To: Gary Taylor who wrote (13413 ) 2/11/2000 1:18:00 PM From: John Carragher Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62552
>Just some facts...if you're bored. > >If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced >enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it!) > >*If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced >to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now, that's more like it!) > >*The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to >squirt blood 30 feet. > >*A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (In my next life, I want to be a >pig!) > >*Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Still not >over that pig thing!) > >*Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (Is >that why Flipper was always smiling? And, why isn't the pig included in >this list?) > >*On average people fear spiders more than they do death. > >*The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmm.....) > >*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. (From drinking >little bottles of...? Did the gov't pay for this research??) > >*Polar bears are left handed. (Who knew???...Who cares!) > >*The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping >the length of a football field. > >*A cockroach will live nine days without it's head before it starves to >death. > >*The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its >body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off. ("Honey, I'm >home. What the....") > >*Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be a pig...quality >over quantity!) > >*Butterflies taste with their feet. (Oh, jeez!) > >*Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. > >*An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like >that.) > >*Starfish don't have brains. (I know some people like that too!) > >*Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown. BUT, it >only takes 14 muscles to extend your arm and smack them upside the head. > and if you didn't find that funny,