Things You Would Never Know without the Movies

4.80 Stars | 10 ratings

Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.

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4.25 Stars | 12 ratings

It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will patiently attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.

4.78 Stars | 9 ratings

The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place, and you can travel to any other part of the building undetected.

4.78 Stars | 9 ratings

During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.

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4.60 Stars | 10 ratings

All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going to go off.

4.56 Stars | 9 ratings

A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

4.50 Stars | 10 ratings

All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.

4.88 Stars | 8 ratings

It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to talk you down.

4.75 Stars | 8 ratings

It is impossible for a woman to run from a madman or monster without falling down.

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4.86 Stars | 7 ratings

Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.

4.57 Stars | 7 ratings

If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade.

4.57 Stars | 7 ratings

Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.

4.43 Stars | 7 ratings

The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

4.38 Stars | 8 ratings

Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment that it is aired.

4.67 Stars | 6 ratings

When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

4.33 Stars | 6 ratings

All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level on the man lying beside her.

4.25 Stars | 8 ratings

All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.

4.11 Stars | 9 ratings

Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is their polar opposite.

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

4.33 Stars | 6 ratings

Never accept a drink from your hosts if they pour it with their back turned towards you.

4.33 Stars | 6 ratings

Persons knocked unconscious by a blow to the head never suffer a concussion.

4.33 Stars | 6 ratings

Animals that you think would eat each other get along just fine.

4.17 Stars | 6 ratings

Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.

4.00 Stars | 7 ratings

A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK stadium.

3.71 Stars | 7 ratings

Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language - a German accent will do.

4.75 Stars | 4 ratings

If you need to reload your weapon, you will always have more ammunition, even if you haven't been carrying any before now.

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

When in a car chase, going against traffic, other motorists will notice. You'll miss them by inches.

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

4.20 Stars | 5 ratings

If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of year.

4.00 Stars | 6 ratings

Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

When being chased, it is always best to run UP the stairs, so you can leap from rooftop to rooftop.

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

When you are being chased, the quickest way out of a restaurant is through the kitchen.

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

If you wear a bulletproof vest, you never get shot in the head, arms or below the waist.

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

If you do laundry, you always have available a sqeaky clean, utterly safe, facility inhabited by amiable eccentrics as well as one desireable individual who is immediately attracted to you.

4.33 Stars | 3 ratings

Dumping over a trash can will slow your pursuer enough so that you can make your escape.

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

The loudest hostage can be rendered totally silent simply by tying a bandana over her lips.

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

When the hero gets shot, the bullet passes through, causing only minor bleeding before he gets laid.

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

A car will have problems starting if someone is chasing you with a chainsaw.

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds - unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

It is not necessary to hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

No-one ever involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

The commander of the white policemen is always an African American.

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

A child can overcome any adverse situation, no matter how hopeless it seems.

3.00 Stars | 8 ratings

No matter how fast you pound the keyboard, you never make a tyop, I mean a typo.

4.50 Stars | 2 ratings

It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.