True or Absured?

[mhopset]

Decide whether the statement is true and which is
> > absurd after reading each line, then scroll down for
> > answer at the end. Read the complete list first.
> >
> > Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking
> > you up in the morning.
> >
> > Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
> >
> > A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth
> > every 10 yrs.
> >
> > People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from
> > being indoors a lot more.
> >
> > When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even
> > your heart.
> >
> > Only 7% of the population are lefties.
> >
> > 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites
> > every minute.
> >
> > Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear
> > until they are 2-6 years old.
> >
> > The average person over fifty will have spent 5
> > years waiting in lines.
> >
> > The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
> >
> > The average housefly lives for one month.
> >
> > 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
> >
> > A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
> >
> > The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
> >
> > Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest
> > of the day.
> >
> > Most of us have swallowed a spider in our sleep.
> >
> > The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the
> > sand is to search for water.
> >
> > The only 2 animals that can see behind itself
> > without turning it's head are the rabbit and the
> > parrot.
> >
> > John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An
> > Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
> >
> > Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South
> > Carolina State anthem.
> >
> > In most television commercials advertising milk, a
> > mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used
> > in place of the milk.
> >
> > The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903
> > used a tomato can for a carburetor.
> >
> > Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical
> > cords cut from women who give birth. They are
> > reused in vein transplant surgery.
> >
> > Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They
> > were seventh cousins.
> >
> > If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be
> > green.
> >
> >
> >
> > ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE

 

[ILUVDXL]

I posted most of these awhile back. Believe it or not they're Strange but True.

 

[mhopset]

oops! Sorry I missed it.

I thought everybody had to have a belly button though

 

[Serena]

Yeah, I didn't get that one either. How did he not have a belly button?

 

[browneyes]

Tony, I think Alfred had a few operations on his tummy and the dr did away with his belly button or something like that. BTW, he died 23 years ago today.

 

[ILUVDXL]

Your answer is correct, Shannon, but I didn't know it was his birthday. Very Cool!

 

[mamajoan]

Gee whiz.. T. I DID NOT need to know that I probably have swallowed a spider while sleeping.. EWWW!!!



Michael Jackson owns the South Carolina state anthem.. he gets wierder every day.... !!!

 

[ILUVDXL]

mhopset: I used to a daily Strange But True post, but after awhile people seemed to lose interest. Maybe you can start it up again. I always thought it was a lot of fun. I still have losts of facts I never posted.

 

[Indyman]

Originally posted by mhopset
onth.
> >
> > 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
> >

Count my son among this stat. When he was 3 or 4 and had just mastered the peeing standing up skill, the toilet seat came down and he was standing a little too close. Let's just say he was a little gun shy for awhile after that. He's 14 now and still remembers that day.

 

[phamton]

Babies are indeed born with knee caps. They are not, however, ossified yet.

Coke is not green even without caramel coloring.

Your heart does not stop when you sneeze.

Bev

*cites provided upon request

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

ILUVDXL, you know I LOVED your strange but trues...I miss them!

 

[ILUVDXL]

I know you did, Sweetie. I remember you were using some of them for your Newsletter, but when it got to the point that only you and Deb in IA were responding anymore, I decided to discontinue the post. It was fun while it lasted though.