Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 Did you know? > > The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was > selected because the original containers held seven ounces. "UP" indicated > the direction of the bubbles. > > Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the > mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. > > The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as > substitute for blood plasma. > > American car horns beep in the tone of F. > > No piece of paper can be folded more than seven times. > > Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. > > One in every four Americans has appeared on television. > > You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. > > Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty > years of age o 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 > Brothers' entire first flight. > > American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating > one olive from each salad served in first-class. > > Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. > > The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's > "Born in the USA." > > Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you > up in the morning. > > The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the > number of varieties of pickles the company once had. > > 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. > > Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been > the head on a Pez dispenser. > > Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually > than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. > > Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an > abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. > > 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. > > The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone > squishing hands in jelly. > > Debra Winger was the voice of E.T. > > Pearls melt in vinegar. > > It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough > leather for a season's worth of footballs. > > 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. > > Average life span of a major league baseball: Seven pitches. > 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 Milhouse Nixon was the first US president > whose name contained all > the letters from the word "criminal." The second? > William Jefferson Clinton > Peace, Love, balance & harmony. > Edmond Lareau > Frenchman Extraordinaire, > Bicyclist, Gourmet Cook, > 100 % Scorpio, > The Best of the Best... > > It just doesn't matter, and what if it did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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