Via Museum of Hoaxes: The folks over at CollegeHumor.com have put together an amusing short film called "Urban Legend ER" which manages to cram more ULs and old wives' tales into two-and-a-half minutes of running time than I would have believed possible. I counted 16 in all:
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- A penny thrown from the top of the Empire State Building amasses enough velocity to kill someone if it lands on their head.
- Frozen airplane waste falls from the sky and injures innocent bystander.
- The average person unknowingly swallows several spiders a year while sleeping.
- Elton John had to have his stomach pumped after swallowing seven gallons of semen.
- A train can be derailed by a penny left on the tracks.
- Person wakes up in bathtub full of ice to find kidneys have been stolen.
- Swallowed chewing gum takes seven years to digest.
- If you keep making an ugly face it will freeze that way.
- If you pee in a public swimming pool your urine will turn red, blue, or black because of a special chemical they put in the water.
- If you masturbate frequently you'll grow hair on your palms.
- Women can become pregnant from swimming in a public pool if there is semen present in the water.
- Mountain Dew affects male fertility.
- Sneezing seven or more times is equivalent to an orgasm.
- A male can become pregnant by having an embryo implanted in his abdomen.
- Eating Pop Rocks and drinking soda at the same time will cause your stomach to explode.
- Walt Disney's body was cryogenically frozen after his death.
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Dear David. Here’s another one for you. I worked as an ER nurse for 16 years. The quietist afternoon of the year, bar none, is
Superbowl Sunday DURING the game. Come 6:00, they start to stream in with their gastric distress from eating too much, diarrhea from the potato salad left out all day,various injuries from falling down drunk and DWIs. Ask around Another fun fact. Thanks.
I didn’t even know about some of these ULs! I’ll have to get to work spreading them. >:-)