> >Weird, Amazing, Useless Facts > >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. > >If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water.. For when a >human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. > >Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a >thin film of bacteria on it. > >The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts', meaning 'the best or >nothing. > >The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. > >The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks >at something pleasing. > >The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a >night. > >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. > >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. > >Dalmatians are born without spots. > >The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other >birds raise their lower eyelids. > >Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks. > >Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die. > >When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red. > >When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red. > >The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney. > >Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros. > >Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of >Flapan, instead of flag of Japan. > >It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a >film about it. > >The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples. > >The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of >nitrogen gas bubbles bursting. >It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body. > >Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game. > >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. > >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.. > >Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking >countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself." > >The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head >are the rabbit and the parrot. > >Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. > >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). > >Women blink nearly twice as much as men. > >German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog. > >Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump. > >A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the >speed of sound. >
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