1. 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.

ames: ya agreed.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

ames: i dont get thirsty often. shyt !

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

ames: i dont like to peel onions.. and chewing gums not allowed in s'pore =]

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

ames: ooooo...

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

ames: interesting..

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

ames: so there really is a ship named Titantic.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

ames: pleasing .. hmmm..

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

ames: so smokers sleep less if they dont smoke ? then what about lazy smokers whom want to quit ? they cant quit cos they need to sleep more..

9. 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.

ames: realised adults dont laugh that much , they call themselves matured.

10. 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.

ames: then, those who think its the sound of the ocean are ? idiots ? ahaha.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

ames: o.o

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

ames: oo .. cool. but what for ? 

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

ames: dont get it.

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

ames: yes i know .

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

ames: should look quite amazing if humans can do that too hahahs ..

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

ames: this makes honey looks disgusting. 

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

ames: haha .. 

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

ames: ohh..

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

ames: this sucks.. so that means genius(s) dont sneeze much .. 

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

ames: aint i at a disadvantage.. =x

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

ames: doesnt matter..

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

ames: somebody make me blush ! i want to try !

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

ames: or is that blood u saw ?

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

ames: whats a carburetor.. somebody enlighten me.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

ames: that lion that roars in a circle ? after some cartoons ?

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

ames: i googled it, its true.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

ames: interesting.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

ames: waste money. 

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

ames: ohh .

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

ames: which idiot went to count !?

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

ames: there's nitrogen in our knuckles ?

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

ames: yea i know , thats what make ghosts scary.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

ames: thats faaaaaaaast.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

ames: did i learn that in secondary two ?

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

ames: thats alot ? or thats little ?

36. 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.

ames: oh.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

ames: thats bad. 

38. 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).

ames: thats marketing strategy. hahas

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

ames: People who face death sentence all have their teeth brushed white. 

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

ames: they are just so paranoid.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

ames: o.o

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

ames: thats little.

43. 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)

ames: heard.

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

ames: cos they have longer eyelashes?

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

ames: oh shyt.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

ames: i have never seen a kangaroo jump in my life.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

ames: oh ok. 

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

ames: thats so stupid.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

ames: wow .. learn something new, what about the logo on the polo tees ?

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

ames: who will want to see their own heart squirt blood.. lols