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  1. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law that stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. False
  2. In 1974 a US Army Private stole a helicopter and landed it at the White House…Twice. Source
  3. If a sea sponge (phylum Porifera) is forced through a sieve to disintegrate it down to its cellular level, those cells, if left alone, will recombine into a sponge again. Source
  4. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the General Purpose" vehicle, GP. False "GP" does not mean "General Purpose" it came from Ford production codes: G for government, and P for the 80-inch-wheelbase of the vehicle.
  5. More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
  6. flamethrowersThere is no federal law banning civilians from owning and using flamethrowers . Source
  7. More people have a phobia of vomiting than death.
  8. Robert Downey Jr. pissed in jars and left them lying around the set of “Zodiac” to protest not having enough time to go to his trailer and relax. Source
  9. The human brain only accounts for 2% of your body weight, but takes up more than 20% of your blood flow.
  10. When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises he tried to ride them. Source
  11. The human brain holds between 1 and 7 terabytes (1 and 7 million megabytes) of data.
  12. Males sweat 40% more then females.
  13. "Men buy an average of 3.4 pairs of underwear in a year." Read More
  14. Testosterone in males decreases 10% every 10 years.
  15. Google has created and tested driverless cars on the streets of California, and over the course of 300,000 miles, they’ve only been in two accidents: One while someone was driving the car manually, and one in which the car was rear-ended at a stoplight. Source
  16. There is an Orthodox Jewish prayer men say in the morning thanking God for not making them a woman. Source
  17. Deep breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics. Read More
  18. Another name for putty root is "adam and eve".
  19. The monkey flower, looks like a monkeys face. True Take a Look
  20. The author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, kept her deceased husbands heart wrapped in silk, in her desk. Source
  21. The location of the Mars face on Mars matches the location of Stone Henge in England.
  22. In Detroit during the 1930′s, a man named Joseph Figlock was walking down the street when a baby fell from a window and landed on Figlock, neither was harmed. A year later, Figlock was walking down the same street when the same baby fell from the window onto him again, neither was harmed. Source
  23. Leaving the US with more than $5.00 in pennies is a crime that could land you in jail for five years. Source
  24. Venus's day is longer then its year.
  25. Daniel Radcliffe deliberately wore the same outfit for 6 months to piss off the paparazzi. Making it look like “the same old shot”. Source

 

 

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