It's a little known fact. . .

[Ricwilly]

Turtles can breathe out of their butts.

You're kidding.

 

[AppleBiter]

You're kidding.

Nope.

· Some turtles are known to breathe underwater through their bottoms, especially during hibernation.

Here's a link, it's the 8th Turtle Fact on the list.

http://www.gonetoseascuba.com/Turtle_Facts.php

 

[Ricwilly]

Nope.



Here's a link, it's the 8th Turtle Fact on the list.

http://www.gonetoseascuba.com/Turtle_Facts.php

LOL Well that could really come in handy.

 

[EJFan]

the phrase "on the wagon" came from the days when jazz first began in new orleans. musicians would tour the city on the back of a wagon to promote their show... they had to be sober and play well to get people to come see them that night. hence, on the wagon.

the phrase "bumper crop" came from farmers hauling their produce to market. during seasons when crops did exceedingly well, they'd get loaded onto the truck and extend beyond the bumper to the point where they had to be tied in with rope.

louis armstrong took a laxative called "swiss kirss" every day of his life (i think i'm spelling that right).

 

[Quoll]

Unverified but scary if true.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

You don`t even want to know about wine.


More than 2,500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.

13 people are killed each year by vending machine's falling on them.


>> Odds of being killed by a dog - 1 in 700,000.

>> Odds of dying while in the bath tub - 1 in 1 million.

>> Odds of being killed by space debris - 1 in 5 billion.

>> Odds of being killed by poisoning - 1 in 86,000.

>> Odds of being killed by freezing - 1 in 3 million.

>> Odds of being killed by lightening - 1 in 2 million.

>> Odds of being killed in a car crash - 1 in 5,000.

>> Odds of being killed in a tornado - 1 in 2 million.

>> Odds of being killed by falling out of bed - 1 in 2 million.

>> Odds of being killed in a plane crash -1 in 25 million.

 

[EJFan]

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

judging by your punctuation, does this mean that there are many different insects contributing extermities rather than one, eight-legged insect contributing all of its?

because, speaking purely for myself, i like variety.

 

[Ezzy]

More Odds

Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1

Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 500,000,000 to 1

Odds of becoming a saint: 20,000,000 to 1

Odds of winning the California lottery: 13,000,000 to 1

Odds of becoming president: 10,000,000 to 1

Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1

Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1

Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1

Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1

Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1

Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1

Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 60,000 to 1

Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 22,000 to 1

Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1

Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1

Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1

Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1

Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1

Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1

Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1

Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1

Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1

Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1

Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1

Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1

Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1

Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1

Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1

Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1

Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1

Odds of being born a twin in North America: 90 to 1

Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation
accident: 77 to 1

Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1

Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1

Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1

Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 3 to 1

Odds that a person between the age of 18 and 29 does NOT read a newspaper regularly: 3 to 1

Odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1

Odds that an American adult does not want to live to age 120 under any circumstances: 3 to 2

Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1

Odds of beating thyroid or testicular cancer: 9 in 10

Odds of an American home having at least one container of ice cream in the freezer: 9 in 10.

Odds of American man developing cancer in his lifetime: 1 in 2

Odds of an American woman developing cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 3

Odds of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3

Odds of having a stroke: 1 in 6

Odds of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases: 1 in 6

Odds of getting prostate cancer: 1 in 6

Odds of getting arthritis: 1 in 7

Odds of getting breast cancer: 1 in 9

Odds of beating pancreatic or liver cancer: 1 in 9

Odds of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10

Odds of getting colon / rectal cancer: 1 in 26

Odds of developing schizophrenia: 1 in 100

Odds of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820

Odds that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next
100 years: 1 in 5,000

Odds of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380

Odds of dying from an assault: 1 in 16,421

Odds of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585

Odds of dying in a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 20,000

Odds of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666

Odds of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065

Odds of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames: 1 in 81,524

Odds of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787

Odds of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107

Odds of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319

Odds of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035

Odds of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000

Odds of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000

Odds of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000

Odds of dying from overexertion, travel or privation: 1 in 1,428,377

Odds of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000

Odds of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325

Odds of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325

Odds of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or
humans): 1 in 4,235,477

Odds of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564

Odds of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000

Odds of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556

Odds of dying from a mountain lion attack in California: 1 in 32,000,000

Odds of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000

Odds of dying from SARS in the United States: 1 in 100,000,000

Odds of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000

Odds that you read all the odds on this list 1 in 2.

