Useless but Interesting Trivia Facts

• 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.

• 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 7 times.

• Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

• 1 in every 4 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 or older.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• Adolph 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 her hands in jelly.

• Pearls melt in vinegar.

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

• 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.

• Question 1:
  If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally challenged, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

  Question 2:

  It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:

  • Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
  • Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.
  • Candidate C: He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.

  Which of these candidates would be your choice?

  Answers:

  Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Candidate B is Winston Churchill
  Candidate C is Adolph Hitler
  And by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.

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