recently sent me a forward that I suppose many of you may have already read (the first time I did was made a matter of 5 or six years). It's one of those lists of facts "real" but unusual. Now I know Wikipedia, I have been researching and have found that some are false while others are true. Here are my conclusions:
1) It is impossible to lick your elbow.
2) Multiplying 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 you get 12,345,678,987,654,321
These two are so easy TRY yourselves.
3) The equestrian statues, the position of the horse's legs informs the rider how he died.
This is false, but sometimes match.
4) In the U.S. all have interstate highways one mile straight out of five, to be used as airstrips in times of war and / or emergency.
This is partially true. Those who did but the Yankees were not the Germans during World War 2.
5) The name Jeep comes from the abbreviation of General Purpose used by the U.S. military.
This is false as well.
6) The Pentagon has twice the necessary baths. because when it was built, the law required a dark bathroom and one for whites.
Unfortunately this is true.
7) It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Although it is very difficult, not impossible.
8) Both Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra as William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.
This is double trick. To begin Cervantes died on day 22 but was buried on 23. Ignore this happening, although the date is the same, it is not the same day as when Shakespeare died England still used the Julian calendar , while Cervantes did when Spain had already adopted the Gregorian calendar ) (in the current calendar had Shakespeare died May 3, 1616).
9) The quack of a duck ( quack, quack ) does not echo and nobody knows why.
This is false but has an explanation. It's a bit long so you can better yourselves read and hear a duck and with no echo for comparison.
10) Each king in a letter (from the French deck) represents a great king from history: King David ( ♠ ), Alexander ( ♥ ), Julio Cesar ( ♦ ) and Charlemagne ( ♣ ).
This is true even other figures also represent more people. But if you want him to refer me Wikipedia .
11) Right-handers on average live nine years longer than lefties.
Although in 1991 a study was published claiming that it has been proven not true. Anyway, the study was not based on genetic issues but said he lived lefties least the best chance of having an accident while living in a right-handed world.
12) The cockroach can live nine days without its head before starving.
According to Wikipedia, is "only" a week and does not seem to die of hunger because they can last one month without food. And not only that, can hold their breath for 45 minutes. Tremble, mortals!
13) Elephants are the only animals of creation that can not jump.
is true that can not jump ... which I doubt is that they are the only ones (which I have not checked).
14) Mosquitoes have teeth.
47, it seems.
15) The word "cemetery" comes from Greek meaning koimetirion "bedroom."
Right.
16) In ancient England people could not have sex without the King's consent. When someone wanted a child should apply for a permit to the monarch, who gave them a plaque to be hung on their door while they had relations. The plaque said "Fornication Under Consent of the King" (FUCK). That is the origin of such famous little word.
Nice try but no. not alone. Actually it is not clear from where the word in question, not as its English-language heteronym fuck that comes from 'bellows' .
17) During the Civil War, when troops returned to barracks without any casualties, put in a great Slate "0 Killed" (zero deaths). From this comes the expression "OK" to say everything is fine.
It is not known with certainty the origin of this expression, probably the most used around the world. There are several theories and this does not seem to be the most probable.
18) In the monasteries, while reading the Scriptures in referring to St. Joseph, always said "Pater Putatibus" and simplify "PP." Thus was born the call "Pepe" to Joseph. Mostly
.
19) In the New Testament book of Matthew says that "Furthermore easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven . "The little problem is that St. Jerome, translator of the text, interpreted the word" Kamelas "as the camel, when in fact referring to the thick rope with which vessels are moored to the docks.
Right.
20) When the English conquerors arrived in Australia, they were amazed to see some strange animals that gave incredible jumps. Immediately called a native (indigenous Australians were extremely peaceful) and I tried to ask by the name of the animal signs. Noting that the Indian always said "Kan Chu Ru " adopted the English word "kangaroo " (hence kangaroo). The linguists determined after meaning, which was very clear, the Indians wanted to say " do not understand."
really the word kangaroo comes from gangurru , a word of Guugu Yimidhirr, an Australian Aboriginal language. Referred only to the gray kangaroo (it seems that there are several!) But that's not important.
21) The area known as Mexico's Yucatan comes from the English conquest when one asked a native as they called there. The Indian said: " Yucatan." What the English did not know was that he was answering: "I'm not here ."
There are several similar stories but has never succeeded in proving its truth (or falsehood).
22) It took 22 centuries to calculate the distance between Earth and the Sun (149.4 million km). What if we had known long before someone would have thought 1,000,000,000 multiplied by the height of the pyramid of Cheops at Giza, built 30 centuries before Christ.
I was going to put this theory was a bit caught by the hair (there was a gap of 3 million kilometers) when I discovered that although the minimum distance is 146 million km, the maximum is 152 ... If you do the media. I, in the case of the Egyptians, I believe it all.
23) You can make a cow up stairs but not the lower.
I have come to find an answer that has me convinced. I've found say it is because cows are too feeble legs. Not me. There is a page called Bovine Descenders offered in your cow down to where it was uploaded. For me it's a joke.
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