Odds that you read all the evens on this list 1 in 2.

 

[Ezzy]

Odds of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325

Odds of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325

I thought this was interesting, that the legal execution rate and the death from venomous animal or poison plant are the same in the USA.

 

[Quoll]

judging by your punctuation, does this mean that there are many different insects contributing extermities rather than one, eight-legged insect contributing all of its?

because, speaking purely for myself, i like variety.

Having had some experience in confectionery making, I would have to say that variety is definitely the key, but I think the numbers are suprisingly low, although they are just quoting insects and not mammals or vegetation, but it is still better than wine.

 

[JustSkye]

That for every 150 or so orgasms you have ... it reduces the aging process by a year?


Did you know according to the Kinsey report , that 50 % of farmers have had sex with some of the livestock they have had??

US Patent #5,163,447 was granted to a whistling condom. When a small
sensor in the condom senses movement, it causes a tiny apparatus to
whistle "Dixie."
hahahahahah!


When a male bush cricket ejaculates, he loses about a quarter of his
body weight-contributing a massive ejaculate that the female hungrily
gobbles down as food. For an average human male, this would be about
fifty pounds of semen.


Deep Throat, the 1972 flick often cited as the first modern porno, was
made for only $22,000 but has raked in an estimated $600 million, giving
it the highest budget to box office ratio of any film, ever.



( more to come... this is a porn site ya know? )

 

[Quoll]

The Antechinus is notorious for its short and intense single mating season. At about 11 months of age, around August each year, males begin a two-week breeding frenzy, going all out to father as many young as possible. In this period each male will mate for about six hours at a time with as many females as it can. Not one male will be left alive at the end!

The stress of their vigorous search, furious mating, and aggressive encounters with other males with whom they compete for females, results in their death. Basically, they shag themselves to death! The females, on the other hand, usually go on to breed a second or third year.

 

[JustSkye]

18th century Swiss biologist Albrecht von Haller claimed to have come
across a woman with an abnormally large clitoris measuring no less than
seven inches long (18 cm).





New Semen Tracer Stains More Than Reputations

During the Middle Ages, legend has it that when dashing knights rode off
to war, they left their wives strapped into beltlike devices that made
any straying from their marital vows exceedingly uncomfortable, if not
downright impossible. But with a little help from chemistry -- and a new
product named "S-Check" -- today's women may be gaining the upper hand.

This latest weapon in the war between the sexes was developed by Safety
Tantei-sha, an Osaka investigation agency. It consists of two aerosol
containers which, when sprayed onto a man's undershorts, will reveal any
telltale traces of semen from a recent episode of intercourse.

"First you spray the contents from 'A' on his undershorts," explains
Takeshi Makino, president of Safety Tanteisha. "Then after two or three
minutes, you spray 'B.' Any secretions of semen on the shorts will glow
green.

"I suppose when a wife gets a positive reaction, she'll demand to know
who he's been doing it with."

Men who think they can avoid leaving telltale stains by urinating after
sex are advised to think again. It seems that minute amounts of semen
remain in the urinary tract and continue to be secreted for up to two
hours after ejaculation --and can be detected on the briefs even up to
one week afterward.

"The only way you can be sure your shorts are free of incriminating
evidence is to give them a thorough laundering" says Makino, who adds
that S-Check's ingredients are a trade secret. But Kaoru Sagisaka,
former chief medical examiner in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
tells Shukan Post 6/11/99 that his laboratory used similar chemicals to
perform such tests, although in his case the stains turned red.

At 35,000 yen a set, S-Check does not come cheap; but it's still far
more economical than paying an agency to tail a suspect for one full
week, charges for which run about 500,000 yen. Makino says his company
sells 200 sets a month, to clientele he says are "99 percent" female.

"Of course, any semen stains deposited on women's underthings will also
turn green. So men can use it to check on their wives as well," he
asserts.

After evidence in his jockey shorts exposed the activities of a 48-year
old manager at a construction firm, the man's wife requested Makino to
have her husband tailed.

"As it turned out, he was making it with a young Korean hostess, and had
dropped well over 10 million yen at her club," Makino relates. "About 30
percent of our infidelity cases involve hostesses. After that, the most
common partners are insurance agents."

