Strange but true FACTS - debunked
Strange but true FACTS - debunked (as far as I can tell anyway).
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo! … False, when the site I found this on was written it was true however there are now 19 animals in the animal cracker zoo CURRENTLY. The Koala bear was added in September 2002.
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second! … TRUE
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card! … True.
The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day! … False, once again it was true when written however today they make even more than that. Last year the Philadelphia mint produced a total of 9.6 billion coins!!
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface! … TRUE, over 50,000 degrees F, or over 20,000 degrees C. That doesn’t take into account the temperature at the center of the sun. Although, I’m curious how they measure that … you can’t exactly stick a thermometer in there.
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill! … TRUE.
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada! … I don’t know
Dolphins sleep with one eye open! … TRUE, while sleeping a dolphin shuts down only half of it’s brain, since it’s breathing is voluntary - hence leaving one eye open.
More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones! … I don’t know
Slugs have 4 noses! … TRUE.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet! … as best as I can tell this might be true, but for the total number of lightning strikes (most of which are cloud to cloud), not ones touching the ground.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! … TRUE
In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word! … TRUE, next time you stub your toe you can yell … “Awww, PANTS!!!”
Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women! … True, I don’t know why … maybe women are inside cooking and cleaning (JUST KIDDING!!! … I’ll be in trouble for that one).
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans! … I don’t know
Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet. … TRUE
An oyster can change it's sex a number of times during its life … TRUE, however so can some frogs, etc.
Bats always turn left when exciting a cave … I don’t know
Bees have five eyes … TRUE, with a total of over 14,000 facets!!
A snail can sleep for 3 years. … TRUE, but so could I if I was forced to listen to country music or something boring like that.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head. … TRUE, not tilt forward, backward, or to the side, but actually turn it’s head.
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body. … TRUE, approximately - give or take a few toes.
Emus and Kangaroos can't walk backwards. … TRUE, they can kind of shimmy to the side, but not backwards, in fact they cannot move their legs independent of each other - both of them have to move together.
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. … TRUE. Which means her first two initials are “BM” … heh, heh, get it - BM.
Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser. … TRUE, with over 300 total that’s pretty good. Popeye “heads” up the group … hheh, heh, get it … as the first Pez dispenser top.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice. … TRUE
The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime. … in America, yes … however most women in the world don’t even wear lipstick.
The average person swallows 8 spiders a year. … FALSE
On average there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds Big Mac bun. … I don’t know, and really don’t care to be honest.
13 people each year are killed by Vending Machine's falling on them. … False, well maybe, it came from this magazine excerpt … JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Nov. 11, 1988, p. 2697, "Soda Pop Vending Machine Injuries". Do not ignore this piece of advice! Attempting to obtain a free drink by rocking the machine back and forth can result in serious personal injury or death! An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Nov. 11, 1988, p. 2697) documents 15 cases in which men trying to get a can out of the machine were crushed. 3 died, the other 12 required hospitalization for injuries such as fractures of the skull, toe, ankle, tibia, femur, and pelvis; intercerebral bleeding; knee contusion; and one punctured bladder. The article states that because the sodas are located in the upper half of the machine (so that they can fall into the dispensing slot), the center of gravity of the machine is abnormally high and the machine will fall after it has been tipped only 20 degrees, a deceptively small angle. A large, fully loaded machine can weigh in excess of 1000 pounds. I strongly advocate the policy whereby all Juice Machines must display the label "WARNING: Tipping this machine or any other unstable object weighing in excess of 1000 pounds onto yourself can result in serious bladder injury or death."
More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products. … I don’t know
In canada, if a payment is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it in pennies. … I don’t know.
You cannot kill yourself by holding your breath. … TRUE.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. … False, go to http://www.57.com/jsp/consumer_faq.jsp near the bottom of the page.
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okay, I'm bored now
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo! … False, when the site I found this on was written it was true however there are now 19 animals in the animal cracker zoo CURRENTLY. The Koala bear was added in September 2002.
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second! … TRUE
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card! … True.
The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day! … False, once again it was true when written however today they make even more than that. Last year the Philadelphia mint produced a total of 9.6 billion coins!!
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface! … TRUE, over 50,000 degrees F, or over 20,000 degrees C. That doesn’t take into account the temperature at the center of the sun. Although, I’m curious how they measure that … you can’t exactly stick a thermometer in there.
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill! … TRUE.
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada! … I don’t know
Dolphins sleep with one eye open! … TRUE, while sleeping a dolphin shuts down only half of it’s brain, since it’s breathing is voluntary - hence leaving one eye open.
More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones! … I don’t know
Slugs have 4 noses! … TRUE.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet! … as best as I can tell this might be true, but for the total number of lightning strikes (most of which are cloud to cloud), not ones touching the ground.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! … TRUE
In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word! … TRUE, next time you stub your toe you can yell … “Awww, PANTS!!!”
Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women! … True, I don’t know why … maybe women are inside cooking and cleaning (JUST KIDDING!!! … I’ll be in trouble for that one).
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans! … I don’t know
Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet. … TRUE
An oyster can change it's sex a number of times during its life … TRUE, however so can some frogs, etc.
Bats always turn left when exciting a cave … I don’t know
Bees have five eyes … TRUE, with a total of over 14,000 facets!!
A snail can sleep for 3 years. … TRUE, but so could I if I was forced to listen to country music or something boring like that.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head. … TRUE, not tilt forward, backward, or to the side, but actually turn it’s head.
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body. … TRUE, approximately - give or take a few toes.
Emus and Kangaroos can't walk backwards. … TRUE, they can kind of shimmy to the side, but not backwards, in fact they cannot move their legs independent of each other - both of them have to move together.
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. … TRUE. Which means her first two initials are “BM” … heh, heh, get it - BM.
Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser. … TRUE, with over 300 total that’s pretty good. Popeye “heads” up the group … hheh, heh, get it … as the first Pez dispenser top.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice. … TRUE
The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime. … in America, yes … however most women in the world don’t even wear lipstick.
The average person swallows 8 spiders a year. … FALSE
On average there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds Big Mac bun. … I don’t know, and really don’t care to be honest.
13 people each year are killed by Vending Machine's falling on them. … False, well maybe, it came from this magazine excerpt … JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Nov. 11, 1988, p. 2697, "Soda Pop Vending Machine Injuries". Do not ignore this piece of advice! Attempting to obtain a free drink by rocking the machine back and forth can result in serious personal injury or death! An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Nov. 11, 1988, p. 2697) documents 15 cases in which men trying to get a can out of the machine were crushed. 3 died, the other 12 required hospitalization for injuries such as fractures of the skull, toe, ankle, tibia, femur, and pelvis; intercerebral bleeding; knee contusion; and one punctured bladder. The article states that because the sodas are located in the upper half of the machine (so that they can fall into the dispensing slot), the center of gravity of the machine is abnormally high and the machine will fall after it has been tipped only 20 degrees, a deceptively small angle. A large, fully loaded machine can weigh in excess of 1000 pounds. I strongly advocate the policy whereby all Juice Machines must display the label "WARNING: Tipping this machine or any other unstable object weighing in excess of 1000 pounds onto yourself can result in serious bladder injury or death."
More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products. … I don’t know
In canada, if a payment is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it in pennies. … I don’t know.
You cannot kill yourself by holding your breath. … TRUE.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. … False, go to http://www.57.com/jsp/consumer_faq.jsp near the bottom of the page.
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okay, I'm bored now