1.35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!
2.President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader!
3.Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
4.People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
5.In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King.
6.Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.
7.There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
8.In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
9.The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.
10.Babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.
11.One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
12.40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
13.Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
14.A group of officers is called a mess.
15.More than 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
16.Babies are born without knee caps.
17.The first patented condom was meant to be reused!
18.Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.
19.Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
20.The smallest human penis ever recorded was just 5/8 of an inch long!
21.Identify a fake: The second hand on an authentic Rolex watch doesn't tick, it moves smoothly.
22.The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.
23.All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
24.Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.
25.In just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male.
26.The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
27.The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
28.Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.
29.23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
30.Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
31.A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.
32.China has more English speakers than the United States.
33.To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
34.From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
35.The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
36.Women buy four out of every 10 condoms sold.
37.Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
38.In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
39.Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
40.If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
41.1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.
42.A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
43.A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
44.You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.
posted by haoz @ 4/22/2005 09:00:00 AM
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