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Interesting. Several of these I was not sure about.
David L.
Ben Franklin: "Only a
virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt, they have
more need of masters."
Now that school is back in session, it seems only appropriate that
we test
the knowledge you have accumulated over the summer. Please clear
your desk
of all materials and answer each of the following questions with
a "T"
(true) or an "F" (false). You will have 10 minutes. Hand in your
monitors
when the time has expired. No cheating, please.
Begin
Now.
1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in
the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bell-bottom.
3. A
pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4.
People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a
lot
more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop even your
heart!
6. Only seven (7) per cent of the population are
lefties.
7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every
minute.
8. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until
they are 2-6
years old.
9. The average person over fifty will have
spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in
1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000
Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44
inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7
times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest
of the day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17.
The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search
for
water.
18. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without
turning it's head
are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta
turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a
Gentleman" and
"Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina
State anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a
mixture of white
paint and a little thinner is used in place of the
milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same
airplane just
in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley
Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for
a
carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical
cords cut from women
who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant
surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were
7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be
green.
27. You have just wasted 10 minutes of your
life.
ANSWERS:
If you would care to score your
own test - All answers are True!
Greg Hopper
"Why is it that our children can't
read a Bible in school, but they can
in
prison?"
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