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The following have been verified as true

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The term "bank teller" originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to "tell" throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.

 
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.

 
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.

 
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Slugs have 4 noses.

 
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315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were mispelled.

 
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On average, a movie makes about 5 times more from its video sales than ticket takings!

 
7
 

By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.

 
8
 

Eagles mate while airborne.

 
9
 

The typical shower is 101 degrees F.

 
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The average NFL player's career lasts only 3 1/2 years.

 
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Before 1941, fingerprints were not accepted as evidence in court.

 
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.

 

2 Comments

 

Well, I believe you! But I sure don't understand why #3 happens!
K_sunglasses_thumb kathybelleposted 357 days ago
Well, about half of these are true. When will you people stop posting this crap as "verified." Verified by who?

The word teller comes from the old English; to "tell," meaning to count. It has been in use for centuries. You can find references to bank tellers in 17th and 18th century literature.

Moths can fly just fine during an earthquake.

The length of the earth's orbit is 583,400,000 miles; there are 365 days in a year; there are 24 hours in a day; 583,400,000/365/24 is 66,598 miles per hour. You are only wrong by a factor of 10. Do you, by any chance, work for the Bush administration?

Kiss_thumb Ol Hippieposted 356 days ago
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