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Happened to stumble on this and thought i'd share...

Public perception and the truth are very often far removed from each other. How many of the following facts did you know?

1) The rat and the mouse are far more dangerous to humans than any other animals. They carry at least 20 pathogens that cause different diseases.

2) The first artificial limbs were used in 1540.

3) Black coffee does not sober up an intoxicated person. It will only wake him up, but will not change the alcohol levels in the bloodstream. It is better to drink fruit juice and water.

4) The colour of your hair determines how many you have. Blonde people have about 140 000, brunettes about 108 000 and redheads only 90 000. Hair grows more quickly at night and dark hair at a greater speed than blonde hair.

5) Fingernails grow faster than toenails. It is thought that the reason for this might be that sunlight stimulates nail growth, and feet are often covered.

6) Three quarters of all the food we eat on this planet come from eight types of grains : maize, rice, wheat, oats, barley, sorghum, millet and rye.

7) Airplanes have nothing to do with your feet swelling on long journeys. What causes the swelling is the fact that you don’t move around. If you were to sit in one place in your lounge for a similar length of time, your feet would also swell up.

8) It is estimated that approximately 120 million acts of heterosexual sex takes place on earth every day. Of these, about 910 000 end in pregnancy.

9) The myth that spinach is extremely rich in iron, is the result of a printing error. Many decades ago, a table indicating nutritional values of certain food types, put the decimal point, indicating the iron content of spinach, one position too far to the right, thereby increasing its supposed iron content tenfold. Despite the mistake being rectified 70 years ago, public perception still has not followed suit.

10) The flush toilet made its appearance in 1778 and contact lenses in 1887.
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8) It is estimated that approximately 120 million acts of heterosexual sex takes place on earth every day. Of these, about 910 000 end in pregnancy.
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Do they include handjobs and sexting?
 
I disagree with the spinach thing

and the rat and mouse, surely the mosquito is the most dangerous animal to humans ? doesnt it claim the most lives yearly

also drunk people the easiest way to wake them up is with sugar water (hospitals use dextrose IV) but 3 packets of sugar (18g 6 teaspoons) in 500 ml water and that person will be up in a couple of minutes, they might throw up but they will wake up. Alcohol drops the blood sugar, when the blood sugar reaches 0 you have alcohol poisoning. Thats why people think "lining" their stomach is good for alcohol - :)
 
RiaX said:
I disagree with the spinach thing

and the rat and mouse, surely the mosquito is the most dangerous animal to humans ? doesnt it claim the most lives yearly

also drunk people the easiest way to wake them up is with sugar water (hospitals use dextrose IV) but 3 packets of sugar (18g 6 teaspoons) in 500 ml water and that person will be up in a couple of minutes, they might throw up but they will wake up. Alcohol drops the blood sugar, when the blood sugar reaches 0 you have alcohol poisoning. Thats why people think "lining" their stomach is good for alcohol - :)
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Thats quite interesting, provided it's correct...
 
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