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Free to Pee

jon February 22, 2012 0

Fact: By law, a pregnant woman can urinate anywhere she wants to in Britain, even, if she so chooses, in a police officer’s helmet. Click Here For Fun Movie Facts

Indirect view

jon February 22, 2012 0

Fact: Male doctors in Bahrain are not legally permitted to look directly at a woman’s genitals: they may only examine them with a mirror. Click Here For Fun Movie Facts

Bob Dylan’s Real Name

jon February 21, 2012 0

Fact: Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman. Click Here For Fun Movie Facts

The Rare Blue Lobster

jon February 21, 2012 0

Fact: 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. Click Here For Fun Movie Facts

The Best Of Baskin Robbins

jon February 20, 2012 0

Fact: Despite having so many flavors of ice cream, Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavor and accounts for a quarter of their sales. Click Here For Fun Movie

First On Screen Flush

jon February 14, 2012 0

Fact: The toilet featured in Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was the first flushing toilet to appear on-screen. Click Here For Fun Movie Facts

Paying For Tap Water

jon February 10, 2012 0

Fact: According to government and industry estimates, almost 40% of bottled water is ordinary tap water, often with no additional treatment

Fact: Peanut allergies affect an estimated 4 million Americans and can be life-threatening. Almost half of annual emergency room visits and two-thirds of deaths due to anaphylaxis are the result of peanut allergies

Dirtiest Foods

jon February 9, 2012 1

Fact: Peaches, apples, necterines and strawberries are among the top six “dirtiest” foods according to investigations by the Environmental Working Group. More than 90% of samples of these fruits tested positive for detectable pesticides,

Deadly Delicacy

jon February 8, 2012 0

Fact: Blowfish (fugu), a delicacy in Japan and Hong Kong, contains deadly amounts of tetrodotoxin, a poison 500 times stronger than cyanide. Several diners dies each year from blowfish

Death by Apricot Seeds

jon February 8, 2012 0

Fact: Apricot, cherry and peach pits contain cyanogenetic glycosides, which release cyanide. It would take huge dose to kill you, but there have been reports of children in Turkey suffering from Apricot poisoning