Things I really didn't need to know

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Posted: 20 years ago
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Food for thought!
1. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929;
"7" was selected because the original
containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated
the direction of the bubbles.

2. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They
hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know
you're there.

3. Dentists have recommended that a
toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet
away from a toilet to avoid airborne
particles resulting from the flush.

4. The liquid inside young coconuts can be
used as substitute for blood plasma.

5. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

6. No piece of paper can be folded more
than 7 times.

7. Donkeys kill more people annually than
plane crashes.

8. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on
television.

9. You bur! n more calories sleeping than yo u
do watching television.

10. Oak trees do not produce acorns until
they are fifty years of age or older.

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

12. The king of hearts is the only king
without a mustache.

13. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than
the Wright brother's first flight.

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

15. Venus is the only planet that rotates
clockwise.

16. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce
Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

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

18. The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle
represents the number of varieties
of pickles the company once h! ad.

19. The pl astic things on the end of
shoelaces are called aglets.

20. Most dust particles in your house are
made from dead skin.

21. The first owner of the Marlboro company
died of lung cancer.

22. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent
Roberts.

23. Betsy Ross is the only real person to
ever have been the head on a Pez
dispenser.

24. Michael Jordan makes more money from
Nike annually than all of the Nike
factory workers in Malaysia combined.

25. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously
considered having an abortion
but was talked out of it by her doctor.

26. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

27. All US Presidents have worn glasses.
Some just didn't like being seen
wearing them in public.

28. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
29. The sound of E.T. wal king was made by
someone squishing her hands in jelly

30. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

31. Pearls melt in vinegar.

32. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL
with enough leather for a year's
supply of footballs.

33. Thirty-five percent of the people who
use personal ads for dating are
already married.

34. The three most valuable brand names on
earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and
Budweiser, in that order.

35. It is possible to lead a cow
upstairs...but not downstairs.

36. Average life span of a major league
baseball: seven pitches.

37. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one
knows why.

38. The reason firehouses have circular
stairways is from the days when
the engines were pulled by horses.
The horses we! re stabled on the ground
; floor and figured out how to walk up
straight staircases


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Morgoth thumbnail
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Posted: 20 years ago
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😆 Good ones, Smisha!

rabeeak2003 thumbnail
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Posted: 20 years ago
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THANKS SMISHA! awesome facts! wooow! 👏
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Posted: 20 years ago
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Thanks for the facts.

I didn't know this but now I know😆.

Edited by sweetyvk - 20 years ago

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