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[TheYellowCellPhone]

Moray eels effectively work like the aliens in Alien, that they have an extra mouth inside their mouth to devour their prey.

It's impossible to lick your own elbow

There is always going to be that person who doesn't know one of the Internet's most debunked myths.

Look up "licking your elbow" on Google Images. In fact, I'll save you the time.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

Immortal jellyfish are...well, immortal! They cannot die unless through mortal injury.

Also, carpenter ants blow themselves up to defend their nest.

 

[Arkvoodle]

The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets.

Their true purpose is sinister.

 

[Blue Hero]

Batman is a human dressing up as a bat, not a bat dressing up as a human.

 

[kittii-chan 300]

Cold water does not boil faster than already hot water but hot water can freeze faster than cold water.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

Irregardless is totally a word.

 

[mbug]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary, it's a lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust (like from volcanoes, makes sense as 'volcano' is part of the condition).

When i looked at that i didnt even try to read the word... i kinda just skipped to "longest word in english dictionary"....

OT: A goldfish is the only animal that can see ultra violet and infra red lighting.

 

[mbug]

somewhere in space, there is a massive cloud of alcohol the size of our solar system. you could make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer with it.

i call bs. i need proof of this one O.O

 

[conflictofinterests]

somewhere in space, there is a massive cloud of alcohol the size of our solar system. you could make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer with it.

i call bs. i need proof of this one O.O

Mainly as all non-organic alcohol is extremely toxic, you can discount the "beer" part.

 

[enzilewulf]

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Yeah, so next time you Brits call some one a twit your actually calling them a Pregnant fish

 

[General Vengeance]

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

 

[DesertMummy]

We technically live in a time where ponies (my little pony) are manlier than vampires and werewolves. (twilight)

 

[johnzaku]

The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets.

Their true purpose is sinister.

-Topically applied fluoride doesn't prevent tooth decay! It does render teeth detectable by spy satellite!

-There was a magic bullet. It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning the truth!

 

[ImperialSunlight]

The person who played Dumbledore in the first Harry Potter movie (the one who died) was in a 1960s musical called Camelot. He played King Arthur and he sang. Pretty well, actually. He also wore blue eye shadow :/.

 

[Asita]

The phrase "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is gramatically valid in english.

Much of the alien writing in the show Futurama is one of two ciphers made for the fans to crack. One is a simple letter substitution, the other...well, requires more effort to translate.
--Fittingly, the debut of the latter cypher was for a sign reading "Codebreakers Chat Room"

somewhere in space, there is a massive cloud of alcohol the size of our solar system. you could make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer with it.

i call bs. i need proof of this one O.O

Here you go

 

[Hyldago]

Japanese honeybees will mob scouting hornets and, to make sure their nest location is kept a secret, they begin to vibrate rapidly until they raise their and the hornet's body temperature to well over a hundred (don't remember if Ferlinghetti or Celsius). The hornet gets so hot it actually catches on fire. The honeybees have a slightly higher combustion temperature and remain unharmed.

 

[Mariakko]

In Ohio (I think) it is illegal to go whaling, Even though it is a landlocked state.

 

[Catfood220]

Tortoiseshell cats are almost always female due to a genetic quirk. On the other side of a coin, a ginger cat is almost always male.

 

[mbug]

The phrase "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is gramatically valid in english.

Much of the alien writing in the show Futurama is one of two ciphers made for the fans to crack. One is a simple letter substitution, the other...well, requires more effort to translate.
--Fittingly, the debut of the latter cypher was for a sign reading "Codebreakers Chat Room"

somewhere in space, there is a massive cloud of alcohol the size of our solar system. you could make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer with it.

i call bs. i need proof of this one O.O

Here you go

well i'll be...

 

[Nouw]

Christmas is not Christian-specific.

It's impossible to lick your own elbow

*Snaps off elbow. "Hah!" *Licks elbow then proceeds to die from blood loss. On a more serious note, I can't believe that no one can do that. There are people with abnormal qualities but humanity has still failed to lick their below?