Factoids?

by Leigh Lundin

Amongst the glut of eMail was another of those with purported facts. This turned out to be one of the weirder ones, and I found myself wondering who comes up with these things! Some of the claims include:

• Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a bellybutton.
  • Really? Exactly how did this come to public attention?

• Only 7% of the population are lefties.
  • The remaining 93% listen to Fox News.

• 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
  • Why are people biting dogs anyway?

• 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
  • Who is tossing these toilets around?

• Babies are born without knee caps. They don’t appear until they are 2 to 6 years old.
  • It makes the job difficult for junior mafia enforcers.

• The average housefly lives for one month.
  • Not in my house!

• A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
  • Was this discovered by a government employee?

• The reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
  • I thought they were ignoring the economy.

• Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
  • There must be a Lewinsky joke here, but I’m not looking for it.

• The only animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
  • And mothers.

• Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
  • Their anthem is Billie Jean?

• In television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
  • That explains a lot about our school lunch program.

• Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.
  • If true, it should make it harder to stick my foot in my mouth.

• The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
  • Whew! I managed to get a column out of this!