Genuine quotes from American science examination papers.
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Bar magnets have North and South poles; Horseshoe magnets have East
and West poles.
 
Before giving a blood transfusion, you must find out if the patient is
Positive or Negative. 
 
A triangle which has an angle of greater than 90 degrees is called an
obscene triangle.
 
Asthma sufferers use an agoniser to give themselves medication.
 
Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the orgasm of the species.
 
Benjamin Franklin produced static electricity by rubbing cats backwards.
 
The three kinds of blood vessels are Veins, Arteries, and Caterpillars.
 
The cuckoo does not lay its own eggs; it uses some other bird's.
 
The Earth makes one resolution every 24 hours.
 
A Circle is a line which meets its other end without ending.
 
Geometry teaches us how to bisex angles.
 
If conditions are unfavourable, bacteria go into a state of adolescence.
 
The dodo is a bird which became decent last century.
 
Parallel lines never meet unless you bend one or both of them.
 
The Moon is a planet just like the Earth; only even deader.
 
Algebraic symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about.
 
The process of turning steam back into water again is called conversation.
 
The Hookworm larva enters the body through the souls of the feet.
 
A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold.