December 30, 2005

True or False?

Take your best guess, are each of the following true or false?

  • Mohammed is now one of the 20 most popular names for boys born in England and Wales.

  • One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.

  • It's possible for a human to blow up balloons via the ear.

  • "Restaurant" is the most misspelled word in search engines.

  • The name Lego came from two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well".

  • Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones.

  • You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.

  • Jimi Hendrix pretended to be gay to be discharged from the US Army.

  • One in 18 people has a third nipple.

  • Pulling your foot out of quicksand takes a force equivalent to that needed to lift a medium-sized car.

Check your answers in the comments.

Posted by John at December 30, 2005 03:46 PM

Comments

Turns out they're all true, and are only a few of the "100 things we didn't know this time last year" listed by the BBC.

article here

Posted by: john at December 30, 2005 03:52 PM

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