Interesting But Useless Facts

Originally posted by rmacken
Depends on the meal - so the statement is wrong

Here's all you need to prove about half of these 'facts' wrong.

www.straightdope.com
and
www.snopes.com

EDIT: For example, here is an explanation of the muscles to frown vs. smile:
www.straightdope.com/columns/040116.html

I will submit one more fact, "There has never been a list of unusual facts that did not contain at least one false statement.".

5. Jaguars are frightened of dogs.

i don't think a Jag mother with babies being attacked by a dog would be frightened of it, or fighting a for a meal after not eating for a while. i'm sure there would be situations where a Jaguar would fearlessly attack a dog.

Originally posted by Peachy
3. It's illegal in Newcastle, WY to have sex in a butcher shop's meat freezer.

Originally posted by aspviper666
I feel at least partly to blame for this law,In my defence I must say it was cold in the freezer ..

Originally posted by rmacken
Depends on the meal - so the statement is wrong

Originally posted by Keltamaksa
Maybe it means an average meal.

Originally posted by aspviper666
I feel at least partly to blame for this law,In my defence I must say it was cold in the freezer ..

If you push a 1 mile section of railroad tie in 1 foot there is enough room to drive a full size truck through it!

Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln.

The hippopotamus has the world's shortest sperm.

The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "smile".

Originally posted by Peachy
The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "smile".

No. 5 Is it really the dog and not the bark of the dog? No. 29 the scorpion may really be trying to sting what is hurting him. That is if it is causing him pain.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Was it an emotional response?