Just when you thought you 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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.