Najbolj neverjetna dejstva.

[Nearrain]

Scurek bo zivel se devet dni po tem, ko mu odtrgas glavo.

Krokodil ne more iztegniti jezika ven.

Prašičev orgazem traja 30 minut.

Polz lahko po potrebi spi tri leta skupaj.

Vsi polarni medvedi so levičarji.

American Airlines - letalska druzba, je privarcevala 40.000$ (10 mio SIT) samo leta 1987, ko je umaknila eno samo olivo iz vseh salat, postrezenih v prvem razredu.

Američani pojedo na dan povprečno 18 kosov pizze.

Noj ima vecje oko, kot so njegovi mozgani.

Dojencki nimajo kolenskih vzgibov. Pojavijo se med drugim in sestim letom.

Metulji okusijo z njihovimi nogami.

Macke se oglašajo s 100 razlicnimi zvoki, psi samo 10.

Mačji urin se sveti, če nanj posvetiš s črno svetlobo.

Kitajska ima več ameriško govorečih ljudi kot ZDA.

Stripi Racmana Jake so bili prepovedani na Finskem, ker stripovski junak ne nosi hlac.

Pretepi so v Paragvaju dovoljeni, ce sta oba, ki sodelujeta v pretepu, podpisana darovalca krvi.

Sloni so edine zivece zivali na svetu, ki ne morejo skociti.

Vsakic ko polizes znamko, dobis 1/10 kalorije.

Februar 1865 je edini mesec v belezeni zgodovini, ki ni imel polne lune.

Ljudje in delfini so edina ziva bitja na svetu, ki seksajo iz uzitka.

I am. (Jaz sem.) je najkrajsi popolni stavek v angleskem jeziku.

Ce bi se celotna populacija Kitajske postavila v vrsto, se le-ta ne bi nikoli mogla v nobenem primeru koncati zaradi tako hitrega razmnozevanja.

Ce prdis konstantno 6 let in 9 mesecev, je proizvedeno dovolj energije za atomsko bombo.

Ce imas zlato ribico vedno v temni sobi, bo kmalu postala bela.

Ce kricis konstantno 8 let, 7 mesecev in 6 dni, si proizvedel dovolj zvocne energije, da lahko pogrejes skodelico kave.

V starem Egiptu so duhovniki s sebe odstranili sleherno dlakico, tudi obrvi in trepalnice.

V zadnjih 4000 letih ni nastala nobena nova zival.

Popolnoma nemogoce je kihniti z odprtimi ocmi.

Leonardo Da Vinci je izumil skarje.

Marilyn Monroe je imela sest prstov na nogi.

Michael Jordan prejme letno od firme Nike vec denarja, kot cisto vsi delavci tovarne Nike v Maleziji skupaj.

Letno vec ljudi ubije osel kot jih umre zaradi letalskih nesrec.

V angleskem jeziku ne obstaja beseda, ki se riba na month (=mesec).

Muškatni orešek je lahko smrtno nevaren, ce ga uzivas intravenozno.

V povprecju se ljudje bolj bojijo pajkov kot smrti.

Samo en clovek od dveh milijard ljudi je tako srecen, da bo dosegel 116 let ali vec.

Nase oci so enako velike od rojstva do smrti, medtem ko nas nos in usesa nikoli ne nehata rasti.

Desnicarji zivijo v povprecju 9 let dalje kot levicarji.

Shakespeare je izumitelj besed "umor" in "udarec".

Nekateri levi "sexajo" 50-krat na dan.

Morska zvezda je edino zivo bitje na svetu, ki nima mozganov.

Stevardesa je najdaljsa beseda, ki jo lahko natipkas samo z levo roko (sevea pri pravilnem "slepem" tipkanju).

Mravlje vedno padejo na desno stran, ko so zastrupljene.

Povprecen clovek poje med spanjem 8 pajkov v celem svojem zivljenju.

Morska macka in 27.000 cutnic za okus.

Cezocenaka Queen Elizabeth 2 se z vsako galono bencina premakne samo 6 metrov.

Elektricni stol je izumil zobozdravnik.

Clovesko srce naredi taksen pritisk, ko kri poslje po telesu, da bi jo lahko spricnilo 10 metrov dalec.

Samec bogomolke ne more spolno obcevati, ce ima glavo pritrjeno na trup. Samica mu zato glavo odgrizne in s tem zacne seks.

Beseda, ki jo pozna najvec ljudi na svetu je: Mohammed.

Imena vseh kontinentov se koncajo z isto crko kot se zacnejo.

Ime Wendy je bilo izumljeno posebej za knjigo Peter Pan. sedaj je to normalno uporabljeno anglesko ime.

Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, ima enkrat vec stranisc kot bi bilo potrebno. Zgrajen je bil leta 1940, takrat pa je imela drzava Virginia strogo pravilo glede locenih WC-jev za belce in crnce.

Stavek v anglescini: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." (=Hitra lisica skoci cez lenega psa.) vsebuje vse crke, ki jih pozna angleska abeceda.

Najkrajsa vojna v zgodovini je bila med Zanzibarjem in Anglijo leta 1896. Zanzibar se je predal po 38 minutah.

Najmocnejsa misica v nasem telesu je jezik.

Beseda "lethologica" opisuje stanje, ko se ne mores spomniti besede, ki jo zelis povedati.

V Ameriki je toliko kreditnih kartic, da povprecno prideta dve na vsakega prebivalca.

Beseda "TYPEWRITER" je najdaljsa beseda v angleskem jeziku, ki jo lahko napises v eni sami vrsti na tipkovnici (seveda prirejeni za anglescino, torej namesto nasega z-ja imajo y).

Zenske mezikajo dvakrat vec kot moski.

Vecja verjetnost je, da umres, ko ti zamasek od sampanjca ustreli v glavo, kot ko te pici strupeni pajek.

Nemogoce je, da bi se lahko ubil s tem, da bi drzal sapo. Tega ne more nihce storiti.

Ko imas rojstni dan, ga ima hkrati se 9 milijonov ljudi na celem svetu.

[Max]

Kje s pa to najdu :o 8)

[premza]

Mačji urin se sveti, če nanj posvetiš s črno svetlobo.

:shock: :? :? :? :?: :?: :?:

[J]

Črna svetlobo! se mi zdi, da emitirajo zarnice, ki ti v temi belijo stvari : zobje, superge itn... :)

[SiR]

NRR - ufff, si me spomnil na eno od mojih rubrik v Nedelu... Obskurnosti....

Čakte, bom zbezal še kak link :)

[SiR]

Animals and Creatures

A baby Platypus remains blind after birth for 11 weeks. (Vir neznan.)

A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size. (Vir neznan.)

A blind chameleon still changes colors to match his environment. (Vir neznan.)

A camel's backbone is just as straight as a horse's. (Vir neznan.)

A castrated male reindeer is called a bull. (Vir neznan.)

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body. (Vir neznan.)

A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth. (Vir neznan.)

A deer cannot eat hay. (Vir neznan.)

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't. (Vir neznan.)

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 4-7 weeks. (Source: Hinesdragonfly.org)

A duck has three eyelids. (Vir neznan.)

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. (Vir neznan.)

A geep is a cross between a goat and a sheep. (Vir neznan.)

A group of finches is called a Charm. (Vir neznan.)

A group of frogs is called an army. (Vir neznan.)

A group of geese on the ground is called a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein. (Vir neznan.)

A group of goats is called a Trip. (Vir neznan.)

A group of hares is called a Husk. (Vir neznan.)

A group of kangaroos is called a mob. (Vir neznan.)

A group of owls is called a parliament. (Vir neznan.)

A group of rhinos are called a crash. (Vir neznan.)

A group of toads is called a knot. (Vir neznan.)

A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average. (Vir neznan.)

A jack rabbit can jump as high as 15 feet. (Vir neznan.)

A large swarm of locusts can eat 80,000 tons of corn in a day. (Vir neznan.)

A male chimpanzee is 5 times hornier than the average human male. (Vir neznan.)

A mole can dig over 250 feet of tunnel in a single night. (Vir neznan.)

A rat can last longer without water than a camel. (Vir neznan.)

A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair. (Vir neznan.)

A rodents teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal's constant gnawing on bark, leaves, and other vegetables. (Vir neznan.)

A scallop has a total of 35 eyes which are all blue. (Vir neznan.)

A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon. (Vir neznan.)

A shrimp has more than a hundred pair of chromosomes in each cell nucleus. (Vir neznan.)

A single sheep's fleece might well contain as many as 26 million fibers. (Vir neznan.)

A species of Australian dragon fly has been clocked at 36 MPH. (Vir neznan.)

A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length. (Vir neznan.)

A square mile of fertile earth has 32,000,000 earthworms in it. (Vir neznan.)

A squirrel cannot contract or carry the rabies virus. (Vir neznan.)

A strand from the web of the golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same size. (Vir neznan.)

A woodchuck breathes 2,100 times an hour, but it only breathes ten times an hour while it is hibernating. (Vir neznan.)

A woodchuck breathes only 10 times in hibernation. (Vir neznan.)

According to Dr. David Gems, a British geneticist, sex-craved male mice, who spend 5 to 11 hours per day pursuing female mice, could live years longer if they abstained. (Vir neznan.)

After eating, the housefly regurgitates its food and eats it again. (Vir neznan.)

All porcupines float in water. (Vir neznan.)

All the swans in England are property of the Queen. (Vir neznan.)

Alligators cannot move backwards. (Vir neznan.)

An estimated 80% of animals on Earth have six legs. (Vir neznan.)

An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes. (Vir neznan.)

An Octopus will eat its own arms if it gets really hungry. (Vir neznan.)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (Vir neznan.)

Anteaters prefer termites to ants. (Vir neznan.)

Any female bee in a beehive could have been the queen if she had been fed the necessary royal jelly. All female bees in a given hive are sisters. (Vir neznan.)

Apart from humans, certain species of chimpanzee are the only animals to experiment sexually. They have been known to 'wife swap' and indulge in group sex. (Vir neznan.)

At birth a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces. (Vir neznan.)

Australia has the largest sheep population. (Vir neznan.)

Basilisks are frequently called Jesus Christ Lizards because of their ability to run on water. (Vir neznan.)

