You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
- Albert Einstein

1. You shouldn't throw rice at weddings because birds will explode if they eat it.
2. If you feed alka seltzer to a bird they will blow up.
3. The elephant is the only mammal that cannot jump.
4. Taste buds diminish with age.
5. A penny dropped off the Empire State Building will kill a person.
6. Gravity does not affect the motion of astronauts in space.
7. If an object accelerates it has to be moving.
8. Ice cannot be colder than 0°C (32°F).
9. Water always freezes at 0°C (32°F) and boils at 100°C (212°F)
10. Organic foods are not allowed to be sprayed with dangerous chemicals in the U.S.
11. Copper bracelets and magnetic insoles help reduce pain.
12. Magnetic bracelets improve circulation because it attracts the iron in your blood.
13. Glass is actually a liquid that flows very slowly – that’s why old windows are wavy.
14. Jell-O contains no animal product.
15. Ouija boards work.
16. You can’t get sunburn in the winter.
17. AA, C and D cells have a different voltage.
18. Income tax returns have to be filed by April 15th.
19. Heat lightning is when lightning jumps from one cloud to another but doesn’t hit the ground.
20. In order to avoid cavities you should eat crackers and potato chips instead of chocolate and other candy.
21. Hot water actually freezes faster than cold water.
22. Toilets and sinks drain clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
23. You will get sucked out of an airplane if a hole is shot in the fuselage.
24. A person will fly backward when shot in the chest with a bullet.
25. The shape of an airplane's wing provides the primary source of lift for an airplane.
26. Red, blue, and yellow are the primary colors.
27. The Earth is closest to the sun in the summer.
28. Eggs will stand on their ends only on the vernal equinox.
29. Sitting too close to the television will damage your vision.
30. Old covered bridges are covered so that snow won't get on the bridge deck.
31. Most of the energy stored in gasoline goes to make the car move.
32. A potato will bake fastest when the shiny side of the aluminum foil is “in.”
33. The new millennium started on January 1, 2000.
34. Your hair and nails continue to grow after you die.
35. A tractor-trailer that is going around a curve is more likely to slide off the road when full than when empty.
36. Heat rises.
37. There is no gravity in outer space.
38. Precision and accuracy mean the same thing.
39. A kicked football will travel the furthest distance when kicked at a 30° angle above the horizontal.
40. A gallon of gasoline weighs about the same as a gallon of H20.
41. If you are out in the woods and you hear a gunshot you should duck to avoid being shot.
42. Sailboats move the fastest when they are traveling in the same direction as the wind.
43. All liquids expand when they freeze.
44. You can’t get sunburn on a cloudy day.
45. Melanoma is not as bad as skin cancer.
46. Carbon Dioxide causes ozone depletion.
47. CFCs are the main cause of the greenhouse effect.
48. Most of the money you spend on electricity for a stereo is for when it is on.
49. A compass points to the North Pole.
50. The smallest particles are the electron, proton and neutron.
51. You would receive a higher dose of radiation from living near a nuclear power plant than near a coal power plant.
52. The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in a specially built laboratory building.
53. If a car could travel at the speed of light then its headlights would be useless.
54. The peak of Mount Everest is the farthest point from the center of the Earth.
55. It is better to hit a brick wall at 50 mph with a car than hitting an identical car head on at 50 mph.
56. If you are in an elevator when the cable breaks you should jump when the elevator is about to hit the bottom of the elevator shaft so that you won’t be injured.
57. Animal parents will reject animal babies that have been touched by humans.
58. Bulls hate the color red.
59. Columbus proved the world was round.
60. Darwin claimed that man evolved from apes.
61. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
62. James Watt invented the steam engine.
63. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
64. Henry Ford invented the car and the concepts of the production line and interchangeable parts.
65. Einstein was a poor student.
66. A leg or arm "falls asleep" because blood flow is interrupted.
67. Mice like cheese.
68. Moths like to eat wool clothes.
69. Carbohydrates and fat are composed of calories.
70. Muscle turns to fat as you age and stop exercising.
71. Steam is the cloudy mist that comes off boiling water.
72. Water boils faster when you add salt.
73. A cold left to get worse will turn into pneumonia.
74. You can catch a cold if you go outside without a jacket in the winter.
75. Cell phones cause brain tumors.
76. Living near power lines makes you more likely to get cancer.
77. Walking on hot coals and lying on a bed of nails requires special training.
78. The scientific method is a definite series of steps that scientists use to make discoveries.
79. Ice skates work by melting a very thin layer of ice under the blade.
80. Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity by flying a kite that was struck by lightning.
81. Clouds, fog, and mist are forms of water vapor.
82. Raindrops are teardrop-shaped.
83. You can weigh air by filling up a balloon and putting it on a balance.
84. There are seven colors in the rainbow.
