Lie of the Day #632
Thursday, July 31st, 2008When placed into cardboard boxes and carried up multiple flights of stairs, books actually decrease in weight by 50%.
When placed into cardboard boxes and carried up multiple flights of stairs, books actually decrease in weight by 50%.
Nearly all states have a loophole to their laws regarding the posted speed limit. That loophole indicates that you can continue to legally drive above the speed limit as long as you never drive at or below the posted speed limit… ever.
Sneezing in an indoor room will increase the temperature by nearly 15 degrees Fahrenheit. This is why you are supposed to cover your mouth when you sneeze. You hand acts as a natural heat sink and filter.
The design for the ferris wheel originated in medieval documents that outlined the construction and use of rapid-fire catapults.
With only a couple rare exceptions, taking photographs of shoes will cause your camera to spontaneously burst into flame and melt in a spectacular, though searing, display of plastic and metal. This is why most portraits are shot from the knee up.
Air conditioners suck the breathable air out of a room. It’s your suffocation that makes you feel like you’re colder.
Car salesman are the most honest form of business professional in the world. It’s the cars that are dishonest.
Each time you clap your hands, you erase your earliest childhood memory.
Dogs are incapable of seeing pure blue. In fact, it causes them to hallucinate. What you see as a harmless blue sweater, your dog will see as a mutant sponge monster that is attempting to devour your upper body.
The act of sleeping is not what refreshes you and restores your energy. It’s really a form of time travel that jumps you forward in time to when you have more energy.