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. (Vir neznan.)

Bats are the only mammals that can fly. (Vir neznan.)

Bats can live up to 30 years or more. (Vir neznan.)

Bees do not have ears. (Vir neznan.)

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front. (Vir neznan.)

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve. (Vir neznan.)

Between 1902 and 1907 the same tiger killed 436 people in India. (Vir neznan.)

Boanthropy is a disease in which a man thinks he's an ox. (Vir neznan.)

Bulls are colorblind and will usually charge at a cape regardless of colour. (Vir neznan.)

Butterflies taste with their hind feet. (Vir neznan.)

Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike. (Vir neznan.)

Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles. Humans, by comparison, have only about six hundred. (Vir neznan.)

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. (Vir neznan.)

Cattle are the only mammals that are retro-mingent (they pee backwards). (Vir neznan.)

Certain fireflies emit a light so penetrating that it can pass through flesh and wood. (Vir neznan.)

Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living. (Vir neznan.)

Certain species of male butterflies produce scents that serve in attracting females during courtship. (Vir neznan.)

Cockroaches favorite food is the glue on the back of stamps. (Vir neznan.)

During it's lifetime an oyster changes its sex from male to female and back several times. (Vir neznan.)

Eagles can live in captivity for up to 46 years. (Vir neznan.)

Earthworms have 5 hearts. (Vir neznan.)

Estuarine crocodiles are the biggest of all 26 species of the crocodilian family. (Vir neznan.)

Every single hamster in the U.S. today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930. (Vir neznan.)

Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of algae. (Vir neznan.)

Flamingos can live up to 80 years. (Vir neznan.)

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down. (Vir neznan.)

Frog-eating bats identify edible from poisonous frogs by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls. (Vir neznan.)

Frogs drink and breathe through their skin. (Vir neznan.)

Frogs move faster than toads. (Vir neznan.)

Frogs must close their eyes to swallow. (Vir neznan.)

Fur seals get miserably sick when they're carried aboard ships. (Vir neznan.)

Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet. (Vir neznan.)

Giant squids have eyes as big as watermelons. (Vir neznan.)

Giant tortoises can live to be 150 years old or older. (Vir neznan.)

Golden toads are so rare that a biological reserve has been specifically created for them. (Vir neznan.)

Gorillas beat their chests when they get nervous. (Vir neznan.)

Gorillas often sleep for up to fourteen hours a day. (Vir neznan.)

Grasshoppers have white blood. (Vir neznan.)

Herons have been observed to drop insects on the water and then catch the fish that surface for the bugs. (Vir neznan.)

Hippopotamuses cannot swim. (Vir neznan.)

Human birth control pills work on gorillas. (Vir neznan.)

If a frog's mouth is held open for too long the frog will suffocate. (Vir neznan.)

Iguanas, koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penises. (Vir neznan.)

In 1859, 24 rabbits were released in Australia. Within six years the population grew to 2 million. (Vir neznan.)

In 1978, more deer were killed by Connecticut automobile drivers than by Connecticut hunters. (Vir neznan.)

In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios. (Vir neznan.)

In Michigan, USA, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant. (Vir neznan.)

In the past 60 years, the groundhog has only predicted the weather correctly 28% of the time. The rushing back and forth from burrows is believed to indicate sexual activity, not shadow seeking. (Vir neznan.)

It can take as long as 4 hours to hard-boil an ostrich egg. (Vir neznan.)

It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels. (Vir neznan.)

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up in the sky. (Vir neznan.)

It takes 12,000 head of cattle to produce one pound of adrenaline. (Vir neznan.)

It takes a sloth two weeks to digest the food it eats. (Vir neznan.)

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down. (Vir neznan.)

Jackals have one more pair of chromosomes than dogs or wolves. (Vir neznan.)

Jackrabbits can reach a speed of 50 miles per hour and can leap as high as five feet. (Vir neznan.)

Jaguars are scared of dogs. (Vir neznan.)

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. (Vir neznan.)

Lorne Green had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while host of Lorne Green's Wild Kingdom. (Vir neznan.)

Male bees will try to attract sex partners with orchid fragrance. (Vir neznan.)

Man and the two-toed sloth are the only land animals that typically mate face-to-face. (Vir neznan.)

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. (Vir neznan.)

Mexican free-tailed bats sometimes fly up to two miles high to feed or to catch tail-winds that carry them over long distances at speeds of more than 60 miles per hour. (Vir neznan.)

Mice will nurse babies that are not their own. (Vir neznan.)

Mice, whales, elephants, giraffes and man all have seven neck vertebra. (Vir neznan.)

Mongooses were brought to Hawaii to kill rats. This plan failed because rats are nocturnal while the mongoose hunts during the day. (Vir neznan.)

Moose have very poor vision. Some have even tried to mate with cars. (Vir neznan.)

More than a third of the field mice in the Kesterson National Wildlife refuge near Los Banos, California have both male and female reproductive organs. (Vir neznan.)

Most published species of dinosaurs have been published within the last 20 years. (Vir neznan.)

Mountain goats are not goats. They are small antelopes. (Vir neznan.)

Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth. (Vir neznan.)

No pearls of value are ever found in North American oysters. (Vir neznan.)

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. (Vir neznan.)

One species of antelope, the Sitatunga, can sleep underwater. (Vir neznan.)

Only thirty percent of the famous Maryland blue crab are actually from Maryland the rest are from North Carolina and Virginia. (Vir neznan.)

Orangutans warn people to stay out of their territory by belching. (Vir neznan.)

Parthenogenesis is the term used to describe the process by which certain animals are able to reproduce themselves in successive female generations without intervention of a male of the species. At least one species of lizard is known to do so. (Vir neznan.)

Peacocks mate with Peahens. (Vir neznan.)

Penguins do not tip over when a airplane flies over them. (Vir neznan.)

Porcupines are excellent swimmers, because their quills are hollow. (Vir neznan.)

Rat's can't vomit. (Vir neznan.)

Reindeer like to eat bananas. (Vir neznan.)

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. (Vir neznan.)

Rhinos are in the same family as horses, and are thought to have inspired the myth of the unicorn. (Vir neznan.)

Roosters cannot crow if they can't fully extend their necks. (Vir neznan.)

Sea otters have 2 coats of fur. (Vir neznan.)

Seals must teach their young how to swim. (Vir neznan.)

Six bulls are killed in a formal bullfight. (Vir neznan.)

Slugs have four noses. (Vir neznan.)

Small cockroaches are more likely to die on their backs than large cockroaches. (Vir neznan.)

Some dinosaurs were as small as hens. (Vir neznan.)

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cannot find food. (Vir neznan.)

Southern Indian drug addicts get high by having venomous snakes bite their tongues. This can give addicts a 16 hour high, but can be very deadly. (Vir neznan.)

Tarantulas cannot spin webs (Vir neznan.)

Tarantulas do not use muscles to move their legs. They control the amount of blood pumped into them to extend and retract their legs. (Vir neznan.)

The Abominable Snowman is said to wander the Himalayas. (Vir neznan.)

The adult Electric Eel has enough electrical power in them that could power a house of about twelve hundred square feet. (Vir neznan.)

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. (Vir neznan.)

The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. (Vir neznan.)

The average porcupine has more than 30,000 quills. (Vir neznan.)

The beautiful but deadly Australian sea wasp (Chironex fleckeri) is the most venomous jellyfish in the world. Its cardio toxic venom has caused the deaths of 66 people off the coast of Queensland since 1880, with victims dying within 1-3 minutes if medical aid is not available. (Vir neznan.)

The Blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same colour as grape juice. (Vir neznan.)

The brown myotis bats young when born are equivalent to a woman giving birth to a thirty pound baby. (Vir neznan.)

The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel. (Vir neznan.)

The cells which make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature. (Vir neznan.)

The cheetah can reach a speed of up to 45 miles per hour in only 2 seconds. (Vir neznan.)

The colour of a yak's milk is pink. (Vir neznan.)

The deepest penguin dive was 1261 ft under the water. (Vir neznan.)

The dove is considered the symbol of peace. (Vir neznan.)

The electric eel has an average discharge of 400 volts. (Vir neznan.)

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. (Vir neznan.)

The female ferret is referred to as a jill. (Vir neznan.)

The giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair. (Vir neznan.)

The goose was the first domesticated animal. (Vir neznan.)

The guinea pig originated in South America. (Vir neznan.)

The hippopotamus is the hogs largest living relative. (Vir neznan.)

The honey badger can withstand hundreds of African bee stings that would kill any other animal (Vir neznan.)

The Kansas City Railroad use to stop their trains, in 1868, to allow the passengers to shoot at passing buffalo. (Vir neznan.)

The Latin name for moose is alces alces. (Vir neznan.)

The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk (Vir neznan.)

The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years. (Vir neznan.)

The longest recorded life spam of a camel was 35 years, 5 months. (Vir neznan.)

The longest species of centipede is the giant scolopender (Scolopendra gigantea), found in the rain forests of Central and South America. It has 23 segments (46 legs) and specimens have been measured up to 10.5 inches long and 1” in diameter. (Vir neznan.)

The longest species of earthworm is the Megascolides australis, found in Australia in 1868. An average specimen measures 4’ in length, 2’ when contracted, and 7’ when naturally extended. (Vir neznan.)

The male gypsy moth can smell the virgin female gypsy moth from 8 miles away. (Vir neznan.)

The moose is the largest member of the deer family. Its scientific name is Alces alces. (Vir neznan.)

The Nile and Indo-Pacific Saltwater Crocodiles are the only two crocodiles that are considered true man-eaters. (Vir neznan.)

The octopus' testicles are located in its head. (Vir neznan.)

The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica. (Vir neznan.)

The only female animal that has antlers is the caribou. (Vir neznan.)

The only purple animal is the South African Blesbok. (Vir neznan.)

The original name for butterfly was flutterby. (Vir neznan.)

The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people. (Vir neznan.)

The poisonous copperhead smells like fresh cut cucumbers. (Vir neznan.)

The Portuguese Man-of-War »jellyfish« tentacles have been known to grow a mile in length, catching anything in it's path by stinging it's prey. (Vir neznan.)

