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    I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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      I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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      Abhi Lahare wrote: 37. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. I'm picturing a future scene, in which a burglar responds to a question from his partner, "Can you get past the security?" to which he replies, "I've got it licked." Abhi Lahare wrote: 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. Thank God! Elephants have flat feet, too, but only because they like to leap out of banana trees at 2 AM. Pygmies are short because they like to take walks in banana groves at 2AM. Abhi Lahare wrote: 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. It also originally contained cocaine. Abhi Lahare wrote: 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. That figures... Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.

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        I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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        Abhi Lahare wrote: All polar bears are left handed. Shouldn't that be left pawed. ;P Abhi Lahare wrote: The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. I wonder if drunk ants get barred from their nest like bees get barred from the hive. Each hive has little bee bouncers to stop any disruptive bees from getting into the hive, so if you cant fly straight you don't get in. :cool: If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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          I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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          You might find that some of these aren't true such as 30. Pigs can look up. Elaine :rose: PS I wonder how many people just licked their elbows ? :laugh: The tigress is here :-D

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            Abhi Lahare wrote: All polar bears are left handed. Shouldn't that be left pawed. ;P Abhi Lahare wrote: The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. I wonder if drunk ants get barred from their nest like bees get barred from the hive. Each hive has little bee bouncers to stop any disruptive bees from getting into the hive, so if you cant fly straight you don't get in. :cool: If I had a better memory I would remember more.

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            Suzanne Boyle wrote: Each hive has little bee bouncers to stop any disruptive bees from getting into the hive Why didn't they add this feature to the registry??


            we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is Vonnegut jr.
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              You might find that some of these aren't true such as 30. Pigs can look up. Elaine :rose: PS I wonder how many people just licked their elbows ? :laugh: The tigress is here :-D

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              ...such as 16. 22. 25. which are true with english, but not with every one. my keybord is french... and for my, America is Amérique sorry


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              • A Abhi Lahare

                I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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                Abhi Lahare wrote: 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. I'm sure whoever read this might have tried to lick their elbow;P Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!

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                • A Abhi Lahare

                  I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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                  Abhi Lahare wrote: 34. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. Oh crap - our IT department must be bacteria heaven with all the MP3's we listen to to drown out the noisy client services dept staff :doh:


                  Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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                    Abhi Lahare wrote: 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. I'm sure whoever read this might have tried to lick their elbow;P Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!

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                    Pravarakhya wrote: I'm sure whoever read this might have tried to lick their elbow .. and I can tell you, after many attempts, that it is true!.


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                      Pravarakhya wrote: I'm sure whoever read this might have tried to lick their elbow .. and I can tell you, after many attempts, that it is true!.


                      I Dream of Absolute Zero

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                      RChin wrote: it is true!. 'Chin' always knows that it cannot touch the elbow!;) Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!

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                        I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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                        sqrt(99999999 99999999)=99999999.99999999 sqrt(9999 9999)=9999.9999 sqrt(99 99)=99.99

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                          sqrt(99999999 99999999)=99999999.99999999 sqrt(9999 9999)=9999.9999 sqrt(99 99)=99.99

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                          sqrt(9) = 3;P Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!

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                            I come to know few things through my friend's mail. 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 3. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 5. Q - What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? A - All invented by women. 6. Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? A - Honey 7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 8. A snail can sleep for three years. 9. All polar bears are left handed. 10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 11. Butterflies taste with their feet. 12. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 13. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 14. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 15. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 16. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 18. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 19. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 20. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 21. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 23. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 24. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 26. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!! 27. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 28. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 29. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. 30. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 31. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to

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                            Abhi Lahare wrote: 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. FALSE. (altough I don't have a link for it right now) Abhi Lahare wrote: 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. That depends on the language you speak. As for the rest: I don't know, but I doubt many of them are true. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!

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                              Abhi Lahare wrote: 1. Coca-Cola was originally green. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 2. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 4. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. FALSE[^] Abhi Lahare wrote: 36. Most lipstick contains fish scales. FALSE. (altough I don't have a link for it right now) Abhi Lahare wrote: 17. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 22. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that it start with. 25. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. That depends on the language you speak. As for the rest: I don't know, but I doubt many of them are true. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!

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                              Ah, I see I'm not the only person who visits snopes :) I'm a bit sceptical about the elephant one. I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong...


                              The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.


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                                Ah, I see I'm not the only person who visits snopes :) I'm a bit sceptical about the elephant one. I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong...


                                The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.


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                                Nic Rowan wrote: I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping If you define 'jump' as having all four legs in the air simultaneously, I would think it's possible.


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                                  Ah, I see I'm not the only person who visits snopes :) I'm a bit sceptical about the elephant one. I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping either but I may be wrong...


                                  The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.


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                                  The elephant one is true ! Because they are so large the lungs are attached to the inside of the chest rather than hang free (e.g. as in humans) and as a result can't take the strech an elephant would require to jump. As proof, someone came up with low level fences with sharpened wires (bit like a long porcupine) because the elehants couldn't step over them without gettign stabbed have proven very effective. Elane :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                                    The elephant one is true ! Because they are so large the lungs are attached to the inside of the chest rather than hang free (e.g. as in humans) and as a result can't take the strech an elephant would require to jump. As proof, someone came up with low level fences with sharpened wires (bit like a long porcupine) because the elehants couldn't step over them without gettign stabbed have proven very effective. Elane :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                                    I saw jumping elephants in JUMANJI movie! Thanks and Regards, Pravarakhya My Image Processing Article! Rate it!!

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                                      The elephant one is true ! Because they are so large the lungs are attached to the inside of the chest rather than hang free (e.g. as in humans) and as a result can't take the strech an elephant would require to jump. As proof, someone came up with low level fences with sharpened wires (bit like a long porcupine) because the elehants couldn't step over them without gettign stabbed have proven very effective. Elane :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                                      Nic Rowan
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                                      I never said elephants could jump :-D. I just said that I think they aren't the only ones that couldn't jump. I'm pretty sure, having met a hippo and a rhino close up, that they couldn't jump either. I also think it would be tough for a giraffe to jump with its weak, inflexable legs. :)


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                                          Nic Rowan wrote: I can't picture a rhino, hippo or giraffe jumping If you define 'jump' as having all four legs in the air simultaneously, I would think it's possible.


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                                          I don't think you've met too many hippo's then... They are big and heavy. I mean real heavy. So are rhinos. Even when they run I don't think they take all four feet off the ground. I suppose giraffes do lift all their legs when running flat out but I don't think they can jump any hight at all....


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