Leon
12-03-2002, 09:22
Things I did not know....
>
> Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
> mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
>
> Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
> from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
>
> The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
> plasma.
>
> No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
>
> Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
>
>> You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
>
> Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or
> older.
>
> The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. Dell Book Co.
> wasn't far behind.
>
> The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
>
> A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
>
> American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each
> salad served in first-class.
>
> Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
>
> Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
> morning.
>
> The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
>
> Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
>
> The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
>
> Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
>
> Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
> factory workers in Malaysia combined.
>
> Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
>
> All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
> wearing them in public.
>
> Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
>
> Pearls melt in vinegar.
>
> Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
> already married.
>
> 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.
>
> The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the
> engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
> floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
>
> Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains
> all
> the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson
> Clinton.
>
> And, last and perhaps least ....
>
> Turtles can breathe through their butts.
>
> Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
> mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
>
> Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
> from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
>
> The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
> plasma.
>
> No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
>
> Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
>
>> You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
>
> Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or
> older.
>
> The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. Dell Book Co.
> wasn't far behind.
>
> The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
>
> A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
>
> American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each
> salad served in first-class.
>
> Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
>
> Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
> morning.
>
> The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
>
> Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
>
> The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
>
> Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
>
> Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
> factory workers in Malaysia combined.
>
> Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
>
> All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
> wearing them in public.
>
> Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
>
> Pearls melt in vinegar.
>
> Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
> already married.
>
> 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.
>
> The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the
> engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
> floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
>
> Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains
> all
> the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson
> Clinton.
>
> And, last and perhaps least ....
>
> Turtles can breathe through their butts.