Post by QueenBubble on Nov 13, 2005 16:25:26 GMT -5
These are weird, but true facts. I got them from YR...surprise surprise....haha...my fav is number 12...HAHA
1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.
2. Alfred Hitchthingy didn't have a bellybutton.
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. 40 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 to 6
years old.
9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in
lines.
10. *hrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were seventh
cousins.
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 the rest of the 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 2 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. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.
2. Alfred Hitchthingy didn't have a bellybutton.
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. 40 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 to 6
years old.
9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in
lines.
10. *hrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were seventh
cousins.
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 the rest of the 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 2 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. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.