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Possum3


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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.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!)
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour
(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. (Honey, I'm home. What the...?)
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know.)
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm.......)
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (Okay, so that would be a good thing)
A cat's urine glows under a black light..
(I wonder how much the government paid to figure that out.)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)
Starfish have no brains
(I know some people like that too.)
Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, will they live a lot longer?)



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I realise this is the Jokes section, but there is so much disinformation in this "joke" that I just had to follow it up.

 

Fact or Fiction?: The Tongue Is the Strongest Muscle in the Body:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-the-tongue-is-the-strongest-muscle-in-the-body/

It can bend, it can twist, it can suck, it can cup. The tongue is an essential, often playful part of human anatomy. Many of us grew up believing the assertion that the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body. But is it really?

The short answer is no. But the explanation is not as straightforward as you'd think.


Do Left Handed People Die Younger Than Right Handed People?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/left-hand-right-hand-death/

False

 

Three myths about elephants you probably believed, and three amazing facts you'll be glad to know:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/three-myths-about-elephants-you-probably-believed-and-three-amazing-facts-you-ll-be-glad-to-know-8990796.html

Myth. It is true that adult elephants can't jump. But there are other mammals that can't either, like sloths, hippos and rhinos. Although, unlike elephants, hippos and rhinos can have all four feet off the ground at the same time when they run.

Snails are animals. Can they jump?


Myth: Polar bears are "left pawed":

https://polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/myth-busters/

There is no evidence to support the notion that all great white bears are left pawed. Scientists observing the animals haven't noticed a preference. In fact, polar bears seem to use their right and left paws equally.



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While we are here; I wasn't being factual about all my stories about - Blondes, Little Johnny, Irishmen, Drunks, Golfers, Little old ladies, talking Parrots and Dogs either. Although most of the Lawyer ones are based on facts.

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You could include most politicians Possum

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Possum3 wrote:

While we are here; I wasn't being factual about all my stories about - Blondes, Little Johnny, Irishmen, Drunks, Golfers, Little old ladies, talking Parrots and Dogs either. Although most of the Lawyer ones are based on facts.

 You failed to mention the Monkey in the Bar Possum.....now there is a post that really needs analysing. (No pun intended)biggrin



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The tongue is the most deadly member of our bodies.

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