Myths Facts

Your brain is 80% water.

While their exact origins are debated, fortune cookies were invented in America, with one prominent claim attributing their popularization to David Jung in Los Angeles around 1918, who served them with inspirational messages.

Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone.

The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning!

Dead skin cells make up about 20-50% of the dust in your home, not most of it as commonly believed.

Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.

Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.

There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.

If you're typical, you can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.

The average cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven is $16,400 US Dollars.

The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.

Michael Jordan wasn't actually cut from his high school basketball team - as a 5'10" sophomore, he was placed on the junior varsity squad instead of varsity, which was standard practice. He used the perceived slight as motivation and made varsity the following year.

Professional dartboards are made from sisal fibers, which come from the agave plant, not from horsehair as commonly believed.

Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

There are no hog lips or snouts in SPAM.

One or two alcohol drinks a day can be anti-inflammatory.

During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings.

On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.

Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.

There are no penguins in the North Pole.

About 2/3 of American men prefer boxers to briefs.

The best diamonds are colored blue-white.

Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.