After it was revealed that the guilty party had not only been
philandering, but putting his nocturnal escapades on the company tab, he
was summarily dismissed. Now broke and minus both wife and mistress, he
ekes out a living doing construction work.

Shukan Post notes that this autumn, S-Check is expected to be joined by
similar products, including a special "infidelity detection cream" that
is rubbed onto a husband's back before he leaves the house.

"If he takes a shower afterward, it reacts with the water and forms a
scab," says Naomi Watanabe of the Gull detective agency. "If you put it
on his undershorts or socks, the cream senses the change of temperature
when they are removed for 15 minutes or longer, and alters the color of
the fabric."

"It might be interesting if you gave this stuff to newlywed couples, as
a way of putting pressure on the husband to stay faithful," media wag
Dave Spector jests to Shukan Post.

 

[JustSkye]

* Everyday, 200 million couples around the world have sex, which is about over 2000 couples at any given moment.
* Women are most likely to want to have sex when they are ovulating.
* The Egyptian 'Ankh' , here on the left is actually a symbol representing the male and female sex organs.
* It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
* 30% of women over the age of 80 still have sexual intercourse either with their spouse or boyfriends.
* Mosquitoes, which mate in the air perform a sex act that lasts only 2 seconds.
* Women with a Ph.D. are twice as likely to be interested in a one-night stand than those with only a Bachelor's degree.
* Fellatio ranks as the number one sexual act desired by heterosexual men.
* Australian women have sex on the first date more than women the same age in the USA and Canada.
* It’s illegal to have sex without a condom in Nevada. (More on Sex Laws later).
* Today, Japan leads the world in condom use. Like cosmetics, they're sold door to door, by women.
* More Americans lose their virginity in June than in any other month (must be all those weddings and prom nights).
* A man’s penis not only shrinks during cold weather but also from nonsexual excitement like when his favorite football team scores a touchdown, etc.
* Wyoming’s Grand Tetons mountain range literally means “Big Tits”.
* In the original Grimm fairly tale of 'Sleeping Beauty', the Prince rapes her while she sleeps and then leaves before she wakes up. (Good thing that was rewritten!)
* The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means to exercise naked, which often was done in ancient Greece.
* White women and those women with a college degree, when asked said they were more receptive to anal sex than women without college educations.
* The word avocado comes from the Spanish word aguacate which is derived from the Aztec word ahuacati which means testicle.

 

[AntonioG]

The main Highways and Freeways in America are numbered based on direction. Example... I-80 runs East/West, I-95 runs North/South. Even East/West, Odd North/South

 

[Quoll]

The Australian Shepherd isn`t Australian.

 

[EJFan]

The Australian Shepherd isn`t Australian.

it's acutally austrian... but like so many other things, there was a typo at ellis island and...

 

[Quoll]

It was not the hydrogen that caused the Hindenburg to explode.

 

[EJFan]

It was not the hydrogen that caused the Hindenburg to explode.

it was aluminum powder or something, wasn't it? i can't remember.

 

[Quoll]

it was aluminum powder or something, wasn't it? i can't remember.

Yep, just like they use in rocket fuel, that and the waterproof coating made of cotton swabbed with cellulose acetate.

 

[EJFan]

Yep, just like they use in rocket fuel, that and the waterproof coating made of cotton swabbed with cellulose acetate.

i'm glad you gave a comprehensive accounting of this... i was gonna use the same ingredients to undercoat my dachshund this weekend. bein' that low to the ground, he tends to rust out.

 

[Quoll]

i'm glad you gave a comprehensive accounting of this... i was gonna use the same ingredients to undercoat my dachshund this weekend. bein' that low to the ground, he tends to rust out.

Well you could always name him sparky, or use lanolin a natural rust preventitive, ever seen a rusty sheep?
Have you ever thought of jacking him up, perhaps a new set of springs or shocks, set him up for some serious offroading.

I feel a photoshop coming on

 

[silverwhisper]

[giggles insanely]



ed

 

[Quoll]

Wooo hoooo dawgy

 

[EJFan]

Wooo hoooo dawgy

did you HAVE to use firestone tires???? now i have a weiner dog that's likely to ignite at high speeds

 

[Meilien]

The human head weighs 8 pounds.