Rumored "Facts" I want to put to rest

If you're like me, you get tons of emails from "friends" that have all of these funny, unknown facts for you to waste your time reading. Thses "friends" never bother to write anything to you personally, they just forward all of this shit to you. And if you're like me, you read it, at least most of the time.
Well since the blogosphere is worldwide, I want to display some of these
So- called facts up here that deal with culture and sex. My intent is that hopefully, readers FROM those countries and cultures respond and put my mind at ease with the knowledge of truth.
Are they true or false?:

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animalis punishable by death.

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.

Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The sexorgans of the deceased must be coveredwith a brick or piece of wood at all times.
(A brick??)

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins,who pay them for the privilege of having sex forthe first time
Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only doso with her bare hands. The husband's illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England but only in tropical fish stores.

In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. ( I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150calories an hour. (Who volunteers for this stuff?)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that havesex for pleasure. That one I already knew.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight (knew that), can pull 30 times its own weight (knew that) and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. WTF?!?(From drinking little bottles of ... ?)

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in halfmore than seven (7) times. This I've herad before and I want to know

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years of age or older
(Then by the time Bush finishes out his second term, Oak Trees will be gone)

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first " Marlboro Man. BIG SURPRISE, this I don't doubt is fact.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice. He was a tormented man

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

And ... Turtles can breathe through their butts.

If I can't get any confirmation from people about these, I'm going out and getting a dolphin, a drunken ant, a coconut, paper, a donkey and my step brother (inside joke) , some pearls and vinegar (wasn't that a Tampax ad campaign?)
a cow with a stairmaster, and a duck in a tunnel.
The toothbrush and the turtle breathing through it's ass I'll take as fact and not put my hypothesis' to the test.
If you're like me, you want to know too...if you're not like me, I apoligize. You need to leave now.