The province of Alberta, Canada has been completely free of rats since 190 (Vir neznan.)

The pupil of an octopus' eye is rectangular. (Vir neznan.)

The Quahog clam is the longest living animal, with a maximum age of up to 200 years old. (Vir neznan.)

The queen (or more precisely the Royal Household) owns all swans in England. The post of Royal Swankeeper is a post that has been around pre-1215 and he and his staff are responsible for keeping accurate statistics about the number and whereabouts of the royal swans. (Vir neznan.)

The scientific name for a gorilla is »gorilla gorilla gorilla.« (Vir neznan.)

The shrimp's heart is in its head. (Vir neznan.)

The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes -- two in the center of its head and one on top. (Vir neznan.)

The tuatara's metabolism is so slow, they only have to breathe once an hour. (Vir neznan.)

The typical laboratory mouse runs 5 miles per night on its treadmill. (Vir neznan.)

The Weddell seal can travel underwater for seven miles without surfacing for air. (Vir neznan.)

The woolly mammoth, extinct since the Ice Age, had tusks almost 16 feet long. (Vir neznan.)

The word alligator comes from »El Lagarto« which is Spanish for »The Lizard.« (Vir neznan.)

The world camel population is 19,627,000. (Vir neznan.)

The world smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny (Vir neznan.)

The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny. (Vir neznan.)

The zorilla is the smelliest animal on the planet. It's anal glands can be smelled from half a mile away. (Vir neznan.)

There are an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas. (Vir neznan.)

There have been over 1,500 documented sightings of Bigfoot since 1958. (Vir neznan.)

There is no record of a non-rabid wolf attack on a human. (Vir neznan.)

Tigers have stripped skin, not just stripped fur. (Vir neznan.)

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs--it will let you go instantly. (Vir neznan.)

To keep cool, ostriches urinate on their legs; it then evaporates like sweat. (Vir neznan.)

To keep from being separated while sleeping, sea otter tie themselves together with kelp, often drifting miles out to sea during the night. (Vir neznan.)

To see at night as well as an owl, you would need eyeballs as big as a grapefruit. (Vir neznan.)

Toads don't have teeth, frogs do. (Vir neznan.)

When angered, the Tazmanian devil turns pinkish-red. (Vir neznan.)

When cornered, the horned toad shoots blood from it's eyes. (Vir neznan.)

When young, black sea basses are mostly female, but at the age of 5 years many switch sexes to male. (Vir neznan.)

Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth, and giraffe tails have all been used as money. (Vir neznan.)

Worldwide, bats are the most important natural enemies of night-flying insects. (Vir neznan.)

Yak's milk is pink. (Vir neznan.)

You can cut up a starfish into pieces and each piece will grow into a completely new starfish. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Armadillos

An armadillo can walk under water. (Vir neznan.)

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy. (Vir neznan.)

Armadillos can be house broken. (Vir neznan.)

Armadillos have four babies at a time, and they are always the same sex. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Bears

A full grown bear can run as fast as a horse. (Vir neznan.)

A full grown grizzly bear from Western North America can bite through a piece of steel that is half an inch thick. (Vir neznan.)

At birth, a panda weighs about 4 ounces and is smaller than a mouse. (Vir neznan.)

Bears hibernating don't go to the bathroom for 4 months. (Vir neznan.)

Most polar bears are left-handed. (Vir neznan.)

Polar bears have more problems with overheating than they do with cold. Even in very cold weather, they quickly overheat when they try to run. (Vir neznan.)

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene. (Vir neznan.)

The hairless area of roughened skin at the tip of a bear's snout is called the rhinarium. (Vir neznan.)

The opening to the cave in which a bear hibernates is always on the north slope. Unless the bear lives in the southern hemisphere. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Beavers

A baby beaver stays with it parents for a period of two years. (Vir neznan.)

Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes. (Vir neznan.)

Beavers do not eat fish. (Vir neznan.)

One beaver can cut down 216 trees a year. (Vir neznan.)

When North America was first settled, beavers there grew to the size of bears. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Birds

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. (Vir neznan.)

A parrots beak can close with a force close to 350 pounds per square inch. (Vir neznan.)

A robin's egg is blue, but if you put it in vinegar for thirty days it turns yellow. (Vir neznan.)

A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt. (Vir neznan.)

African Black-footed penguins, although they cannot fly, can swim up to 25 miles per hour which is faster than the Atlantic Bottle nosed dolphin, which can attain speeds of 18-23 mph. (Vir neznan.)

African eagles flying at 100 mph can break to a halt in only 20 feet. (Vir neznan.)

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. (Vir neznan.)

An eagles nest can weigh as much as two tons. (Vir neznan.)

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day. (Vir neznan.)

Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places. (Vir neznan.)

California Condors can fly ten miles without flapping their wings. (Vir neznan.)

Despite being a nine-inch-tall bird (unlike in cartoons), the roadrunner can run as fast as a human sprinter. (Vir neznan.)

Hummingbirds are the only animals to fly backwards. (Vir neznan.)

If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow. (Vir neznan.)

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode. (Vir neznan.)

New Zealand is the only place kiwi birds are found in the wild. (Vir neznan.)

One of the most beautiful birds in the world is the white blackbird. (Vir neznan.)

Over 1000 birds die a year from smashing into windows. (Vir neznan.)

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue. (Vir neznan.)

Parrots played a major role in World War I. The were kept on the Eiffel Tower, because of their acute hearing, to warn of approaching planes long before the planes could be seen or heard by humans. (Vir neznan.)

Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90%. (Vir neznan.)

Pigeons live in a Cote. (Vir neznan.)

Rita Hayworth's real name was Margarita Cansino. (Vir neznan.)

Since 1600, 109 species and subspecies of birds have become extinct. (Vir neznan.)

Songbirds learn to sing by listening to adult birds of the same species. (Vir neznan.)

The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. (Vir neznan.)

The eyes of some birds weigh more than their brains. (Vir neznan.)

The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. She must be able to see another pigeon in order for her ovaries to function. Her own reflection will work if no other pigeon is available. (Vir neznan.)

The first domesticated bird was the goose. (Vir neznan.)

The heaviest land bird in North America is the wild turkey. (Vir neznan.)

The largest bird colony in the world is located on the islands off the coast of Peru. (Vir neznan.)

The largest web-footed bird is the albatross. (Vir neznan.)

The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. (Vir neznan.)

The Queen of England owns all the Black Swans in England (the royal bird) and they are bred in Alabama about 20 miles east of Montgomery. Incidentally outside of England only the Shakespeare Festival has permission to have Black Swans on their property. (Vir neznan.)

The red bumps on a turkey's head are called

The state of California raises the most turkeys in the U.S. (Vir neznan.)

The turkey was wrongly named after what was thought to be it's country of origin. (Vir neznan.)

There are more bald eagles in the province of British Columbia then there are in the whole United States. (Vir neznan.)

There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones. (Vir neznan.)

There are no turkeys in Turkey. (Vir neznan.)

There is a new type of parrot in New Zealand that likes to eat the rubber strips that line car windows. (Vir neznan.)

Today, the passenger pigeon is extinct. (Vir neznan.)

Turkeys are so clueless that when they're born the only way to get then to eat is to put marbles in the feed. The marbles are too big for them to eat, but they get curious and peck at them and when their beak slips off the marble, they get a mouthful of food. (Vir neznan.)

Turkeys can drown in the rain by looking up at the precipitation with their mouths open. (Vir neznan.)

Turkeys will peck to death members of the flock that are physically inferior or different. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Camels

Camel's milk does not curdle. (Vir neznan.)

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Cats

78% of cats never travel with their owner. (Vir neznan.)

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. (Vir neznan.)

A cat's jaw cannot move sideways. (Vir neznan.)

A cat's whiskers are called vibrissae. (Vir neznan.)

A house cat has 18 claws. (Vir neznan.)

A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye. White cats with orange eyes do not have this disability. (Vir neznan.)

Black cats are considered lucky in England. (Vir neznan.)

Cat whiskers can detect movements 2,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. (Vir neznan.)

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. (Vir neznan.)

Cats cannot taste sweets. (Vir neznan.)

Cats have AB blood groups just like people. (Vir neznan.)

Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four toes on each back paw. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Cats

Cats have two sets of vocal chords. (Vir neznan.)

Cats, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, have a very high possibility of having six toes. (Vir neznan.)

In 1888, as estimated 300,000 mummified cats were found at Beni Hassan, Egypt. They were sold at $18.43 per ton, and shipped to England to be ground up and used for fertilizer. (Vir neznan.)

In 1993, there were an estimated 64 million cats in the United States. (Vir neznan.)

In four years, one female cat could be responsible for the birth of 20,736 cats. (Vir neznan.)

In the Middle Ages, during the festival of Saint John, cats were burned alive in town squares. (Vir neznan.)

Italian engineers were rebuilding the Kremlin in Moscow while Columbus was seeking new worlds to the west. (Vir neznan.)

Most cats have no eyelashes. (Vir neznan.)

Mother cats teach their kittens to use the litter box. (Vir neznan.)

Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was played by six different cats. (Vir neznan.)

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat falling of the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. (Vir neznan.)

The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today. (Vir neznan.)

The average house cat weighs in at 11 pounds. (Vir neznan.)

The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract its claws. (Vir neznan.)

The last of a cat's senses to develop is sight. (Vir neznan.)

The mother's purr acts as a homing device, announcing to her babies that nursing time has arrived. Kittens begin to purr in return at about one week of age — perhaps as a gesture of gratitude, or maybe as a request for milk — and continue to purr for the rest of their lives. (Vir neznan.)

The number one favorite cat name is Kitty. (Vir neznan.)

The oldest domestic cat (with reliable documentation) was a female tabby named Ma that lived to be 34 years old. (Vir neznan.)

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. (Vir neznan.)

Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side. (Vir neznan.)

Vineger was the strongest acid known in the ancient times. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Chickens

A chicken is the only animal that is eaten before it is born and after it is dead. (Vir neznan.)

A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long. (Vir neznan.)

In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played. (Vir neznan.)

The left leg of a chicken is the most tender. (Vir neznan.)

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. (Vir neznan.)

There are more chickens than people in the world. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Cows

A cow's sweat glands are in the nose. (Vir neznan.)

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink. (Vir neznan.)

A maverick is a cow that escaped getting branded. (Vir neznan.)

Cows poop on average 16 times a day. (Vir neznan.)

Dairy cows can produce up to 125 lbs of saliva a day. (Vir neznan.)

In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows. (Vir neznan.)

In the Middle Ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human. (Vir neznan.)

India has a Bill of Rights for cows. (Vir neznan.)

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music. (Vir neznan.)

Music helps cows produce more milk. (Vir neznan.)

The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% methane on this planet. (Vir neznan.)

The oldest cow ever recorded was a Dremon named Big Bertha that died 3 months shy of her 49th birthday. (Vir neznan.)

The smallest breed of domestic cattle is the Ovambo of Namibia. Mature bulls and cows weigh 496 lb and 353 lb respectively on average. (Vir neznan.)

There are more cows than people in the U.S. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Dinosaurs

Brachiosaurus had a heart the size of a pickup truck. (Vir neznan.)

Dinosaur droppings are called

Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago, after living on Earth for about 165 million years. (Vir neznan.)

Dinosaurs were mostly vegetarians. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Dogs

500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris. (Vir neznan.)

A Dalmatian is the only dog that can get gout. (Vir neznan.)

A dog's mucus membrane is the size of fifty postage stamps. (Vir neznan.)

A dog's nose is so sensitive that it can tell the difference between a tub of water and a tub of water with a teaspoon of salt in it. (Vir neznan.)

Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog. (Vir neznan.)

Chinese Crested dogs can get acne. (Vir neznan.)

Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate effects a dogs heart and nervous system, a few ounces enough to kill a small sized dog (Vir neznan.)

Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating, they sweat through the pads of their feet. (Vir neznan.)

Dalmatian dogs originate from Dalmatian coast of Croatia. (Vir neznan.)

Dog saliva is cleaner than a human's. (Vir neznan.)

Dog shows in England are seen at prime time on television. (Vir neznan.)

Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates. (Vir neznan.)

Dogs are smarter than cats. (Vir neznan.)

Germany and Switzerland only have one dog for every ten families. (Vir neznan.)

Greyhound dogs have the best eyesight of any breed of dog. (Vir neznan.)

Lassie was the first animal named to the Animal Hall of Fame in 1969. (Vir neznan.)

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints. (Vir neznan.)

Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian. (Vir neznan.)

Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes are not the same dog. Mals are generally bigger, more boned and have wedges of ears set on the sides of their heads. They also only have brown eyes and rarely bark. Instead they make a woo-woo like call. They also make terrible guard dogs, despite their size. (Vir neznan.)

St. Bernard dogs do not carry kegs of brandy, and never have. (Vir neznan.)

The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan. (Vir neznan.)

The eyesight of the average dog is much better than the eyesight of the average man. (Vir neznan.)

The greyhound dog can reach speeds of up to 42 miles per hour. (Vir neznan.)

The Leonberger dog breed was created by the mayor of Leonburg, Germany so that he had a dog that looked like the one on the towns crest. (Vir neznan.)

The name of Superman's dog is »Krypto.« (Vir neznan.)

The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo. (Vir neznan.)

The number one favorite dog name is Brandy. (Vir neznan.)

The Pug dog is thought to have gotten its name from looking like the Pug monkey. (Vir neznan.)

The royal dog of China is the Pekingese. (Vir neznan.)

The Taco Bell dog is a female. Her name is Gidget. (Vir neznan.)

The world's largest dog is the Irish Wolfhound. (Vir neznan.)

The world's smallest dog -- the Teacup Chihuahua -- weighs less than a pound when fully grown. (Vir neznan.)

There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Dolphins

Dolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout. (Vir neznan.)

Dolphins give birth to live young that are attached by an umbilical cord. (Vir neznan.)

Dolphins sleep with one eye open. (Vir neznan.)

The dolphins that live in the Amazon river are pink. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Donkeys

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times. (Vir neznan.)

There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri. (Source: American Kennel Club)

Animals and Creatures:Elephants

All elephants walk on tiptoe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone. (Vir neznan.)

An elephant can be pregnant for up to 22 months. (Vir neznan.)

An elephant can smell water three miles away. (Vir neznan.)

An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles. (Vir neznan.)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (Vir neznan.)

Elephants get by on only 2 hours of sleep a day. (Vir neznan.)

Elephants have been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean. (Vir neznan.)

Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die. (Vir neznan.)

Elephants often communicate at sound levels as low as 5Hz. This means that if you flap your hands back and forth faster than five times a second, an elephant can actually hear the tone produced. (Vir neznan.)

Elephants spend approximately 75% of their time feeding. They eat about 200kg of food per day and produce about 100kg of dung. (Vir neznan.)

The African elephant cannot be domesticated, but the Indian elephant can. (Vir neznan.)

The elephant is the only animal with four knees. (Vir neznan.)

Ziggy, the largest and oldest elephant ever in captivity, was taught to play Yes, Sir, That's My Baby on the harmonica. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Fish

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Vir neznan.)

A single pond in Brazil can sustain a greater variety of fish than are found in all of Europe's rivers. (Source: Rain-tree.com)

Fish can be susceptible to seasickness. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Fish

Herring is the most widely eaten fish in the world. (Vir neznan.)

Icthyomaniacs are people who are crazy about fish. (Vir neznan.)

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white. (Vir neznan.)

Most lipsticks contain fish scales. (Vir neznan.)

The African lungfish can live out of water for up to four years. (Vir neznan.)

The Chinese Lettered goldfish has Chinese characters on it and this has been achieved through many years of crossbreeding. (Vir neznan.)

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultraviolet light. (Vir neznan.)

The Mola Mola, or Ocean Sunfish, lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at one time. (Vir neznan.)

The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred. (Vir neznan.)

The only way to stop the pain of the flathead fish's sting is by rubbing the same fish's slime on the wound it gave you. (Vir neznan.)

The walking catfish can live on land. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Giraffes

A giraffe brain weighs 680 grams. (Vir neznan.)

A giraffe can clean its ear with its 21-inch tongue. (Vir neznan.)

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can. (Vir neznan.)

Europeans used to call giraffes »camelopards.« This is because they thought they were the offsprings of a camel and a leopard. (Vir neznan.)

Giraffes are unable to cough. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Hippopotamus

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a four foot tall child inside. (Vir neznan.)

Hippopotamuses do eighty percent of their vocalization under water. (Vir neznan.)

The hippopotamus gives birth under water. (Vir neznan.)

The hippopotamus has skin an inch and a half thick, so solid that most bullets cannot go through. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Horses

A 2 year old horse has 6 incisors. (Vir neznan.)

A horse can sleep standing up. (Vir neznan.)

A horse has 18 more bones than a human. (Vir neznan.)

A quarter of the horses in the U.S. died of a large virus epidemic in 1872. (Vir neznan.)

Hippoanthropy is the belief that one is a horse or may change into a horse at will. (Vir neznan.)

Horses cannot vomit. (Vir neznan.)

Horses expend more energy lying down than they do when they are standing up! (Vir neznan.)

It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate. (Vir neznan.)

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. (Vir neznan.)

The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth. (Vir neznan.)

The world's horse population is estimated at 75 million. (Vir neznan.)

When horses lift their heads up high to look at something, they're looking far into the distance. To see things that are closer, they lower their heads. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Insects

A bee has four wings. (Vir neznan.)

A beetle in Africa called the Goliath Beetle is as big as your fist. (Vir neznan.)

A community of ants is called a colony. (Vir neznan.)

A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating. (Vir neznan.)

A myrmecologist studies ants. (Vir neznan.)

A swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska on July 20-30, 1874 covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. The swarm must have contained at least 12.5 trillion insects, weighing about 27.5 million tons. (Vir neznan.)

A typical Mayfly only lives one day. (Vir neznan.)

An ant's sense of smell is as good as a dog's (Vir neznan.)

Ants can live up to 16 years. (Vir neznan.)

Ants cannot chew their food, they move their jaws sideward, like a scissor, to extract the juices from the food. (Vir neznan.)

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day. (Vir neznan.)

Bees are fully grown when they are born. (Vir neznan.)

Bees do not have ears. (Vir neznan.)

Bees have to fly approximately 175,000 kilometres to make one kilogram of honey. (Vir neznan.)

Crickets hear through their knees. (Vir neznan.)

Even though cockroaches have been on the Earth for 250,000,000 they have not changed at all. (Vir neznan.)

Flies mate during the 1st 5 days of life. (Vir neznan.)

For narrating a documentary, the museum of Natural History named a spider, Calponia Harrisonfordi, after actor Harrison Ford. (Vir neznan.)

Hard rock music makes termites chew through wood twice their usual speed. (Vir neznan.)

Honeybees have hair on their eyes. (Vir neznan.)

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Vir neznan.)

If two flies were left to reproduce without predators or other limitations for one year, the resulting mass of flies would be the size of the Earth! (Vir neznan.)

In his book, »The Insects, « naturalist Url N. Lanham reports that the aphid reproductive cycle is so rapid that females are born pregnant. (Vir neznan.)

In relation to its size, the ordinary house spider is eight time faster than an Olympic sprinter. (Vir neznan.)

Insects make up two thirds of known species. (Vir neznan.)

Insects out number humans 100,000,000 to 1. (Vir neznan.)

Mayflies only live one day as adults. (Vir neznan.)

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color. (Vir neznan.)

Mosquitoes are the favorite food of dragonflies. (Vir neznan.)

Mosquitoes have killed more people than have all the world's wars combined. (Vir neznan.)

Mosquitos have teeth. (Vir neznan.)

Mosquitos prefer cow blood to human blood. (Vir neznan.)

Most spiders belong to the orb weaver spider family, Family Aranidae. This is pronounced A Rainy Day. (Vir neznan.)

Moths have no stomach. (Vir neznan.)

On average people fear spiders more than they do death. (Vir neznan.)

Only female mosquitoes bite. (Vir neznan.)

Out of 20,000 species of bees, only 4 make honey. (Vir neznan.)

Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches. (Vir neznan.)

