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”. ► Bacteria Cells ► Interesting Facts ► Human Body Parts 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!!
*I cannot confirm or deny any of these
facts are true or false. But the article swears to them being true!*
