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A Must Know #50 Facts!!! by BIDOO(m): 10:16pm On Jun 14, 2015
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. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right,
but women’s shirts have the buttons on the
left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper
eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower
eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that
it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend
their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It
causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain
cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right
lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word
with two synonyms which are antonyms of each
other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach
also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns
red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was
built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a
carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is
named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a
number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For
example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of
Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic
and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to
muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the
Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your
knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas
bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to
grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood
cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces
are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. 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.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love,
400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people
die.
38. 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).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing
toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries.
Colgate translates into the command “go hang
yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind
itself without turning its head are the rabbit
and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. 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)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than
any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet
with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip
moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were
protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a
slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all
two thousand of them, escaped through a
broken fence and stampeded, trampling the
two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a
horse has both front legs in the air, the person
died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs
on the ground, the person died of natural
cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure
while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

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. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right,
but women’s shirts have the buttons on the
left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper
eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower
eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that
it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend
their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It
causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain
cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right
lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word
with two synonyms which are antonyms of each
other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach
also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns
red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was
built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a
carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is
named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a
number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For
example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of
Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic
and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to
muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the
Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your
knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas
bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to
grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood
cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces
are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. 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.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love,
400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people
die.
38. 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).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing
toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries.
Colgate translates into the command “go hang
yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind
itself without turning its head are the rabbit
and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. 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)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than
any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet
with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip
moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were
protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a
slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all
two thousand of them, escaped through a
broken fence and stampeded, trampling the
two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a
horse has both front legs in the air, the person
died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs
on the ground, the person died of natural
cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure
while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

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. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right,
but women’s shirts have the buttons on the
left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper
eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower
eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that
it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend
their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It
causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain
cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right
lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word
with two synonyms which are antonyms of each
other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach
also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns
red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was
built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a
carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is
named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a
number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For
example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of
Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic
and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to
muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the
Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your
knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas
bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to
grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood
cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces
are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. 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.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love,
400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people
die.
38. 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).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing
toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries.
Colgate translates into the command “go hang
yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind
itself without turning its head are the rabbit
and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. 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)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than
any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet
with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip
moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were
protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a
slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all
two thousand of them, escaped through a
broken fence and stampeded, trampling the
two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a
horse has both front legs in the air, the person
died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs
on the ground, the person died of natural
cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure
while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

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