Chewing gum takes seven years to pass through your digestive system.
____ True ____ False _____ Only Juicy Fruit
ANSWER: False. The gum component itself is pretty indigestible, but will "pass" in a mass and will not stick your insides together, either. This one probably got going when exasperated parents tired of buying more gum after half an hour because their kids had chomped, then swallowed, their allotment. Also, swallowing gum was seen as ignorant and lower class.
Cracking your knuckles will cause arthritis in later life.
__ True ___ False ____ Maybe
ANSWER: False. Depending on your point of view, knuckle-popping sounds disgusting or cool. There is no evidence that cracking your knuckles inflames the joints and leads to arthritis. The cracking causes the bones to pull apart, forming a gas bubble and breaking the adhesive seal in the joint. Crack! About a quarter of the people in the U.S. crack their knuckles and might begin to lose their grip a little. Constant cracking can weaken the fingers.
Staying out in the cold and wind will give you a cold.
___ True ___ False
ANSWER: False. Colds are caused by viruses, with enough variations to give you a choice of 200 versions of a cold (which is why you get them over and over again). Because viruses get into healthy cells, it's difficult to kill them without knocking off the good cells. This is the job of your immune system, which usually clears out cold viruses in a week or two. You can get the virus through inhaling infected air droplets sneezed or coughed by an infected person, or by touching something that an infected person has touched and then transferring the germs to your mouth or nose. You don't get it from cold air, slush, wind, or other wintry conditions. Cold viruses are more active in the winter, and that's why people get more colds in the winter. So what's the best way to ward off this miserable virus? Wash your hands often. take THAT mom!!
Drinking warm milk puts you to sleep.
___ True ___False ___ ZZZZZZZZZ
ANSWER: True. Milk contains a chemical known as tryptophan. However, some foods, such as cheddar, avocados, some imported beers, and bologna or salami, can keep you awake.
Contrary to popular belief, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.
todayis david bowie's birthdaty (1947)
The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese.
9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive!
Europe is the only continent without a desert.
The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds!
Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.
Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day.
The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.
The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'
-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.
In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.
Goats do not have upper front teeth
One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.
Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of soda.
A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
okok i won't put any more of them. they are jsut so addictive!! what was your favorite one? or the one that suprized you most
