Funny Facts.....

hello people ..
after a gloomy week, finally the weekend is here.. i love fridays. gives me choice to sleep in till late (by my indian bahoo standards), till 7 am.... have my hubby (y he keeps coming in my mind all the time.. guess its love) around me for 2 days.... so i m in light mood. my fav drink is right beside me, a steaming black coffee while i do some stupid search and find some hillarious facts

1. Google for "i hate bush" gives 1,69,000 hits, for "i hate osama" gives "640" . try it. well i guess its not that surprising.. so towards some real stuff

2. Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution

3.The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

4.There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!

5.There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

6.The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

7. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

8.The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's
shoulders!

9.An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards

10.Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women! (i told ya, god is a woman )

11.It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them

12.Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

13. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

14. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it willinstantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)

15. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law whichstated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb

16. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the bookmost often stolen from public libraries

17. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

18. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone

19. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321(who found this man!!!!)

20. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King DavidHearts - CharlemagneClubs -Alexander, the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar
21. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

22. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

23. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?A. All invented by women.

24. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

25. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow