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A Little Bit Of Trivia

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:24 am
by Burg_Grad_77
Trivial Pursuit

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

(Answers are below)

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. < BR>
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 wasn't added to Coca Cola it would be green.

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

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:37 am
by biggdowgg
also go back and look at 14....and think about it :lol:

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:31 am
by Burg_Grad_77
I think I'm well above the average user so I probably blink 20 times a minute. :lol:

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:31 am
by Tigercannon71
I know I read that the best thing to eat before a workout is an apple cause it will keep you going longer than a caffiene drink.

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:47 am
by mstangmom
Very interesting

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:45 am
by Burg_Grad_77
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.


What do they do, slam the lid on their johnsons?

OUCH!!!!

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:39 pm
by orange-n-brown 365
I knew some of these were true but not all :shock:

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:23 pm
by ghostwriter
I thought for sure someone in their sleep ate a "Green Hot Dog".... :-D