Thursday, April 26, 2007

For those who thought they knew everything!!

Read on............

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

  • No piece of paper can be folded in half
    more than seven (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 (50) years of age or older.

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

  • The King of Hearts is the only king
    WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

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

  • Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
    (Since Venus is normally associated with women,what does this tell you!)

  • Apples, not caffeine,
    are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

  • Most dust particles in your house are made from
    DEAD SKIN!

  • The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
    So did the first " Marlboro Man."

  • Walt Disney was afraid
    OF MICE!

  • 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.
    (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)

  • Richard Millhouse Nixon
    was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second ? William Jefferson Clinton
    (Please don't tell me you're SURPRISED!?!!)

  • And the best for last.....
    Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Now you know everything :-)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I tried the paper thing.. By the time it reaches.. 6th fold .. it becomes so thick that it cant be folded.

~V