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2003/06/23, 10:23 AM
> > After you read this, you should know 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 747s 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.
> >
> > 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.'
> >
> > Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually
> > than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
> >
> > Marilyn Monroe had six toes 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.
> >
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"Get everthing you want--just make a little change now"
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2003/06/23, 11:15 AM
I think that might be a little MORE than I needed to know. =) Funny though! Thx Intruder
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Dont wait! Procrastinate NOW! =)
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2003/06/23, 11:41 AM
haha-some pretty aazing stuff.
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2003/06/23, 03:14 PM
Fascinating!
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~Victoria~
...Some things have to be believed to be seen!
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2003/06/23, 04:39 PM
I'll sleep better tonight, thanks. :)
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You can walk to anywhere you want, it only takes time.
Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
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2004/08/23, 09:56 AM
Okay, some of those things I could have lived without ever knowing... but still interesting.
Now I will have to find a duck and bring it to the Grand Canyon......
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