A new study revealed
that baby Nile crocodiles communicate with each other while they’re
still inside their eggs. The pre-hatching calls, which sound like
little grunts, are meant to let siblings know that it’s time to get out
of the egg.
Minnesota,
a Przewalski horse, underwent a reverse vasectomy as part of a bid to
save his species. Native to China and Mongolia, the species was
declared extinct in the wild in 1970. Since then, several hundred have
been bred and reintroduced to the wild.
The
$6 million lawsuit filed by the New York City street performer known as
The Naked Cowboy against M&Ms candy maker Mars Inc can go forward
on grounds of trademark infringement, a judge ruled recently.
Robert
Burck -- for 10 years a fixture in Times Square, who strums a white
guitar while dressed only in white cowboy boots and hat and skimpy
white underwear -- filed the suit in February over video billboards
depicting a blue M&M dressed in his signature outfit.
Sheryl Crow’s two front teeth are fake.
A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were spelled incorrectly.
The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.
Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.
The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.
Just Joking:
I’ll Sue:
Did you know that heaven and
hell are actually right next to each other? They are separated by a big
chain-link fence. Well, one day hell was having a big party and it got
a little out of hand. God heard the ruckus and arrived to find his
fence completely smashed by the wild partiers. He called the devil over
and said “Look, Satan, you have to rebuild this fence.” Satan agreed.
The next day God noticed that the devil had completely rebuilt the
fence...but it was 2 feet further into heaven than before.
“Satan!” beckoned God. “You have to take that fence down and put it back where it belongs!”
“Yeah? What if I don’t?” replied the devil.
“I’ll sue you if I have to,” answered God.
“Sure,” laughed Satan. “Where are you going to find a lawyer?”
The Pessimist:
An avid duck hunter was in
the market for a new bird dog. His search ended when he found a dog
that could actually walk on water to retrieve a duck. Shocked by his
find, he was sure none of his friends would ever believe him.
He
decided to try to break the news to a friend of his, the eternal
pessimist who refused to be impressed with anything. This, surely,
would impress him. He invited him to hunt with him and his new dog.
As
they waited by the shore, a flock of ducks flew by. they fired, and a
duck fell. The dog responded and jumped into the water. The dog,
however, did not sink but instead walked across the water to retrieve
the bird, never getting more than his paws wet. This continued all day
long; each time a duck fell, the dog walked across the surface of the
water to retrieve it.
The pessimist watched carefully, saw everything, but did not say a single word.
On the drive home the hunter asked his friend, “Did you notice anything unusual about my new dog?”
“I sure did,” responded the pessimist. “He can’t swim.”
Don’t Touch Me!
Three guys were fishing in a lake one day, when an angel appeared in the boat.
When
the three astonished men had settled down enough to speak, the first
guy asked the angel humbly, “I’ve suffered from back pain ever since I
took shrapnel in the Vietnam War ... Could you help me?”
“Of course,” the angel said, and when he touched the man’s back, the man felt relief for the first time in years.
The
second guy who wore very thick glasses and had a hard time reading and
driving. He asked if the angel could do anything about his poor
eyesight. The angel smiled, removed the man’s glasses and tossed them
into the lake. When they hit the water, the man’s eyes cleared and he
could see everything distinctly.
When the angel turned to the
third guy, the guy put his hands out defensively -- “Don’t touch me!”
he cried, “I’m on a disability pension.”
Makes You Think:
Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?
How do you KNOW it’s new and improved dog food?
Why do they put locks on the doors of 24-hour stores?
Why is abbreviation such a long word?
