December 10, 2007

For Those Who Know Everything

·   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. Oh go ahead...I'll wait...

·   Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks. 

·   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 up stairs...but not down stairs.

·   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.

·   Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." (who thinks up this stuff???) The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

·   And the best for last....

·   Turtles can breathe through their butts.

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A ducks quack will echo, and there have been people who folded pieces of paper in half more then 7 times. It is all in the size of the paper.