Scientists in Brazil have reported the emergence of the superflea--they are bigger than cockroaches. (Vir neznan.)

Scorpions can withstand 200 times more nuclear radiation than humans can. (Vir neznan.)

Spiders have transparent blood. (Vir neznan.)

The average flea can jump up to 150 times its own length. To match that a human would have to jump 100 feet. (Vir neznan.)

The average housefly lives for one month. (Vir neznan.)

The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days. (Vir neznan.)

The average person swallows three spiders annually. (Vir neznan.)

The black widow spider can devour as many as twenty 'mates' in a single day. (Vir neznan.)

The blood of a grasshopper is not red, but white. (Vir neznan.)

The chances that you will be bitten by a scorpion are 1 in 2 million. (Vir neznan.)

The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces. (Source: Animals of the Rainforest)

The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F. (Vir neznan.)

The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs. (Vir neznan.)

The male of one species of insect related to the praying mantis can only reproduce after the female has bitten off his head. (Vir neznan.)

The male scorpion fly gets other males to bring him food by imitating a female fly. (Vir neznan.)

The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis. (Vir neznan.)

The silkworm moth, bombyx mori, has lost the ability to fly because it has been domesticated. (Vir neznan.)

The total weight of all insects Earth, is twelve times greater than the weight of all people. (Vir neznan.)

The venom in one little tiny Black Widow Spider is more potent than the venom in a Rattlesnake. (Vir neznan.)

There are 1 million ants for every person in the world. (Vir neznan.)

There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are humans on the entire earth. (Vir neznan.)

There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in it's body to kill six cats. (Vir neznan.)

Through a complex system of chemical communication and constant feedback, an ant colony regulates the amount of worker and soldiers, and controls the timing of production of males and fertile females. (Vir neznan.)

You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Koalas

Koalas communicate with each other by making a noise like a snore and then a belch, known as a »bellow.« (Vir neznan.)

Koalas never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat. (Vir neznan.)

The koala never drinks because it gets all the liquid it needs from the eucalyptus leaves that it eats. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Lions

Lions do not live in jungles, they live in the grasslands. (Vir neznan.)

Males lions can sleep for up to 20 hours a day. (Vir neznan.)

The female lion does more than 90 percent of the hunting while the male prefers to rest. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Lions

The MGM lion lived in Memphis until his death. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Monkeys

A baboon called »Jackie« became a private in the South African army in World War I. (Vir neznan.)

If monkeys eat too many un-ripe bananas their tongue and eyes will turn green. (Vir neznan.)

Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do. (Vir neznan.)

The bonobo monkeys use sex (and/or sexual favors) to placate members of their social group instead of grooming. They are one of the few species of animals (humans being another) that have sex out of season and for fun. (Vir neznan.)

The male howler monkey of Central and South America is the noisiest animal which can be heard clearly for distances of up to 3 miles. (Vir neznan.)

The names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru: See no evil, Mikazaru: Hear no evil, and Mazaru: Speak no evil. (Vir neznan.)

The only place in Europe where monkeys live free is Gibraltar. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Ostriches

Ostriches can run 50 miles per hour. (Vir neznan.)

Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. (Vir neznan.)

Ostriches stick their heads in the snad to look for water. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Penguins

Penguins are found in the Antarctic, not Arctic. (Vir neznan.)

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air. (Vir neznan.)

Penguins only have sex once a year. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Pigs

A female swine, or a sow, will always have a even number of teats or nipples, usually twelve. (Vir neznan.)

A pig always sleeps on its right side. (Vir neznan.)

A single pig gave birth to 34 piglets in Denmark in 1961. (Vir neznan.)

Pigs can become alcoholics. (Vir neznan.)

Pigs were once ranked by scientists as the tenth most intelligent animals in the world. (Vir neznan.)

The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named »Big Bill«, who weighed 2,552 lbs. (Vir neznan.)

There are more pigs than humans in Denamrk. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Rabbits

Rabbits and guinea pigs don't sweat. (Vir neznan.)

Rabbits can suffer from heat stroke. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Sea Life

1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. (Vir neznan.)

A 6 pound sea-hare can lay 40,000 eggs in a single minute. (Vir neznan.)

It takes seven years for a lobster to grow 1 pound. (Vir neznan.)

The Pilgrims refused to eat lobsters because they believed they were really big insects. (Vir neznan.)

The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn its stomach inside-out. (Vir neznan.)

There is a sea squirt (found in the seas near Japan) that digests its own brain. When the sea squirt is mature it permanently attaches itself to a rock. At this point it does not need to move anymore and has no need for a brain. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Sharks

A shark can grow a new set of teeth in a week. (Vir neznan.)

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. (Vir neznan.)

A skark's skeleton is made up of cartilage. (Vir neznan.)

If you turn a shark over on it's back it will go into a kind of trance and not move, however, as soon as you turn it back over it starts trashing around again. (Vir neznan.)

Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world. (Vir neznan.)

Shark skin was once used commercially as sandpaper. (Vir neznan.)

Sharks are capable of going at least 6 weeks without eating; the record observed in an aquarium is 15 months by a species of shark known as the »swell sharks«). (Source: www.sharkattacks.com)

Sharks are immune to cancer. (Vir neznan.)

Sharks can live up to 100 years. (Vir neznan.)

Sharks can sense a drop of blood from 2.5 miles away. (Vir neznan.)

The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark. (Vir neznan.)

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be eaten by a shark. (Vir neznan.)

You are more likely to win the state lottery than to be attacked by a shark. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Skunks

A skunk can squirt its vile-smelling fluid as far as ten feet with good aim. (Vir neznan.)

A skunk will not bite and throw its scent at the same time. (Vir neznan.)

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away. (Vir neznan.)

Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Snails

A snail can have 25,000 teeth. (Vir neznan.)

A snail takes 33 hours to crawl one mile. (Vir neznan.)

A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. (Vir neznan.)

Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating. (Vir neznan.)

The snail mates only once in its entire life. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Snakes

A snake has no ears. But its tongue is extremely sensitive to sound vibrations. By flicking its tongue, a snake can pick up sound waves-so a snake 'hears with his tongue...sort of! (Vir neznan.)

Rattlesnakes cannot hear the sound of their own rattles. (Vir neznan.)

Snake bites occur more often in tropical areas, mainly in rural parts. This is because the most extremely venomous snakes live in tropical areas of the world. Many workers in third-class countries make themselves vulnerable by not wearing any protection on their feet. As a matter of fact, in Ecuador nearly 80% of the population has been bitten at least once in their life. (Vir neznan.)

Snake is a delicacy in China. (Vir neznan.)

Snakes cannot blink. (Vir neznan.)

Snakes don't bite in rivers or swamps because they would drown if they did. (Vir neznan.)

The African Rock Python can survive for two years without eating. (Vir neznan.)

The most poisonous snake in the world is the Tiger Snake in Australia. One milligram of its venom can kill one human being. (Vir neznan.)

The only venomous British snake is the adder. (Vir neznan.)

The skin of some snakes change colors naturally, turning darker by day and lighter by night. (Vir neznan.)

The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one gram of it can kill 150 people. Just to handle the substance can put one in a coma. (Vir neznan.)

The world's largest snake is the python. (Vir neznan.)

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Squids

Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water forced out of the body by a siphon. (Source: The Museum of Unnatural Mystery)

The giant squid continues to grow as long as it lives. (Vir neznan.)

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Turtles

A kind of tortoise in the Galapagos Islands has an upturned shell at its neck so it can reach its head up to eat cactus branches. (Vir neznan.)

The giant tortoise has the longest lifespan in captivity of any animal. (Vir neznan.)

The largest turtle ever found weighed 2,016 pounds. (Vir neznan.)

The snapping turtle eats carrion and is used by police to find dead bodies. (Vir neznan.)

To force a tortoises' legs from its shell to treat it, you need to place your finger up its bottom. (Vir neznan.)

You can tell the sex of a turtle by the sound it makes. A male grunts, a female hisses. (Vir neznan.)

Animals and Creatures:Whales

A blue whale's testicles are as large as a Volkswagen beetle, and a small child could crawl through their major arteries. (Vir neznan.)

A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant. (Vir neznan.)

A humpback whale's milk is 54 percent fat. (Vir neznan.)

A whale's penis is called a dork. (Vir neznan.)

An adult blue whale's heart beats about 5-6 times a minute. (Source: Newscientist.com)

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. (Vir neznan.)

The blubber of a male elephant seal is about seven inches thick. (Vir neznan.)

The blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating. (Vir neznan.)

The blue whale is the fastest growing organism in the animal and plant kingdom. (Vir neznan.)

The blue whale's tail can generate 500 horsepower. (Vir neznan.)

The bottle-nosed whale can dive to a depth of 3,000 feet in two minutes. (Vir neznan.)

The tongue of the largest blue whale is bigger than an automobile. (Vir neznan.)

The whale must move its whole body to shift its line of sight because its eyeball is fixed. (Vir neznan.)

Whale oil used be used in car transmissions until 1973. (Vir neznan.)

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Arts and Literature

1961 was the most recent year that could be written upside-down and right side-up and appear the same. The next year that this will be possible will be 6009! (Vir neznan.)

2,488,200 books will be shipped in the next 12 months with the wrong cover. (Vir neznan.)

315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled. (Vir neznan.)

A 17th-century Swedish philologist claimed that in the Garden of Eden God spoke Swedish, Adam spoke Danish, and the serpent spoke French. (Vir neznan.)

A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat. (Vir neznan.)

A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows. (Vir neznan.)

A Flemish artist is responsible for the world's smallest paintings in history. It is a picture of a miller and his mill, and it was painted onto a grain of corn. (Vir neznan.)

A group of crows is called a murder. (Vir neznan.)

A group of officers is called a mess. (Vir neznan.)

A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral. (Vir neznan.)

A hydrodaktulpsychicharmonica is a variety of musical glasses. (Vir neznan.)

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox car can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court. (Vir neznan.)

A necropsy is an autopsy on animals. (Vir neznan.)

A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called a epithalamium. (Vir neznan.)

A postcard collector is called a deltiologist. (Vir neznan.)

A scholar who studies the Marquis de Sade is called a Sadian not a Sadist. (Vir neznan.)

