I think, Many of us don't know this

sk_javedin
By sk_javedin

1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears.Try it next time you chop onions.

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!

3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.

4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.

6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.

7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.

8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.

11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.

17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.

18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left foot.

20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.

21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting

By Amoud• 10 Aug 2009 08:56
Amoud

EMN, I guess it depends on how long you leave them in there :) Anything longer than a few seconds and they do blow up. My son tried this after he read these stupid freaking things.

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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

By every_mothers_nightmare• 10 Aug 2009 08:53
every_mothers_nightmare

Grapes dont explode if you put them in microwave...most of the time i put them in microwave after removing them from the fridge.

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

By mjamille28• 10 Aug 2009 08:51
mjamille28

i only have one sure way to find out if a watermelon is ripe.. CUT IT OPEN :P

By lei05• 10 Aug 2009 08:51
lei05

amoud...yeah i know..i just made a mistake that`s y i edited..see!!

By every_mothers_nightmare• 10 Aug 2009 08:50
every_mothers_nightmare

22 Do u know that this is posted 100 times already if not more.

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

By bleu• 10 Aug 2009 08:50
bleu

Most of these are 1000% wrong.

By anonymous• 10 Aug 2009 08:50
anonymous

I think, Many of us already know this

By Amoud• 10 Aug 2009 08:49
Amoud

lei #7 is about Canadians buying personalized postage stamps :)

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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

By Rizks• 10 Aug 2009 08:49
Rizks

lei05....

we also knew all tat many decades back, no wonder rMs and myself is doing Hi and Hello in this thread....lol

By best-qatar• 10 Aug 2009 08:49
best-qatar

what about 22 till 99999. Please post it.

By lei05• 10 Aug 2009 08:48
lei05

#6 i know that coz we used to do that before we going to buy the watermelon..and i`ve seen that many times to the watermelon vendor too...

By Rizks• 10 Aug 2009 08:46
Rizks

Aana Zain rMs ?

Keefak inta ? Kaif Zaavjtak va Aulaadun ? :)

By rMs_000• 10 Aug 2009 08:43
rMs_000

arrey bugger.. good morning !!! :-)

keefek ? shahbaarak ? shlonak ? shahh thoyyib? ;-)

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tEaCh Me RuLeS, i'Ll TeAcH hOw To BrEaK iT ..

rMs..!!

By labda06• 10 Aug 2009 08:42
labda06

# 7 did you know you can do that in Qatar too? Seriously.

By Rizks• 10 Aug 2009 08:37
Rizks

rMs :(

I hope he post it again again again and again ...:)

By rMs_000• 10 Aug 2009 08:32
rMs_000

NOT AGAIN PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!! :(

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tEaCh Me RuLeS, i'Ll TeAcH hOw To BrEaK iT ..

rMs..!!

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