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Bhakti Wellness Center May 2013 Newsletter – Tidbits<\/span> By: Dr. Drew Litchy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. (try it!)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A shrimp’s heart is in its head.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand, or attempted to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 10.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>In every episode of Seinfeld there was a Superman somewhere in the picture.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 12.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 13.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Some lipsticks contain fish scales.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 14.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Cat urine glows under a black-light.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 15.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 16.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 17.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 18.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing (when using the proper position of the hands on the keyboard; Hunting and pecking doesn’t count!).<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 19.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 20.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The longest one-syllable words in the English language are “scraunched” and “strengthed.” Some suggest that “squirreled” could be included, but squirrel is intended to be pronounced as two syllables (squir-rel) according to most dictionaries. “Screeched” and “strengths” are two other long one-syllable words, but they only have 9 letters.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 21.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 22.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Almonds are a member of the peach family.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 23.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 24.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 25.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 26.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 27.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 28.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 29.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>In many advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 30.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bhakti Wellness Center May 2013 Newsletter – Tidbits By: Dr. Drew Litchy \u00a0 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. 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