1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
Now, go to comments for the answers..............................
6 comments:
“They are all TRUE ..!!”
Now go back and think about #16!!!
I can vouch for the rabbits being able to see behind them. They are quick little buggers that is for sure.
Great post. I actually knew about the eating spiders thing. A little nasty, but since we don't know when we're sleeping we don't care that we're eating them.
Number 16 is a bit alarming. Also number 12.
Hey Kristine...12 is a bit alarming...I can't figure that one out at all. :)
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O.K. #8 surprises me! What? No knee caps til 2 to 6 years old. . .Wow. As for #15, no wonder I love taking my shoes off in the evening and putting my feet up. Not sure I care learn what types of injuries from #12. Some things are best left alone.
#1 seems interesting to me. I must be doubly awake in the morning since I have both for breakfast on most days. ;)
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