

rapunzel said:

oops sholly actually itne dhe se pages hain mein ne kuch read nhi kye islye aisa hua



Oh OK, it's cool, don't worry about it.



sho nice of u my gulab jaman


Gulaab Jamun ...



gulab jaman ka naam sun k mera bi yehi haal hota hai


Lol, I'm not the only one then.


ofcouse
Posted 22 Apr 2008

Rapunzel says
MISS SCORPIO said:



Awww, mera baby, lol.

Aab tabiyat kaise hai janu?



im fine now sweetie wht abt ur sadness
Posted 22 Apr 2008

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