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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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ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE!

(Now go back and think about No. 16!)
uNtOldPAIN
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Too Cute
Well, I'm wondering how Alfred Hitchcock managed to get born without a navel.
BigO
To say he didnt have a navel of some type (whether it could be seen or not) is to say he didnt have an umbilical cord....I dont think so.

18 is false. The chamleon can see in any dirtection without turning his head.

Ive never lost a tooth as an adult.

People have been brushing their teeth with some from of untensel since BC.

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Mister 4x4
Actually, non-predatory bird have their eyes fixed on the sides of their heads. Predatory birds have their eyes fixed more forward on their skulls.

Snakes are the same way.

And I know for a fact that my Mom could see what I was doing when she was facing away from me as well. So yeah, it's false.
AceHigh
QUOTE(Mister 4x4 @ May 15 2005, 02:15 PM)
And I know for a fact that my Mom could see what I was doing when she was facing away from me as well. So yeah, it's false.

LOL, ain't that the truth. icon_biggrin.gif
Dragonfly
Had a widow bite forehead when sleeping-did need antibiotics. Don't recall how it tasted! Interesting post - thanks. icon_smile.gif
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