85. The sun is always directly south at 12:00 noon.
86. The moon can only be seen during the night.
87. The phases of the moon are caused by the when it moves into earth’s shadow.
88. The solar system is very crowded.
89. The earth is flat.
90. The earth is a sphere.
91. Acids are always dangerous.
92. The typical television uses no power when it is off.
93. The North Star is the brightest star in the northern sky.
94. When things dissolve they disappear.
95. Metals are always cold and nonmetals are always warm.
96. Helium balloons float because they are lighter than air.
97. Acid rain is caused by the pollution of factories and cars.
98. You can get the flu by getting a flu shot.
99. When the wind blows it makes cold air even colder. This is called wind chill.
100. Thermometers don’t work well on hot days so we add a few degrees to get the “heat index.”
101. Centrifugal force is the force that you feel when you go around a corner in a car.
102. Radiation causes cancer.
103. The brightness of a star depends on how far it is from the earth.
104. The constellations form patterns that resemble people, animals, and other objects.
105. All rivers run from north to south and end up closer to the center of the earth.
106. Winter weather can be predicted by studying the fur of certain caterpillars.
107. The terms “energy” and “force” are interchangeable.
108. Friction always hinders motion. It is best to get rid of all friction to make things work better.
109. Acceleration means an object is speeding up.
110. You should always put two spaces after a period when typing.
111. Objects float because they are lighter than water.
112. Mirrors are made of a special kind of glass that reflects light.
113. All radioactivity is manmade and is dangerous.
114. The twelve signs of the zodiac are the twelve constellations.
115. The big dipper is a constellation.
116. The sky is blue because that is what color air is.
117. The earth is larger than the sun.
118. Greenland is larger than Mexico.
119. Phases of the moon are caused by shadows from the earth.
120. Different countries see different phases of the moon on the same day.
121. Leap years occur every four years.
122. We are in a period of global warming caused solely by industrialization and lots of cars.
123. The sun is directly overhead at noon.
124. Salt is spread on the roads in the winter to melt snow and ice by heating it up.
125. The Great Wall of China is the only manmade object visible from space.
126. Dinosaurs and cavemen lived at the same time.
127. Clouds don’t really move; the earth rotates under them.
128. Most organisms live on land or within a few hundred feet under water.
129. A 400°F oven is twice as hot as a 200°F oven.
130. The power of a computer is measured in megahertz or gigahertz.
131. Technology is anything that has to do with computers.
132. Smokers don’t die earlier than nonsmokers; they just die from different things.
133. A 3 GHz Pentium IV is faster than a 2 GHz G5 processor.
134. The Palm Pilot was the first PDA.
135. IBM made the first PC that had a mouse and a graphical user interface (Windows).
136. It requires more energy for a fluorescent light bulb to turn on than it uses in 10 seconds.
137. You should always warm your car up for a few minutes in the winter before driving anywhere.
138. Lots of other countries don’t use the metric system – they still use pounds and feet.
139. It is hard to get into college but once you get in it’s not too hard.
140. Most people who go to college graduate from college.
141. Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun all the time.
142. Most of the energy a regular light bulb uses goes to making light.
143. Laser pointers will make a person go blind if they get shined in the eye with it.
144. You can take iron out of drinking water by putting magnets on your water pipes.
145. Williamsport used to be colder and received more snow in the winter when your parents were young.
146. The human brain has gotten much larger since our ancestor species started walking on two feet.
147. Most nuclear power plants were built in the last 25 years.
148. A very healthy person has very low levels of cholesterol in their body.
149. If a person completely cuts all fat and meat from their diet they won’t get any fatter.
150. The United States is thousands of miles from Russia.
151. Name brand prescription drugs usually work better than generic alternative drugs.
152. Penn State University is one of Pennsylvania’s public, state owned universities.
153. Inflammable means that something won’t burn.
154. Water is blue.
155. Electrical energy demand has risen dramatically in the last decade because computers use so much energy.
156. Hawaii is the westernmost state, Texas is the southernmost state, and Maine is the easternmost state.
157. SUVs and pickup trucks are safer vehicles than cars.
158. Native Americans never saw a feast so great as the one the Pilgrims cooked them at the first Thanksgiving.
159. Seat belts aren’t very useful when you’re just driving around town – they’re only important on the highway.
160. Reading in dim light can cause your vision to go bad.
161. Jesus was born on December 25, year 1 AD
162. Scientists know what color each species of dinosaur probably was.
163. Pop top tabs on soda cans are used to support kidney dialysis treatment for people who can’t afford it.
164. The “Hemi” engine available in the Dodge Ram pickup is the only “Hemi” engine available today.
165. Laser printers will get cheaper when the cost for the lasers goes down

