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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
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If you stop getting
thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is
dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. |
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Chewing gum while
peeling onions will keep you from crying. |
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Your tongue is germ free
only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria
on it. |
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The Mercedes-Benz motto
is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'. |
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The Titanic was the
first ship to use the SOS signal. |
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The pupil of the eye
expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something
pleasing. |
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The average person who
stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. |
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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. |
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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.
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Dalmatians are born
without spots. |
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Bats always turn left
when exiting a cave. |
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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) |
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Men's shirts have the
buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the
left |
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The owl is the only bird
to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower
eyelids |
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The reason honey is so
easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee |
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Roosters cannot crow if
they cannot extend their necks |
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The color blue has a
calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones |
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Every time you sneeze
some of your brain cells die |
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Your left lung is
smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart |
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The verb "cleave" is the
only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each
other: adhere and separate |
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When you blush, the
lining of your stomach also turns red |
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When hippos are upset,
their sweat turns red |
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The first Harley
Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a
carburetor |
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The lion that roars in
the MGM logo is named Volney |
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Google is actually the
common name for a number with a million zeros |
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Switching letters is
called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of
flag of Japan |
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It cost 7 million
dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it |
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The attachment of the
human skin to muscles is what causes dimples |
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There are 1,792 steps to
the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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The sound you hear when
you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas
bubbles bursting |
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Human hair and
fingernails continue to grow after death |
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It takes about 20
seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body |
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The plastic things on
the end of shoelaces are called aglets |
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Most soccer players run
7 miles in a game |
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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 |
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Every day 200 million
couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die |
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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). |
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Colgate faced big
obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate
translates into the command "go hang yourself." |
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The only 2 animals that
can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and
the parrot |
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Intelligent people have
more zinc and copper in their hair |
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The average person
laughs 13 times a day |
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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) |
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Women blink nearly twice
as much as men |
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German Shepherds bite
humans more than any other breed of dog |
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Large kangaroos cover
more than 30 feet with each jump |
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Whip makes a cracking
sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound |
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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 |
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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.
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The human heart creates
enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!! |