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

Chelle66 · 10-07-2004, 08:12 AM

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 d idn'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 a nd 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 hospital s 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.

They are all true....Now go back and think about #16

DivineMsDi · 10-07-2004, 08:19 AM

I read somewhere about the spider thing....it said you eat an average of 6 or something (UGH) spiders in your life.....gross.....it really, really freaks me out. BLEH.

Thanks for the cool trivia.

sdmay3 · 10-07-2004, 09:55 AM

I am trying to envision #12. How in the world does one get injured by the toilet?

Other than the risk of drowning for a little child I can't think of many other ways to get hurt. The 40,000 had to be drunk...LOL!

ladybugbhb · 10-07-2004, 10:05 AM

all i can saw is WOW

DivineMsDi · 10-07-2004, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by sdmay3

I am trying to envision #12. How in the world does one get injured by the toilet?

Other than the risk of drowning for a little child I can't think of many other ways to get hurt. The 40,000 had to be drunk...LOL!

Maybe the seat or lid hits someone's...well, you know....a guy's....

Perhaps it is dark and they bump into it in the middle of the night?

Chelle66 · 10-07-2004, 11:33 AM

roflmao that is too funny, or maybe the seat hits heads of drunks? LOL or bruised bottoms of drunks? LOL

nanajoanie · 10-07-2004, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Chelle66

roflmao that is too funny, or maybe the seat hits heads of drunks? LOL or bruised bottoms of drunks? LOL

It's when the drunk is hugging the toilet when he/she is sick

Interesting and funny list

sahmsfreeb · 10-07-2004, 12:18 PM

actually only some of these are true....the rest are yuppers.... false!

i feel a snopes moment coming on! lol

BigLyd1 · 10-07-2004, 12:22 PM

I read the thing about the apples recently. And I knew the one about the heart. I don't even want to think about the one with the toilets.

And I must say I'm glad I don't smoke because I'm already missing some teeth. Must be bad saliva or something.

sahmsfreeb · 10-07-2004, 12:24 PM

#8 seems to be false...
Two books which include diagrams of the
skeletons of newborns. The first, CHILD'S BODY: A PARENT'S
MANUAL, has drawings showing the skeletal differences
between a newborn male and an adult male on page J01. The
diagram of the infant's skeleton clearly shows the presence
of the kneecaps (patellae).

The second, THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT, shows ossification (bone formation) of
the skeleton in a new-born baby. This diagram shows small
centres of ossification in the knee area between the long
bones in the leg, although they are not as clearly formed as
the kneecaps shown in CHILD'S BODY.

Kneecaps form about the fourth month of fetal life. However, they don’t show up on x-ray very well because they’re not ossified, or bony. At this point in life, the kneecaps are made of a cartilaginous material. The growth centers surrounding the kneecap form late in developmental life in utero and may not appear until just before or just after the infant is born.

and #10
The first toothbrush was invented in China in 1000 A.D. It was an ivory-handled toothbrush with bristles made from a horse's mane. Toothbrushes became popular in the 19th century among the Victorian affluent. Mass marketing and the advent of nylon bristles in the 20th century made toothbrushes inexpensive and available to everyone.this was taken from the academy of general dentestry http://www.agd.org/

Angel Lips · 10-07-2004, 01:12 PM

lol eww im not liking 16 maybe i will sleep with my mouth wires shut now..lol