Bakers Dozen

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.
  2. People use only 10% of their brains.
  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.
  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.
  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.
  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.
  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.
  2. People use only 10% of their brains.
  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.
  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.
  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.
  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.
  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.
  8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death!

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.
  2. People use only 10% of their brains.
  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.
  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.
  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.
  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.
  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.
  8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death!
  9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses.

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.
  2. People use only 10% of their brains.
  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.
  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.
  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.
  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.
  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.
  8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death!
  9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses.
  10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years.

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.
  2. People use only 10% of their brains.
  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.
  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.
  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.
  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.
  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.
  8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death!
  9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses.
  10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years.
  11. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.
  2. People use only 10% of their brains.
  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.
  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.
  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.
  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.
  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.
  8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death!
  9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses.
  10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years.
  11. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
  12. All of the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong

  1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly.

  2. People use only 10% of their brains.

  3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping.

  4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths.

  5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming.

  6. Duck quacks don’t echo.

  7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat.

  8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death!

  9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses.

  10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years.

  11. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

  12. All of the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

  13. Medieval women wore chastity belts while their husbands were away.
    New category: Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  14. On Golden Pond

New category: Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita
  7. The Bucket List

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita
  7. The Bucket List
  8. Up

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita
  7. The Bucket List
  8. Up
  9. Harold and Maude

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita
  7. The Bucket List
  8. Up
  9. Harold and Maude
  10. Ghost Story

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita
  7. The Bucket List
  8. Up
  9. Harold and Maude
  10. Ghost Story
  11. Highlander

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond
  2. Going In Style
  3. Cocoon
  4. Driving Miss Daisy
  5. Grumpy Old Men
  6. Lolita
  7. The Bucket List
  8. Up
  9. Harold and Maude
  10. Ghost Story
  11. Highlander
  12. The Whales of August

Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters

  1. On Golden Pond

  2. Going In Style

  3. Cocoon

  4. Driving Miss Daisy

  5. Grumpy Old Men

  6. Lolita

  7. The Bucket List

  8. Up

  9. Harold and Maude

  10. Ghost Story

  11. Highlander

  12. The Whales of August

  13. Space Cowboys
    Maxims we all know and use:

  14. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Maxims we all know and use:

  1. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
  2. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.