Table of Contents
Humans always have the same number of bones 8
Everyone has 12 sets of ribs 9
People can be double-jointed 10
Every adult has 32 teeth 11
You remain the same height throughout the day 12
Sudden shocks turn your hair white overnight 13
Most of your hair is on your head 14
Hair grows back thicker and faster after it is cut 15
Split ends can be repaired by conditioners 16
You lose most of your body heat through your head 17
Muscles push and pull your body parts 18
You can control all your muscle movements 19
If you don't exercise for a long time, muscle turns to fat 20
Junk food causes teenage zits 21
Sugar makes people hyperactive 22
Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy 23
Gum stays in your stomach if you swallow it 23
Your appendix is a useless body part 24
Carrots improve your eyesight 25
Eating spinach makes you strong 26
Eating cheese before bed will give you nightmares 26
Vegetarians do not get enough protein in their diet 27
You use only 10 percent of your brain 28
You can think so much it hurts 29
Different parts of the brain function one at a time 30
Human beings have five senses 31
Different areas of your tongue detect salty, sweet, and sour tastes 32
You can tickle yourself 33
Urine can soothe the pain of a jellyfish sting 34
Warts can be caught from toads 35
Rabies is spread to humans only by dog bites 36
Your eyes will pop out if you keep them open when you sneeze 36
Vitamin C prevents colds 37
Spanish Flu came from Spain 38
Leprosy is a disease found only in humans that causes parts of the body to fall off 39
Mosquitoes help spread the HIV virus 40
More people are alive today than have ever lived 41
Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death 42
Dead bodies stay stiff 43
The plague was a historic disease, caused by rats, which no longer exists 44
Diseases never get totally wiped out 45
Ridiculous! But true … 46
Truth trek 47
Index 48