According to Douglas Adams, a Salween is the faint taste of dishwashing liquid in a cup of fresh tea. (Vir neznan.)

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg. (Vir neznan.)

All Hebrew originating names that end with the letters el have something to do with God. (Vir neznan.)

Alma mater means bountiful mother. (Vir neznan.)

Amphibious is based upon Greek words that mean living a double life and amphibians live in both land and water. (Vir neznan.)

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic. (Vir neznan.)

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. (Vir neznan.)

Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th. (Vir neznan.)

Ballroom dancing is a major at Brigham University. (Vir neznan.)

Before the turn of the century, the papers were called Tabloids, Chronicles, Gazettes, etc. Most had local stories and far away stories were quite old as it took awhile for stories to travel ( and of course they were subject to changes from hand to hand. With the event of the teletype, stories could be broadcast all over at unheard of speed. Several of the papers started carrying a section with stories from all over - North, East, West, & South and that's why they are called Newspapers. (Vir neznan.)

Bookkeeper is the only word in the English language with three consecutive double letters. (Vir neznan.)

Chevrolet tried marketing a Chevrolet Nova in Spanish speaking countries - it didn't sell well because NOVA means »doesn't go« in Spanish. (Vir neznan.)

Clans long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn down their houses--hence the expression get fired. (Vir neznan.)

Claustrophobia is the fear of small spaces. (Vir neznan.)

Cleveland spelled backwards is DNA level C. (Vir neznan.)

Clinophobia is the fear of beds. (Vir neznan.)

Corduroy comes from the French, cord du roi or cloth of the king. (Vir neznan.)

Degringolade means to fall and disintegrate. (Vir neznan.)

Dendrology is the study of trees. (Vir neznan.)

Dibble means to drink like a duck. (Vir neznan.)

Disc Jockey Alan Freed popularized the term »Rock and Roll.« (Vir neznan.)

Dr. Seuss coined the word nerd in his 1950 book »If I Ran The Zoo.« (Vir neznan.)

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name so that it would rhyme with rejoice. (Vir neznan.)

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters. (Vir neznan.)

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles. (Vir neznan.)

Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh cut off his left ear. His Self-portrait with the Bandaged Ear shows the right one bandaged because he painted the mirror image. (Vir neznan.)

EEG stands for Electroencephalogram. (Vir neznan.)

EMI stands for ' Electrical and Musical Instruments'. (Vir neznan.)

Entomophobia is the fear of insects. (Vir neznan.)

Eosophobia is the fear of dawn. (Vir neznan.)

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word novel Gatsby without any word containing »e.« (Vir neznan.)

Essay in French means 'to try, attempt'. (Vir neznan.)

Ever wonder where the phrase two bits came from? Some coins used in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War were Spanish dollars, which could be cut into pieces, or bits. Since two pieces equaled one-fourth dollar, the expression two bits came into being as a name for 25 cents. (Vir neznan.)

Ever wonder where the term Work Smarter...Not Harder originated? Allan F. Mogensen, the creator of Work Simplification, coined the phrase in the 1930's. The 1990's equivalent term is probably Business Process Reengineering. (Vir neznan.)

Every minute 47 bibles are sold or distributed throughout the world. (Vir neznan.)

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning containing arsenic. (Vir neznan.)

Fido means »faithful« in Latin. (Vir neznan.)

For much of the way, the Lewis and Clark expedition was led by a woman, Sacagawea, a Shoshone Indian. That's where that saying came from... Behind every successful man, there is a woman with a road map. (Vir neznan.)

For the 66% of American's who admit to reading in the bathroom, the preferred reading material is »Reader's Digest.« (Vir neznan.)

Forget-me-not: According to German legend this flower gets its name from the last words of a knight, who was drowned while trying to pick some from the riverside for his lady. (Vir neznan.)

German is considered the sister language of English. (Vir neznan.)

Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth. (Vir neznan.)

Goethe couldn't stand the sound of barking dogs and could only write if he had an apple rotting in the drawer of his desk. (Vir neznan.)

Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. However, every stamp carries a relief image or a silhouette of the monarch's head instead. (Vir neznan.)

Groaking is to watch people eating in hopes that they will offer you some. (Vir neznan.)

Hairy people are called »hirsute.« (Vir neznan.)

Ham radio operators got the term ham coined from the expression ham-fisted operators a term used to describe early radio users who sent Morse code (i.e pounded their fists). (Vir neznan.)

Happy as a clam is from the expression happy as a clam at high tide. Clams are only harvested when the tide is out. (Vir neznan.)

Hara kiri is an impolite way of saying the Japanese word seppuku which means, literally, belly splitting. (Vir neznan.)

Hawaiian words do not contain consonant clusters. For example, Kahlua is not a Hawaiian word. (Vir neznan.)

Hydroxydesoxycorticosterone and hydroxydeoxycorticosterones are the largest anagrams. (Vir neznan.)

I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. (Vir neznan.)

If each count were one second long, it would take about twelve days to count to a million and thirty-two years to count to a billion. (Vir neznan.)

If you look carefully at the picture of Mona Lisa, you will notice a bridge in the background. (Vir neznan.)

Ignoramus: The grand jury used to write ignoramus on the back of indictments not found or not to be sent to court. This was often constructed as an indication of the stupidity of the jury, hence its present meaning. (Vir neznan.)

In England, in the 1880's pants was considered a dirty word. (Vir neznan.)

In English, four is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value. (Vir neznan.)

In Ethiopia, both males and females of the Surma tribes shave their heads as a mark of beauty. (Vir neznan.)

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water. (Vir neznan.)

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. (Vir neznan.)

In Papua New Guinea, there are villages within five miles of each other which speak different languages. (Vir neznan.)

In Scotland, if you are filthy, you will be referred to as a

In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.' (Vir neznan.)

In the Philippines, MABUHAY means »to bring life to.« (Vir neznan.)

Influenza got its name from that fact that people believed the disease was because of the evil »influence« of stars. (Vir neznan.)

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. (Vir neznan.)

It is impossible to drown and not die. Technically the term 'drowning' refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process. (Vir neznan.)

Ivanov is the most common Russian surname. (Vir neznan.)

January is named for the Roman god Janus. (Vir neznan.)

Jet lag was once called boat lag, before there were jets. (Vir neznan.)

Karoke means empty orchestra in Japanese. (Vir neznan.)

Kemo Sabe means »soggy shrub« in Navajo. (Vir neznan.)

Koala is Aboriginal for no drink. (Vir neznan.)

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables. (Vir neznan.)

Lead poisoning is known as plumbism. (Vir neznan.)

Libra, the Scales, is the only inanimate symbol in the zodiac. (Vir neznan.)

Linn's Stamp News is the world's largest weekly newspaper for stamp collectors. (Vir neznan.)

Lucifer is latin for Light Bringer. It is a translation of the Hebrew name for Satan, Halael. Satan means adversary, devil means liar. (Vir neznan.)

MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela, or Death to the French is Italy's Cry (Vir neznan.)

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (Vir neznan.)

Marijuana is Spanish for 'Mary Jane.' (Vir neznan.)

More people speak English in China than the United States. (Vir neznan.)

More than 26 dialects of Quichua are spoken in Ecuador. (Vir neznan.)

Mothers were originally named mama or mommy (in many languages) because they have mammary glands. (Vir neznan.)

Naked means to be unprotected-Nude means unclothed. (Vir neznan.)

Native speakers of Japanese learn Spanish more easily than English. Native speakers of English learn Spanish more easily than Japanese. (Vir neznan.)

Nine is considered the luckiest number worldwide. (Vir neznan.)

No word in English rhymes with the word month. (Vir neznan.)

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. (Vir neznan.)

Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland. (Vir neznan.)

November 19 is »Have a Bad Day day.« (Vir neznan.)

November 29 is »National Sinky Day«; a day to eat over one's sink and worship it. (Vir neznan.)

November when translated literally is the ninth month. (Vir neznan.)

Nycrophobia is the fear of darkness. (Vir neznan.)

October 10 is National Metric Day. (Vir neznan.)

Papaphobia is the fear of Popes. (Vir neznan.)

People didn't always say hello when they answered the phone. When the first regular phone service was established in 1878, people said Ahoy. (Vir neznan.)

Arts and Literature

Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias. (Vir neznan.)

Polish is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality. (Vir neznan.)

Professional ballerinas use about twelve pairs of toe shoes per week. (Vir neznan.)

Put a sock in it: Be quiet, shut-up, make less noise; a slang expression. In the late 19th century and earlier years of the 20th century, when gramophones or phonographs amplified the sound through large horns woolen socks were often stuffed in them to cut down the noise. (Vir neznan.)

Quisling is the only word in the English language to start with quis. (Vir neznan.)

Race car is a palindrome. (Vir neznan.)

RCA stands for Radio Corporation of America. (Vir neznan.)

Rio de Janeiro translates to River of January. (Vir neznan.)

Scatologists are experts who study poop (a.k.a. crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, excrement, etc...) (Vir neznan.)

Sekkusu is sex in Japanese. (Vir neznan.)

Smithee is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don't want their names to appear in the credits. (Vir neznan.)

Son of a Gun: This familiar designation implying contempt but now used with joculra familiarity derives from the days when women were allowed to live in naval ships. The son of the gun was one born in the ship often near the midship gun, behind canvas screen. If the paternity was uncertain, the child was entered in the log as son of a gun. (Vir neznan.)

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.' (Vir neznan.)

Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only The left hand. (Vir neznan.)

Strange-but-real college courses offered advanced cereal science, amusement park administration, clay wheel throwing, fatherhood & soil judging. (Vir neznan.)

The »a.m.« in 5:00 a.m. stands for ante meridiem. (Vir neznan.)

The (you are here arrow) on a map is called the IDEO locator. (Vir neznan.)

The 3rd year of marriage is called the leather anniversary. (Vir neznan.)

The abbreviation e.g. stands for »Exempli gratia«, or »For example.« (Vir neznan.)

The abbreviation for 1 pound, lb., comes from the astrological sign Libra, meaning balance. (Vir neznan.)

The abbreviation ORD for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from the old name Orchard Field. (Vir neznan.)

The Bible has been translated into Klingon. (Vir neznan.)

