sri_lion
10-10-2006, 11:26 AM
1) If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side
2) If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3) Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4) Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5) The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.
6) The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7) The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8) The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9) Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10) The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11) Dalmatians are born without spots.
12) Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13) The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)
14) The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids
15) The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee
16) Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks
17) The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones
18) Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die
19) Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart
20) When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red
21) When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red
22) The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor
23) The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney
24) Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
25) Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
26) It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it
27) The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples
28) There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower
29) The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
30) Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death
31) It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body
32) The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
33) Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game
34) The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air
35) Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die
36) In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling.)
37) Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
38) The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot
39) Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
40) Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
41) Women blink nearly twice as much as men
42) German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog
43) Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump
44) Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
45) The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
2) If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3) Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4) Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5) The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.
6) The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7) The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8) The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9) Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10) The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11) Dalmatians are born without spots.
12) Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13) The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)
14) The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids
15) The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee
16) Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks
17) The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones
18) Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die
19) Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart
20) When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red
21) When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red
22) The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor
23) The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney
24) Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
25) Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
26) It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it
27) The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples
28) There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower
29) The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting
30) Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death
31) It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body
32) The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
33) Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game
34) The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air
35) Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die
36) In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling.)
37) Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
38) The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot
39) Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
40) Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
41) Women blink nearly twice as much as men
42) German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog
43) Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump
44) Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
45) The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!