{"id":4078,"date":"2013-05-16T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T18:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2013-05-16T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T19:01:12","slug":"funny-and-interesting-facts-dont-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"Funny and Interesting Facts &#8211; don&#8217;t you know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Here are a few facts that can be used as great conversation-starters in the office, or at your next social function. <em>\u00a0Did you know\u2026?<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water. 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These two species are the only ones that have sex for pleasure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Every person has a unique tongue print as well as fingerprints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">It is impossible to lick your elbow.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">SOURCE:<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hundreds of funny and interesting facts can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bootstrike.com\/LaughterHell\/Misc\/miscs13.php\" target=\"_blank\">Laughter Hell<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few facts that can be used as great conversation-starters in the office, or at your next social function. \u00a0Did you know\u2026? 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