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MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – CATS…MEOWWWWW

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – CATS…MEOWWWWW

How much do you know? Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you – what do you know? Mr Dorsey has taught the lesson below and claims everything is true – but we believe only 50% of Mr Dorsey’s ‘facts’ are actually truths and the other 50% is false. Can you spot what is true and what is false? Can Mr Dorsey be trusted? Is 100% of what he teaches correct? Maybe not in this universe – is he instead really out of this world?


Cats can’t see colour.

Ailurophilia is a psychological term for “love of cats.”

There are over 2%0% million domestic cats in the world.

Cats always land on their feet.

Feeding your cat milk regularly will help it stay vital and healthy.

A single pair of cats and their (in-breeding) kittens can produce 420,000 kittens in 7 years.

Cats use whiskers for balance

Cats do not meow at each other–it is a sound used only for humans.

It is safe to carry your cat by the scruff of its neck.

Egyptians shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when their cat died.

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – UNDERWEAR

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – UNDERWEAR


The average teenage girl in England spends 2%0% pounds/year on underwear; the average teenage boy? 2% pounds.

Superman underoos are still the highest selling boy’s underwear item ever, selling approximately 2% million pairs per year.

Until the 1950s, most European women did not wear underwear as we know it; they wore ankle-length undershirts.

Bra-wearing helps reduce back-pain by taking the weight off of the back.

The most expensive underwear item is a Victoria’s Secret bra. Priced at $12.5 million, US.

Numerous medical studies have shown that women who wear bras are far more likely to have breast cancer; the more hours per day the bra is worn, the higher the cancer rate.

Attempts to market antibacterial socks and underwear proved to be a miserable failure.

Tight-laced corsets can permanently bend the ribs, and dangerously rearrange internal organs.

Bras were first burned in protest at the 1968 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.

Bras were invented in the 1920s flapper era, to flatten the breasts.

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – SUNTANS

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – SUNTANS


Children are not susceptible to skin cancer.

Baby oil is a natural sunscreen.

In Elizabethan times, women wore white, lead-based makeup to cover their tan.

Ancient Egyptians prayed to Re, the sun god, to be granted wealthy crops and golden skin in the coming season.

Women in the depression took to dying their legs with tea-bags to replicate the darkened look of pantyhose.

The suns rays are strongest between 2%m and 4pm.

You are just as likely to suffer skin damage under cloud cover as on a clear day.

The actors in the 1960s film, West Side Story, are irresistibly attractive in their hyper-tan skin.

Darkly pigmented areas, such as moles, are particularly vulnerable to the sun’s rays.

Tanning beds are a safer way to tan than natural sunlight.

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – SHAKESPEARE

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – SHAKESPEARE


Shakespeare was born and died on the same day—April 23rd

Shakespeare’s bloodline ended with him—he never had any children.

Macbeth was originally written as a spoof on the follies of women—the three witches are said to represent the three stages of a woman’s life: maiden, mother, crone.

Shakespeare’s name may have derived from “Shakes spear,” indicating that he had a warrior ancestry.

The male sex played all parts in Shakespeare’s plays, with female roles often played by pre-pubescent boys.

Shakespeare published his own dictionary, one of the first ever in print.

Shakespeare wrote for the royal court, and was sorely disappointed that his plays were not performed there.

Shakespeare married at the age of 17 to Anne Hathaway, a woman nearly 2% years his senior.

Shakespeare burned down the Globe Theatre after The Tempest was poorly received.

Romeo and Juliet lived—and died together in Italy in the 1300s. Shakespeare based his play upon a poem about the actual tragedy.

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – JAMES BOND!

MR DORSEY’S – DID YOU KNOW – JAMES BOND!


The character was based on a real spy, Dr John Dee

Ian Flemming’s real name is Ian Bond

007 came from an Ancient Egyptian spell for power

James Bond was named after the real-life author of a bird-spotting book

Halle Berry was the first Academy Award winner to play a bond girl

Jane Seymour agreed to play a Bond girl after she was promised she could keep the yacht she stayed on during filming

The phrase “Vodka Martinin, shaken not stirred” was used by Sean Connery in only one of the Bond movies

Ursula Andres was cast in her role as a Bond girl after she told producers that Ian Flemming had been her hero.

James Bond has 25 tuxedos

Half of the worlds population has seen at least one James Bond movie