How about these?
&Mac183; How many days are there between January 1, 2000 and January 1, 3000?
&Mac183; If a car could travel at the speed of light and turns its lights on then will it help the driver see the road ahead any better?
&Mac183; All four sides of your house face south. You look outside and see a bear. What color is the bear? What kind of house do you live in? Is the sun shining?
&Mac183; Would you weigh more on Mount Everest or in Williamsport?
&Mac183; Would you weigh more in a mine 1 mile below sea level or in Williamsport?
&Mac183; What weighs more… a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?
&Mac183; Which has more mass… a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?
&Mac183; Which direction does a compass point at the North Pole?

Which of the following is the best selling artist of all times?
A. Michael Jackson B. Britney Spears
C. Paul McCartney D. Madonna

What year was the last nuclear power plant built in the United States?
A. 1974 B. 1982
C. 1995 D. 2002

How many people died as a result of the first wartime nuclear bomb detonation at Hiroshima, Japan?
A. 205 B. 2050
C. 20,500 D. 205,000

This company supplied Theodore Roosevelt's trips to Africa and the Amazon and Robert Peary's expedition to the North Pole. Ernest Hemingway bought his guns there. Presidents Hoover and Einsenhower relied on them for the best fishing equipment. Other famous clients included Amelia Earhart, Presidents Taft, Harding and Kennedy, Bing Crosby, Howard Hughes, and Clark Gable. Katherine Hepburn bought many evening gowns and Cole Porter ordered his tuxedos from them. They faced imminent financial ruin in the 1980s, got rid of all their traditionally high quality merchandise, and began selling mediocre quality, high priced clothes to gen x-ers and gen y-ers in the late 1990s:
A. American Eagle Outfitters B. Abercrombie & Fitch
C. Gander Mountain D. L.L. Bean
E. American Outfitters F. Hot Topic

The Pony Express was designed to carry mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California in just 10 days. It cost $96.22 in today’s money to send one ounce of mail. Riders would carry 20 lbs of mail 100 miles at a time, exchanging horses every 10 miles. How much money (in today’s dollars) did investors spend to get the Pony Express operating and how long did the service last?
A. $219,000, 52 years B. $872,000, 38 years
C. $1.84 Million, 14 years D. $13.5 Billion, 18 months

How many people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2002 in the U.S.?
A. 768 B. 3629
C. 13,961 D. 42,850

How many people died in commercial plane crashes in 2002 in the U.S.?
A. 0 B. 38
C. 197 D. 489