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Guess which of the following are true or false:
No peeking at the answers....


1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.

3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every
10 yrs.

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. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

8. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are
2-6 years old.

9. The average person over fifty 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 the rest of the day.

16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

17. The REAL reason an ostrich sticks its head in the sand is to search for water.

18. The only 2 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 reused 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.

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ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE !
Now read the list again.
(Don't you love number 16?)

Are you sure coke would be green? Oh yeah and apparently (according to "the week" magazine) the avarage person eats 7 spiders in their lifetime! Wow. I don't belive that many people are taken to hospital every minute from dog bites, and that hospitals sell umbilical cords, but maybe that is true... very odd.

Its only an email i got sent by a mate, so i dont personally know if they are true or not.

Dont shoot the messenger mate

I had an e-mail a while back which claimed/showed that margarine was only one tiny chemical step away from being classed as a plastic. The main test to demonstrate it was to put a blob of marge outside in the garden and count how may flies land on it. The usual answer is none because flies know it isn't proper food - and they'll eat anything including doggy doos!

17,18 and 26 are definitely wrong.

Ostriches do not bury their heads - they put the heads close to the ground.

Chameleons have 360 degree vision without moving their heads.

Without caramel Coke looks like 7-up.

Take care, Ian

IanKendall wrote:17,18 and 26 are definitely wrong.

Ostriches do not bury their heads - they put the heads close to the ground.

Chameleons have 360 degree vision without moving their heads.

Without caramel Coke looks like 7-up.

Indeed I agree with you. I knew coke wouldn't be green, why would ostriches want water underground? and I forgot about the chameleons, but that is a good point. Oh and I got an email with silly facts including:
A ducks quack doesnt echo and knowone knows why.

They tested this on a tv programme once and it was proved totally and utterly false.

Well I heard it was 8 spiders.

Elephants are the only animals with four knees.

Oh and on the stupid facts recived through email subject:
I once got one that said, that the avarage chocolate bar contained 5 spiders! What a load of rubbish eh?

How about these for TRUE or FALSE magic facts:

1. 78% of magicians own a Chop Cup - but none of 'em know why it's called that.

2. The first TT was invented in 1756 and was blue.

3. In your lifetime you will swallow 6 razor blades.

4. Rabbits DO fit in a dove pan.

5. When you practise the SECRET move in a mirror, all bodily functions stop even your heart - and you blink to kid yourself 'no-one' saw it.

6. Only 2 per cent of women like card tricks.

7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dove bites every minute.

8. Rabbits are born without knee caps.

9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years remembering the Die Cypher II system.

10. The Elmsley count was invented in 1498. By Dave Injog.

11. The average IT trick lasts for 5 minutes before snapping.

12. 40,000 Americans are injured by trap doors each year.

13. A Dove is 44 inches long when straightened.

14. The average magician blinks 7 times a minute. Professionals blink much more.

15. Your rabbit is bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.

16. Most of us have eaten a mouth coil in our sleep.

17. Magicians physically CAN'T stop buying new tricks.

18. The only 2 animals that can squeeze into a die box are the mouse and the budgie.

19. Michael Ammar turned down the starring roles in "Herbie goes bananas" and "Tootsie".

20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the 'Leopard Silk'.

21. In most magic tricks using doves, a mixture of white paint, a little sponge and some feathers are used in place of the dove.

22. David Blaine and Derren Brown NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash.

23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a foo-can for a carburetor - and slush powder as petrol.

24. Most hospitals make money by selling the 'unequal ropes' cut from magicians who die on stage.

25. Dai Vernon was related to David Nixon. But not in a kissy kissy way.

26. If coloring weren't added to the 'Water to Wine' trick, it would be over in seconds.

27. 97% of magicians could happily spend 6 hours in a magic shop.

28. And therefore 99% of magicians order tricks from the internet - and have them sent to work. They only tell their wife / partner about half of the tricks they bought, if at all. Then when practicing on them, tell them they read it in a book - or "I've had it for ages - just dug it out".

29. 50% of magician's wives / partners are aware of this - and get us back when they go clothes shopping in secret - stating "I've had it for ages - you've seen it before" when they wear it.

30. 100% magicians love magic. LET'S BUY A FEW MORE TRICKS FELLAS!!!!!!!





ALL THE ABOVE ARE TRUE - EXCEPT ALL THE ONES ABOUT DOVES.



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Thats a good one. Lol, most of us have swallowed a mouth coil in our sleep! LOL! The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a foo-can for a carburetor - and slush powder as petrol. !!!!!!

IanKendall wrote:17,18 and 26 are definitely wrong.

Ostriches do not bury their heads - they put the heads close to the ground.

Chameleons have 360 degree vision without moving their heads.

Without caramel Coke looks like 7-up.

Take care, Ian

Ok, here we go:

26 ) It said without coluring not caramel, perhaps with caramel but not colouring it looks green.

18 ) A Chameleon is a lizard.

17 ) Erm, i think you're probably right there...

GoldFish wrote:

IanKendall wrote:17,18 and 26 are definitely wrong.

Ostriches do not bury their heads - they put the heads close to the ground.

Chameleons have 360 degree vision without moving their heads.

Without caramel Coke looks like 7-up.

Take care, Ian

Ok, here we go:

26 ) It said without coluring not caramel, perhaps with caramel but not colouring it looks green.

18 ) A Chameleon is a lizard.

17 ) Erm, i think you're probably right there...

Ok, here we go:

26) Caramel is a colouring! (Really, it is, its probaly not caramel as we all know it, but it is the colouring used in coke)

18) A lizard is a type of animal

17) Already correct.

Oh and I got an email with silly facts including:
A ducks quack doesnt echo and knowone knows why.

It's another one that isn't true, a ducks quack does echo.

Happy Toad wrote:

Oh and I got an email with silly facts including:
A ducks quack doesnt echo and knowone knows why.

It's another one that isn't true, a ducks quack does echo.

As I explained on an above post.

Oh yeah, that will teach me not to stop reading half way through