weird crap you've heard (which may or may not be true)

[jtksu]

If you pour hot water in the icecube trays it will freeze faster.
Hitler only had one testicle and regularly took injections of crushed up bull's testicle.
Pouring a bit of oil in with the pasta will keep it from boiling over.
When you get shot for the first time, your body doesn't recognize that particular pain and will go into shock, effectively making it almost painless.
If you sleep in a room with no open windows or doors and you have a fan running, it can suffocate you.  (Koreans are big into this theory.)
Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal.

[j rake]

John Currie is secretly trying to get rid of LHC Bill Snyder.

[jtksu]

Oooh, good one.

[wetwillie]

It is impossible to lick your own elbow, if you microwave just water it can explode in your face

[CNS]

If you cut the top of a pizza box and add foil, you can make s'mores in the pizza box simply by placing it in the sun.

[Jeffy]

if you microwave just water it can explode in your face

guaranteed true!

[j rake]

It is impossible to lick your own elbow, if you microwave just water it can explode in your face

[jtksu]

Mosquitos are attracted (or is it repulsed?) by the scent of bananas.

Chicks go nuts for cucumber scent.

[treysolid]

If you pour hot water in the icecube trays it will freeze faster. depends on the gas content of the water
Hitler only had one testicle and regularly took injections of crushed up bull's testicle. uniball - unconfirmed, but more than likely true, don't know about the injections
Pouring a bit of oil in with the pasta will keep it from boiling over. true
When you get shot for the first time, your body doesn't recognize that particular pain and will go into shock, effectively making it almost painless.  eff no
If you sleep in a room with no open windows or doors and you have a fan running, it can suffocate you.  (Koreans are big into this theory.)  how the hell do you get into a room with no windows and no doors?
Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal.  absolutely true

[PandaXpanda]

If you pour hot water in the icecube trays it will freeze faster.
Hitler only had one testicle and regularly took injections of crushed up bull's testicle.
Pouring a bit of oil in with the pasta will keep it from boiling over.
When you get shot for the first time, your body doesn't recognize that particular pain and will go into shock, effectively making it almost painless. my bro-in-law was shot. he said it felt like having a blow torch stuck into his body.
If you sleep in a room with no open windows or doors and you have a fan running, it can suffocate you.  (Koreans are big into this theory.)
Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal.

[j rake]

Ron Prince dressed down Tim McCarty in front of all the offensive lineman, then ordered him to lie on his back. McCarty followed orders and stayed on the ground for several minutes while practice continued.

I still laugh thinking about this story, even though it "may or may not be true."

[jtksu]

It's no open windows or doors.  Something about air movement in a (near) vacuum.  Pretty sure it's not true cause I do it all the time.  Saw something on TV about Koreans being totally against this, like I think it might actually be illegal or something over there.

[Stevesie60]

Any story about people who experience sleep paralysis while being awake.

[jtksu]

The largest living organism in the world is a gazillion acre grove of Aspen.   (Outside of Aspen, CO!)
Carp is like the king of fish in Japan and that's why people originally started building koi ponds.

[steve dave]

good thread

[michigancat]

Ron Prince dressed down Tim McCarty in front of all the offensive lineman, then ordered him to lie on his back. McCarty followed orders and stayed on the ground for several minutes while practice continued.

I still laugh thinking about this story, even though it "may or may not be true."

that's a rough ridin' old story? 

You lose 80% of your body heat from your head, so it's very important to wear a hat when it's cold.

Related:  Make sure your hair is dry before going out into the cold or you will catch pneumonia.

[felix rex]

You lose 80% of your body heat from your head, so it's very important to wear a hat when it's cold.

Derivative: The "80%" theory was flawed because it was based on a military study in the Arctic and the participants wore parkas but not hats*

*heard it but may not be true

[CNS]

You lose 80% of your body heat from your head, so it's very important to wear a hat when it's cold.

Derivative: The "80%" theory was flawed because it was based on a military study in the Arctic and the participants wore parkas but not hats*

*heard it but may not be true

I have heard that the 80% rule is flawed because it was based off of infants, who's heads are larger in proportion to their body at that age than they are as an adult.

[WillieWatanabe]

your eyes are the only body part that does not grow as you get older. (pretty sure this is not true)

[jtksu]

Eyes contain the fastest healing tissue in the body.
If you get caught going more than twice the speed limit you go to jail. 
Pigs wallow in mud to prevent sunburns.

[Dr Rick Daris]

You lose 80% of your body heat from your head, so it's very important to wear a hat when it's cold.

Derivative: The "80%" theory was flawed because it was based on a military study in the Arctic and the participants wore parkas but not hats*

*heard it but may not be true

I have heard that the 80% rule is flawed because it was based off of infants, who's heads are larger in proportion to their body at that age than they are as an adult.

i heard that the study was conducted on siamese twins and that it might not correlate 100% to people with only one head per body.

[OK_Cat]

Eyes contain the fastest healing tissue in the body.
If you get caught going more than twice the speed limit you go to jail. 
Pigs wallow in mud to prevent sunburns.

pigs wallow in the mud because they don't sweat.

[OK_Cat]

and I think the true Hitler fact is that he had started developing Parkinsons, and they were injecting him with meth daily.

[Poster formerly known as jthutch]

You lose 80% of your body heat from your head, so it's very important to wear a hat when it's cold.

Derivative: The "80%" theory was flawed because it was based on a military study in the Arctic and the participants wore parkas but not hats*

*heard it but may not be true

I have heard that the 80% rule is flawed because it was based off of infants, who's heads are larger in proportion to their body at that age than they are as an adult.

I always thought that this was flawed because you lose the heat through your mouth when you breath, thus wearing a hat would do no good.

[Sugar Dick]

you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway


I also read Obama is gonna be on myth busters, but can't remember where