Movies Teach us % Movies teach us: During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once. % Movies teach us: The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No-one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty. % Movies teach us: Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead. % Movies teach us: When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage. % Movies teach us: Most dogs are immortal. % Movies teach us: Although in the 20th century it is possible to fire weapons at an object out of our visual range, people of the 23rd century will have lost this technology. % Movies teach us: All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her. % Movies teach us: Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames. % Movies teach us: During every fight there should be a head-butting. The one executing it will not get hurt. % Movies teach us: It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down. % Movies teach us: The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris. % Movies teach us: A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds. % Movies teach us: If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long. % Movies teach us: The Chief of Police will always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job. % Movies teach us: All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off. % Movies teach us: A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty. % Movies teach us: It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors. % Movies teach us: When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other. % Movies teach us: 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. % Movies teach us: Aliens always look basically like humans (have limbs, eyes, ears) but unlike them, they are always covered with mucus. %