THINGS THAT MATTER

It is apparent that I am not effective in helping to direct how this Country is managed, so I thought that the following things should be considered (can't do anything about them either)

1 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

2 A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.

3 A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.

4 Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.

5 Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

6 Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old

7 Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

8 Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.

9 If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

10 In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

11 John Travolta turned down the starring roles in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and 'Tootsie.'

12 Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.

13 Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.

14 Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

15 Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.

16 People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more

17 Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.

18 The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.

19 The average housefly lives for one month.

20 The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.

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

22 The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot

23 The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water

24 The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

25 When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop , even your heart!

26 Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.