Strange Facts

I love reading strange facts. Do you have any? Let me share one. Nobody can sneeze with their eyes open. :DYour turn!

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you cannot lick your elbow.

your turn.

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We humans get a little taller in space because there is no gravity pulling us down.

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^cool! How about this one: an apple, a potato, and onion taste the same with your nose pinched closed and your eyes closed.

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some people say the same thing about their wife's cooking - and they dont even have to pinch the nose or close the eyes.

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Roughly 1% of static on an analogue TV is light from the beginning of the universe.

Its incredible really, that is light from 13.7 billion years ago, just arriving to us. Deep.

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Water is the only element/compound that when becomes solid, becomes less dense.

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Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones
You are more bacteria than you are you!! :eek:

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You got that from the BBC's Everything and Nothing didn't you? Awesome fact though.

I find that hard to believe.

Random fact: It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times.

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Neat thread. Here is one, stomach continuously produces a new mucus layer every few weeks or else it would digest itself because of the acidity.

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digestion process starts at the thought of food. enzymes and acids start secreting as soon as the food comes in sight...raal Tapakne lagtii hai :D

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Throughout your life, the amount of saliva you produce can fill up two swimming pools.

ermmm

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human veins/arteries are over 50,000 miles long

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^
wow!!

We can't tickle ourselves. Even if we are ticklish to the max!!

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:cb: I like this thread…

more than strange, i found this fact to be amazing :

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

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Bone is five times stronger than steel.

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aaliyah!! long time no c!! :wave:

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Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour.** Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It’s due to the super-speedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.**

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OMG yes!!! How r u? hope ur good..congratzz on being a MOD!

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60 to 70 % of communication is non-verbal.