Fact of the Day

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In Borneo, skulls were once used as:

a-     cups

b-     candle holders

c-     money

 

Answer: c-     money

Wow! Wallets must have been huge!

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If you take your shirt off in a room full of 9,000 mosquitoes, what percent of your blood will you lose in 2 hours?

a-     25%

b-     50%

c-     100%

 

Answer:b-     50%

 

Just imagine if there were 18,000 mosquitoes!

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Chicha is a traditional drink in Latin America made from corn. What ingredient is added for extra flavor?

a-     spit

b-    pepper

c-     pee

 

Answer:  a-     spit

Now you can wet your whistle with someone else’s spit!

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A 12-year-old girl in England had the longest sneezing fit ever recorded. How many days did it last?

a-     29

b-     126

c-     978

 

Answer: c-     978

She began sneezing on January 13, 1981 and didn’t stop for over two and a half years!

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How many earthworms did “Snake” Manoharan of Madras eat in 30 seconds to break the world record?

a-     55

b-     200

c-     855

 

Answer: b-     200

Great way to get your daily dose of protein.

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Many mass produced ice creams contain:

a-     aluminum

b-     seaweed

c-     snake oil

 

Answer: b-     seaweed

Not like chunks of seaweed, but the thing on the lable known as “carrageenan” is a seaweed extract to help keep the ice cream crystal free.

 

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Scientists have invented a car that runs on:

a-     pee

b-     blood

c-     cow poop

 

Answer: a-     pee

Now you can fill one tank while you drain another.

 

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Castoreum is a flavouring extract found in many baked goods. Where does it come from?

a-     bat poop

b-     oyster slime

c-     beaver anal glands

 

Answer: c-     beaver anal glands

It is used in both foods and beverages as a vanilla, raspberry and strawberry flavoring and is often referenced simply as a “natural flavouring” in the product’s list of ingredients.

 

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A recent study found that this group were by far, the worst tippers:

a-     doctors

b-     lawyer

c-     pilots

 

Answer: b-     lawyers

University of Texas finance professor Stephen Magee has calculated that each U.S. lawyer drains the economy of an average of $1 million a year in productivity.

 

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What did doctors once do to a person’s pee to test for  diabetes?

a-     tasted it

b-     smelt it

c-     baked it

 

Answer:

a-     tasted it

A diabetic’s pee is sweeter that a healthy person’s pee.

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How many chemicals are there in a cigarette?

a-     40

b-     400

c-     4000

Answer: c-     4000

Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by a burning cigarette, 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer.

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Mageirocophobia is the intense fear of:

a-     magicians

b-     cooking

c-     turtles

 

Answer: c-     cooking,,,, the way my wife cooks, I sometimes get the fear of eating!

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Wearing headphones for just one hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by how much?

a. 7 times

b. 70 times

c. 700 times

Answer:   c. 700 times…..if you leave space for air flow, like this image above, bacteria won’t build up.   Wonder where you can get some of these?

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Most lipsticks contain:

a-     ketchup

b-     fish scales

c-     pig’s feet

Answer:   b-     fish scales….it’s the silvery stuff found in fish scales that’s used in lipsticks and  nail polishes to make them shimmery

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How many chopsticks does China use in one year?

a-     1 billion

b-     19 billion

c-     45 billion

Answer:

c-     45 billion…it takes 25 million trees to make them. What a gross waste!

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What precious metal can you find in human toenails?

a. Silver

b. Gold

c. Bronze

Answer: b. Gold….it would take removing the toenails of over 2 billion people to get 1 gram of gold!

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Germans once believed that the cure for baldness was:

a. Rubbing goat’s pee on your head
b. Having a cow lick your head
c. Wearing a hat
Answer: b. Having a cow lick your head…farmers even charged bald men for the use of their cows!!!

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Who has the dirtiest public bathrooms?

a-   Men

b-   Women

c-   Boys

Answer: b-   Women…a very high percentage of women find toilet handles way too gross to touch. No flushing equals a big mess and often an over flowing bowl.

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What does a tiger’s pee smell most like?
a- garlic
b- buttered popcorn
c- vomitAnswer:

b- buttered popcorn…and you thought it was actually butter they use at the movie theater