True or False

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           Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?

> 1.  Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking
> you up in the morning.
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> 2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
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> 3.  A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
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> 4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot  more.
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> 5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
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> 6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
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> 7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
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> 8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
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> 9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
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> 10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
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> 11. The average housefly lives for one month.
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> 12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
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> 13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when  straightened.
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> 14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
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> 15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other  time of day.
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> 16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
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> 17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for  water.
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> 18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
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> 19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in 'AnOfficer and a Gentleman' and 'Tootsie.'