You learn something new everyday... But is it the truth?
Just when I thought I knew everything.......
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.
(I keep my toothbrush in the living room now.)
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.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's
first flight.
The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as
long.
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.
(not in my world)
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.
So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
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. (Altogether or on each foot?)
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, the best for last.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Now, you know everything there is to know.