1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
True.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
False. That's saying that he wasn't born with an umbilical cord.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.
True.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
True.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop even your heart!
False.
6. Only seven ( 7 ) per cent of the population are lefties.
I thought it was 1 in every 5 people in the US.
7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
True.
8. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
False.
9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
True, but only in the western world.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
False.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
False.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
True.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
True.
14... The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
True.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.
Probably true.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
True.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
False.
18. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.
False. Lots of animals can see behind ifself without turning it's head, such as Owls and Eagles.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie".
True.
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
I'll say true.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
Although lots of food shown on TV and Food magazines aren't food, there is no need to simulate milk. False.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash.
True.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
False.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant surgery.
False. They'll probably sell them for their stem cells.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
False.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
False! The black colour of Coke is because of the syrup in it.
[ August 15, 2003, 17:35: Message edited by: TerranC ]