Amazing facts you're pretty sure are true

[campy]

I read today that in a national study 1/4 of all British women over 35 never have sex.

I was shocked by this fact and it got me wondering...what other things don't I know...
Whatcha got?

[hellbent]

45.6% of all facts are made up on the spot, yo - B.Franklin

[DWarrior]

You don't get catch a cold from being cold, and there's no evidence suggesting vitamin C helps get over it any faster.

You actually catch more flies with Vinegar than with honey.

The reason Diet Coke and Mentos creates such a fountain is because the surface of Mentos is filled with microscopic cracks, thereby providing a lot of surface area for bubbles to form, and also because the sweetener in Diet Coke reduces the drink's surface tension.

One coordinate is sufficient to precisely define your position anywhere on earth (using 2 just makes it easier)

There are over 9000 facts being made up in the world at any given moment.

[doctorsleep]

Obama is a muslim

[typicallistener]

There's no scientific explanation as to why shower curtains float toward you, as opposed to away from you, when you're taking a hot shower.

[Spanky McDuck]

Originally Posted by typicallistener

There's no scientific explanation as to why shower curtains float toward you, as opposed to away from you, when you're taking a hot shower.

I always assumed it was because the hot water warmed the air, which rises, thus reducing the air pressure at the bottom (at your feet) and sucking the curtain towards you.

[blackpussy]

Masturbation causes deafness, FACT! It also makes one arm stronger than the other

[EastTexas]

Interesting fact about figs. They look kind of like a nut, but they aren't. Some people think they are a fruit or even a vegetable, but the fact is scientists haven't figured out what they are yet.

[missmilf25]

turtles mate back end to back end

[Mr. Bean]

August 14, 1901, at Fairfield, Conn., Gustave Whitehead achieved powered flight-two years and four months before the Wrights' first flight.