Did you know? Some interesting but little-known facts
Monday, October 2nd, 2006
1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
3. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
8. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath..
9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
10. People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a millisecond.
11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
12. The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
2007-11-01 12:29:51 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I didn't know some of these. I thank you for expanding my knowledge with this valuable information in the senior section here tonight. This will greatly increase the appearance of intelligence when I meet with my friends at Hardee's for a biscuit. I believe now I will be adequately equipped in the brains department to go to any BINGO parlor in town. I no longer must be a recluse, but can go out into civilized society and not be sneered at because of my lack of intellect. LOL
I love it, no matter what they throw at you, you still got that quick wit. Keep up the good work. lol
2007-11-01 13:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hey Suzie S....You have truly enlightened me, I only knew 4 of those and it wasn't the one about the elbow as I discovered! I feel like I can go out with daughter and her friends for her Bachlorette party Saturday night and have many good ideas to open some conversations!! Thanks for the info!!! When pigs roll in the mud how come they can't see the sky? Gold wing...For YEARS I have thought that Coca Cola originally had cocaine in it. Chatty N why didn't they make it a green Santa suit? Am I messing something here??? Luvsprbs you are too funny! Suzie S. you are a riot!!
2007-11-01 13:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by Meeshmai 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wow, no more intelligent questions, my brain is about to explode!! Just for the heck of it I tried to lick my elbow and by gosh I could not do it. Okay, Coke-Cola was not named after codeine. The name Coke is exactly what was put in the drink. It was Cocaine. That is the correct intelligence I know for sure and I know that you can use Coke is used for other than drinking. Okay, can we go back to our way of asking questions. I would like to know who asked or said we need more intelligent questions. I love how we had it and with the questions you have posed are way intelligent than what I could have produced and you showed everyone WE have INTELLIGENCE!!! We or I need more of the other questions.
2007-11-02 05:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by sherry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would love ...LOVE to have some of that (make that a barrel) of the original coca cola .... it was loaded with codeine! (hence its name) It was the original "feel good" drink, that is for sure, invented by a pharmacist!
I cannot lick my elbow, but I am jealous of my doggie!
JUdging from many of the men I have seen, I am surprised that women open their eyes long enough to blink !
I have a friend who fractured a rib by coughing..does that count?
Peace and love, Goldwing
2007-11-01 12:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Did you know Coca Cola invented Santa Claus' red outfit.
And i nearly pulled a muscle trying to lick my elbow :P
2007-11-01 12:34:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know Coke was green....but the rest I already knew.
Heres one. Take a woman and a man....backs up against the wall...heels too....who can bend over and pick up a box off the floor? Bend over...not squat and lift. Not a heavy box either. Back, butt, shoulders and heels against the wall...bend over and pick up an empty box.
2007-11-01 12:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
i knew the coca cola bottle was green, but i drank coca cola in the 30s an d it wasnt green. wonder when it was THAT color. did you know that it originally had cocaine in it?
2007-11-01 16:06:42 · answer #7 · answered by oldtimer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont understand the question but very interesting anyway.Thanks.
2007-11-01 12:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that's impressive and very interesting...thanks for that.
2007-11-01 12:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thanks suzie. I love trivia and useless knowledge and often collect this stuff myself. You had several I did not have yet.
2007-11-01 13:32:37 · answer #10 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