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To: Carole Olkowski who wrote (10649)	7/12/1999 2:06:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 62549

Fun Facts: A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. A snail can sleep for three years. All polar bears are left handed. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. Babies are born without knee caps. They don?t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. Butterflies taste with their feet Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about 10. Cats urine glows under a black light. China has more English speaking people than the United States. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear any pants. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. Elephants are the only animals that can?t jump. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human?s neck. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. Michael Jordan has more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. No word in the English language rhymes with month. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years Longer than left-handed people do. Shakespeare invented the words ?assassination? and ?bump?. Some lions mate over 50 times a day. Starfish haven?t got brains. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

To: Carole Olkowski who wrote (10649)	7/12/1999 2:27:00 PM
From: Tomato	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

> =================================================== > > The Devil's Visit > > Sunday morning services were going very smoothly when suddenly a flash > > of light and smoke appeared in front of the pulpit followed by a large > > "BOOM". When the smoke cleared, the astonished congregation saw a red > > figure complete with horns, pitchfork and tail. > > Immediately, panic set in. People crowded through the doors, trampling > > each other in their rush to get away. Satan watched the retreat with > > great glee, but his mood was disturbed by the sight of one man still > > lounging comfortably in his pew. > > "Do you not know who I am?", Satan thundered. > > The man's reply was nonchalant, "Sure I do." > > Satan was puzzled. "Do you not fear me?" > > "Nope." > > "Why not?" > > The man snorted, "What for? I've been married to your sister for 35 > > years!" >