The correct response to the Irish greeting, Top of the morning to you, is and the rest of the day to yourself. (Vir neznan.)

The D in D-day means Day. The French term for D-Day is J-jour. (Vir neznan.)

The earliest document in Latin in a woman's handwriting (it is from the first century A.D) is an invitation to a birthday party. (Vir neznan.)

The English call a garbageman a dustman. (Vir neznan.)

The Eskimo language has over twenty words to describe different kinds of snow. (Vir neznan.)

The explative, »Holy Toledo, « refers to Toledo, Spain, which became an outstanding Christian cultural center in 1085. (Vir neznan.)

The expression What is tarnation comes from the original meaning What in eternal damnation. (Vir neznan.)

The famous painting of Whistler's Mother was once bought from a pawn shop. (Vir neznan.)

The first issue of People Magazine, in 1974, cost 35 cents and featured actress Mia Farrow on the cover. (Vir neznan.)

The French term »bourrage de crane« for wartime propaganda, means brain stuffing. (Vir neznan.)

The heraldic term gules, meaning red, comes from the French word gueules, meaning a throat. (Vir neznan.)

The infinity character on the keyboard is called a lemniscate. (Vir neznan.)

The infinity sign is called a lemniscate. (Vir neznan.)

The Japanese translation of Switch is pronounced suitchi. (Vir neznan.)

The Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan »finger-lickin' good« came out as »eat your fingers off« in Chinese. (Vir neznan.)

The L.L in L.L.Bean stands for Leon Leonwood. (Vir neznan.)

The leading female singer in an opera is called the prima donna. (Vir neznan.)

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. (Vir neznan.)

The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukak-apikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu--a New Zealand hill. (Vir neznan.)

The longest placename in Great Britain is Gorsafawddachaidraigddanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion. (Vir neznan.)

The magic word 'Abracadabra' was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever. (Vir neznan.)

The metal part of a lamp that surrounds the bulb and supports the shade is called a harp. (Vir neznan.)

The Mona Lisa painting was completed in 1503. (Vir neznan.)

The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on Aug. 21, 1911. (Vir neznan.)

The monastic hours are matins, lauds, prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers and compline. (Vir neznan.)

The most collect calls are made on Father's Day. (Vir neznan.)

The most common name for a gold fish is ‘Jaws’. (Vir neznan.)

The most common name in Italy is Mario Rossi. (Vir neznan.)

The most common name in the world is Mohammed. (Vir neznan.)

The most common Spanish surname is Garcia. (Vir neznan.)

The most common surname in Sweden is Johansson. (Vir neznan.)

The most diffiult tongue-twister is “The sixth sick Sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.” (Vir neznan.)

The most popular name for a boat in 1996 was Serenity. (Vir neznan.)

The naked truth: the fable says that the Truth and Falsehood went bathing; Falsehood came first out of the water, and dressed herself in Truth's garments. Truth, unwilling to take those of Falsehood, went naked. (Vir neznan.)

The name fez is turkish for Hat. (Vir neznan.)

The name for fungal remains found in coal is sclerotinite. (Vir neznan.)

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. (Vir neznan.)

The national anthem of the Netherlands Het Wilhelmus, is an 'acrostichon.' The first letters of each of the fifteen verses represent the name Willem Van Nassov. (Vir neznan.)

The Netherlands and the United States both have anthems that do not mention their country's name. (Vir neznan.)

The next-to-last event is the penultimate, and the second-to-last is the antepenultimate. (Vir neznan.)

The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the rosey...), these sores would smell very badly so common folk would put flowers on their bodies somewhere inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores (....pocket full of poseys..), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease (...ashes, ashes we all fall down!). (Vir neznan.)

The original story from Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights begins, Aladdin was a little chinese boy. (Vir neznan.)

The phrase »Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride« actually comes from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash. (Vir neznan.)

The phrase jet lag was once called boat lag, back before airplanes existed. (Vir neznan.)

THE PRACTITIONER, a British medical journal, has determined that bird-watching may be hazardous to your health. The magazine, in fact, has officially designated bird-watching a hazardous hobby, after documenting the death of a weekend bird-watcher who became so immersed in his subject that he grew oblivious to his surroundings and consequently was eaten by a crocodile. (Vir neznan.)

The Sanskrit word for »war« means »desire for more cows.« (Vir neznan.)

The sentence »the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog« uses every letter in the English language. (Vir neznan.)

The slang word crap comes from T. Crapper, the man who invented the modern toilet. (Vir neznan.)

The slash character is called a virgule, or solidus. A URL uses slash characters, not back slash characters. (Vir neznan.)

The Spanish word for Navy is »Armada.« (Vir neznan.)

The stress in Hungarian words always falls on the first syllable. (Vir neznan.)

The symbol on the pound key is called anoctothorpe. (Vir neznan.)

The term »honeymoon« is derived from the Babylonians who declared mead, a honey-flavored wine, the official wedding drink, stipulating that the bride's parents be required to keep the groom supplied with the drink for the month following the wedding. (Vir neznan.)

The term 'cop' came from Constable on Patrol. It is from England. (Vir neznan.)

The term devil's advocate comes from the Roman Catholic church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view. (Vir neznan.)

The term mayday used for signaling for help (after SOS) comes from the French M'aidez which pronounced MAYDAY and means Help Me. (Vir neznan.)

The term Rock N' Roll was coined in 195 (Vir neznan.)

The term the Boogey man will get you comes from the Boogy people who still inhabit an area of Indonesia. These people still act as pirates today and attack ships that pass. (Vir neznan.)

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley. (Vir neznan.)

The traditional symbol of the pawnbroker--three golden balls--is thought to be dervied from the coat of the arms of the Medici family, who ruled Italian city of Florence between the 15th and 16th centuries. The symbol was spread by the Lombards--Italian bankers, goldsmiths, and moneylenders who set up businesses in midevil London. (Vir neznan.)

The word

The word

The word »kangaroo« means »I don't know« in the language of Australian aborigines. When Captain Cook approached natives of the Endeavor River tribe to ask what the strange animal was, he got »kangaroo« for an answer. (Vir neznan.)

The word »Karate« means empty hand. (Vir neznan.)

The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.' (Vir neznan.)

The word accordion comes from the German word »akkord, « which means »agreement, harmony.« (Vir neznan.)

The word Aloha is used as both a greeting and a farewell in Hawaii. (Vir neznan.)

The word calendar comes from Latin and means 'to call out.' (Vir neznan.)

The word hangnail comes from the Middle English: ang-(painful)+ nail. Nothing to do with hanging. (Vir neznan.)

The word karate means empty hand. (Vir neznan.)

There are about 5,000 different languages spoken on Earth. (Vir neznan.)

There are about 5,000 languages in the world. (Vir neznan.)

There are no Spanish words that begin with the letter w (except for those of American English origin.) (Vir neznan.)

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. (Vir neznan.)

Three dog night (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs to keep from freezing. (Vir neznan.)

Trabant is the German word for satellite. (Vir neznan.)

Underground is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters und. (Vir neznan.)

Why are computer defects called bugs? . In 1943, Navy officer Grace Hopper found a glitch in her computer. After investigating, she discovered the system had a bug - a real one. Turns out a moth made its way into Hopper's computer. Though the word bug has meant fault or defect since as far back as the 1870's, Hopper's story is credited with making it the synonym of choice in the computer industry. (Vir neznan.)

X-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa under the visible one. (Vir neznan.)

Zorro means fox in Spanish. (Vir neznan.)

Arts and Literature:Books

Bambi was originally published in 1929 in German. (Vir neznan.)

During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies. (Vir neznan.)

General Lew Wallace's best seller »Ben Hur« was the first work of fiction to be blessed by a pope. (Vir neznan.)

Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. (Vir neznan.)

In 1898 (14 years prior to the Titanic tragedy), Morgan Robertson wrote a novel called Futility. This fictitious novel was about the largest ship ever built hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean on a cold April night. (Vir neznan.)

Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book. (Vir neznan.)

Mario Puzo wrote »The Godfather.« (Vir neznan.)

Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein at the age of 19. (Vir neznan.)

Moby Dick was white. (Vir neznan.)

People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other people in the world. (Vir neznan.)

The all time best selling electronic book is Stephen King's »Riding The Bullet.« (Vir neznan.)

The Bible is the number one shoplifted book in America. (Vir neznan.)

The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention the name of God. (Vir neznan.)

The first Eskimo Bible was printed in Copenhagen in 174 (Vir neznan.)

The only person to decline a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was Sinclair Lewis for his book Arrowsmith. (Vir neznan.)

The title of Muhammed Ali's autobiography is »The Greatest.« (Vir neznan.)

The title of Richard Nixon's presidential memoirs is »RN.« (Vir neznan.)

There is a book called

Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter. (Vir neznan.)

Arts and Literature:English Language

A »prestidigitator« is another word for magician. (Vir neznan.)

A castrated rooster is called a capon. (Vir neznan.)

A conehologist studies mollusks and shells. (Vir neznan.)

A deltiologist collects postcards. (Vir neznan.)

A fingerprint is also known as a dactylogram. (Vir neznan.)

A funambulist is a tightrope walker. (Vir neznan.)

A group of bears is called a sleuth. (Vir neznan.)

A group of kittens is called a kindle. (Vir neznan.)

A gynephobic man fears women. (Vir neznan.)

A horologist measures time. (Vir neznan.)

A klazomaniac is someone who feels like shouting. (Vir neznan.)

A Klazomaniac is someone who feels like shouting. (Vir neznan.)

A librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed. (Vir neznan.)

A male witch is called a warlock. (Vir neznan.)

A phonophobe fears noise. (Vir neznan.)

A phrenologist feel and interpret skull features. (Vir neznan.)

A sleepwalker is called a somnambulist. (Vir neznan.)

A sultan's wife is called a sultana. (Vir neznan.)

A vixen is a female fox. (Vir neznan.)

A yuppie is known as a

Acrophobia is the fear of heights. (Vir neznan.)

An anthropophagist eats people. (Vir neznan.)

Carcinomaphobia is the fear of cancer. (Vir neznan.)

