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.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be
kept atleast 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.
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 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.
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 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 her 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 year's supply 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.
Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president
whose name contains all the letters from the
word "criminal."
The second?........William Jefferson Clinton
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it)
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it)
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
to
squirt blood 30 feet.
(OMG...!)
A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life I want to be a pig)
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
death.
(Creepy... I'm still not over the pig)
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
(Do not try this at home .. maybe at work)
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
it's
body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....")
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping
the
length of a football field.
(30 minutes...can you imagine??)
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life ... quality over quantity.)
Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know)
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm........)
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed
people do.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump.
(OK, so that would be a good thing....)
A cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)
Starfish have no brains.
(I know some people like that too.)
Polar bears are left-handed.
(Who knew...? Who cares!)
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about the pig?)
