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  1. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?

    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.


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    They’re all true......

    Now go back and think about #16.

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    DL
     
  2. coolestkidever

    coolestkidever F1 Veteran

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    the average person eats 3 to 4 spiders in their lifetime.
     
  3. damcgee

    damcgee Formula 3

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    I don't believe number 9. That implies you spend 10% of your life waiting in line..... BS!
     
  4. Scuderia_Ferrari

    Scuderia_Ferrari Formula Junior

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    That can't be true.
     
  5. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    18 is definitely not true, I know snipe and woodcock can see behind their heads.

    I had seen people whose umbilici has been removed for a variety of reasons. I removed one once for a urachal cyst malignancy. I think everone would have one at birth.
     
  6. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    Agreed, impossible; 2.4 hours per day????
     
  7. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    #1 is prob right, esp if you were snozing under an apple tree...bonk!
     
  8. 62 250 GTO

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    Can you prove it?
     

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