Certain sounds in the English language are real germ spreaders, particularly the sounds of f,p,t,d and s. (Vir neznan.)

Good bye came from

Killing a King is called a »regicide.« (Vir neznan.)

Narcissism is the psychiatric term for self-love. (Vir neznan.)

Nyctohylophobia is the fear of dark wooded areas, of forests at night. (Vir neznan.)

Of all the words in the English language, the word »set« has the most definitions. (Vir neznan.)

Paedophobia is a fear of children. (Vir neznan.)

Patty & Selma, from the Simpsons, smoke 'Laramie' brand cigarettes. (Vir neznan.)

Pyrophobia is the fear of fire. (Vir neznan.)

Rhythm and syzygy are the longest English words without vowels. (Vir neznan.)

Scuba stands for »Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.« (Vir neznan.)

Sheriff came from Shire Reeve. During early years of feudal rule in England, each shire had a reeve who was the law for that shire. When the term was brought to the United States it was shortened to Sheriff. (Vir neznan.)

Skepticisms is the longest typed word that alternates hands. (Vir neznan.)

Spat-out food is called chanking. (Vir neznan.)

Stamp collectors are called philatelists. (Vir neznan.)

Stressed is desserts spelt backwards. (Vir neznan.)

Tang is short for tangy and also suggests the flavor of tangerine. (Vir neznan.)

Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive. (Vir neznan.)

Telephonophobia is the fear of telephones. (Vir neznan.)

The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck. (Vir neznan.)

The fox's tail is called a brush. (Vir neznan.)

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of elements. (Vir neznan.)

The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have one syllable, it has three. (Vir neznan.)

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched. (Vir neznan.)

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA. (Vir neznan.)

The meaning of »stool pigeon« is an informer, or a traitor. (Vir neznan.)

The most common letter in the English language are R S T L N E. (Vir neznan.)

The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. (Vir neznan.)

The Old English word for sneeze is fneosan. (Vir neznan.)

The oldest word in the English language is town. (Vir neznan.)

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. (Vir neznan.)

The only contemporary words that end with gry are angry and hungry. (Vir neznan.)

The phrase rule of thumb is derived from an old English law stating that you cannot beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (Vir neznan.)

The phrase sleep tight originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope. (Vir neznan.)

The term potty comes from the pint-sized chamber pot built for children. (Vir neznan.)

The two ends of a magnet are called poles. (Vir neznan.)

The U in U-boats stands for »Undersea Boat.« (Vir neznan.)

The word

The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Suess in If I ran to the Zoo. (Vir neznan.)

The word constipation comes from a Latin word that means »to crowd together.« (Vir neznan.)

The word curfew originates from an old french word that means cover fire. (Vir neznan.)

The word diastima is the word for having a gap between your teeth. (Vir neznan.)

The word Lethologica describes the state of not remembering the word you want to say. (Vir neznan.)

The word noon came from an old church term none meaning three. There was a monastic order that was so devout that they declared they would not eat until that time. Since they rang the bells indicating time, none came earlier and earlier. The towns people called mid-day noon to ridicule them. (Vir neznan.)

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. (Vir neznan.)

The word rodent comes from the Latin word `rodere' meaning to gnaw. (Vir neznan.)

The word samba means to rub navels together. (Vir neznan.)

The words assassination and bump were invented by Shakespeare. (Vir neznan.)

The world's longest name ia Adolph Blaine Charles Daivid Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Sr. (Vir neznan.)

There are only four words in the English language which end in -dous: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (Vir neznan.)

There are only three world capitals that begin with the letter O in English: Ottawa, Canada; Oslo, Norway; and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (Vir neznan.)

There are six words in the English language with the letter combination uu. Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate, duumvir and residuum. (Vir neznan.)

There are ten body parts that are only three letters long: eye, ear, leg, arm, jaw, gum, toe, lip, hip, and rib. (Vir neznan.)

There is a 23-page essay on the word »set« in the original Oxford English dictionary. (Vir neznan.)

There was no punctuation until the 15th century. (Vir neznan.)

Tonsurphobia is the fear of haircuts. (Vir neznan.)

Arts and Literature:English Language

When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a portmanteau. (Vir neznan.)

When your sink is full, the little hole that lets the water drain, instead of flowing over the side, is called a porcelator. (Vir neznan.)

Women who wink at men are known as »nictitating« women. (Vir neznan.)

Xenophobia is the fear of strangers or foreigners. (Vir neznan.)

You would have to count to one thousand to use the letter A in the English language to spell a whole number. (Vir neznan.)

Zoophobia is the fear of animals. (Vir neznan.)

[DAN]

A nimaš nobenega daljšega posta????????

DAN

[suzuki]

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Noj ima večje oko, kot so njegovi možgani.

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Hja, poznam tudi nekaj takih ljudi...

[Klo]

...Polz lahko po potrebi spi tri leta skupaj....

..njemu je pa res fajn :lol:

[Klo]

SymRu: a ni boljš da kr priročnik izdaš? :wink:

[bladzo]

SymRu ni gladek (dejstvo)! :!: 8) :lol: :wink:

lp

[smeško]

Še eno najbolj neverjetno dejstvo:

tehničnega pregleda z motorjem, ki ima neoriginal dimnik ni možno napravit, ker je treba met original gor :roll:

[Guest 1]

v prvem (slovenskem delu) je defakto pol zlaganega - take znajo srati sam amreikaneri

8)

jstVEMdajetkopress

:roll:

npr: ob 4 otrocih (trije odrasli) prougutou vem kuko je s koleni pr dujenčkih

:D

[vragica]

:? ... hocem podaljske postov... tole je premalo... :P

[Guest 1]

8)

vragica surfanje je rešitev tvoje zagate

zafirbcejegooglezakonpress

:lol:

[bauca]

GO SYM !!

[Guest 1]

GO SYM !!

pa tebe je povsod polno - pa šele prišla si

bravo, bravo

hipremotorikapress

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[bauca]

GO SYM !!

pa tebe je povsod polno - pa šele prišla si

bravo, bravo

HVALA !!

[Guest 1]

pa tebe je povsod polno - pa šele prišla si

bravo, bravo

HVALA !!

prosim, prosim

ni zakaj

pa še drugič, ni nobem problem

:oops:

[bauca]

Pa še nekaj :

A VESTE DA NE MOREMO POLIZATI SVOJIH KOMOLCEV ?

DA JE TAKO KOT PRSTNI ODTISI TUDI ODTIS JEZIKA DRUGAČEN PRI VSAKI OSEBI ?

DA SO VŽIGALNIK IZUMILI PRED VŽIGALICAMI ?

DA DA JE V SVETU 23% PROBLEMOV PRI FOTOKOPIRNIH STROJIH POVZROČENIH Z STRANI LJUDI KI SO SI FOTOKOPIRALI ZADNJICO ?

DA JE 35% LJUDI KI VPISUJEJO OGLASE DA IŠČEJO PARTNERJA, POROČENIH ?

DA DA ČE PREMOČNO KIHNETE SI LAHKO ZLOMITE REBRO ?

DA PODGANE IN KONJI NE MOREJO BRUHAT ?

DA ČE SKUŠATE ZADRŽATI KIHANJE VAM LAHKO POČI ŽILICA V GLAVI IN LAHKO UMRETE ?

DA SO PRAŠIČI FIZIČNO NESPOSOBNI POGLEDATI V NEBO ?

DA JE 75% LJUDI KI JE PREBRALO TA DEJSTVA, SI POSKUŠALO POLIZATI KOMOLEC ?

:roll: :roll: :idea: :roll: :idea: :idea: :roll: :roll:

[Guest 1]

Pa še nekaj :

A VESTE DA NE MOREMO POLIZATI SVOJIH KOMOLCEV ?

DA JE TAKO KOT PRSTNI ODTISI TUDI ODTIS JEZIKA DRUGAČEN PRI VSAKI OSEBI ?

DA SO VŽIGALNIK IZUMILI PRED VŽIGALICAMI ?

DA DA JE V SVETU 23% PROBLEMOV PRI FOTOKOPIRNIH STROJIH POVZROČENIH Z STRANI LJUDI KI SO SI FOTOKOPIRALI ZADNJICO ?

DA JE 35% LJUDI KI VPISUJEJO OGLASE DA IŠČEJO PARTNERJA, POROČENIH ?

DA DA ČE PREMOČNO KIHNETE SI LAHKO ZLOMITE REBRO ?

DA PODGANE IN KONJI NE MOREJO BRUHAT ?

DA ČE SKUŠATE ZADRŽATI KIHANJE VAM LAHKO POČI ŽILICA V GLAVI IN LAHKO UMRETE ?

DA SO PRAŠIČI FIZIČNO NESPOSOBNI POGLEDATI V NEBO ?

DA JE 75% LJUDI KI JE PREBRALO TA DEJSTVA, SI POSKUŠALO POLIZATI KOMOLEC ?

:roll: :roll: :idea: :roll: :idea: :idea: :roll: :roll:

pa da ima naš jezik 3 funkcije

- za jest

- za govort

- za :oops: še eno.. no saj veste, zvečer, pa svečka, romantika :oops:

pa lahkonoč - sem kr tuki poslovu

je cajt za večerne rituale

:lol:

[bauca]

vauuuuuuuu .....

nočko 1 !!

lp

[SiR]

pa tebe je povsod polno - pa šele prišla si

bravo, bravo

HVALA !!

prosim, prosim

ni zakaj

pa še drugič, ni nobem problem

:oops:

Ej, enica, tudi tebe je kr naenkrat povsod polno...

Naj te opomnim, da te ne bo rabil Ice ali kdo drug - ne preveč nabijat in kr tko neki se zahvaljevat in bit vljuden v vseh temah povprek... Čestitke in zahvale imajo posebno temo, v teh, kjer naj bi kaj resnejšega - ali pa tudi ne - pisalo, pa se skušaj držati teme, ki jo je zastavil avtor ...

Sicer pa je vsak enkrat imel fazo, v kateri si ti zdaj... neke vrste forumska puberteta :D

[Guest 1]

ne gre za to

dolgčas - a ne?

saj bom kmalu "oladil", ker sem maja že v službi -

po dveh letih brezposelnosti

polbopamirpredmanopress