Did you know....
>>
>> *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.
>>
>> *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
>>was
>> William Jefferson Clinton.
>>
>> *Turtles can breathe through their butts.
>>
>> *Butterflies taste with their feet.
>>
>> *In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of
>>the
>> world's nuclear weapons combined.
>>
>> *On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every
>>year.
>>
>> *On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
>>
>> *Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived
>> immigrants.
>>
>> *Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
>>
>> *Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
>>
>> *Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>>
>> *It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
>>
>> *The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch
>>every year
>> because when it was built, engineers failed to take into
>>account
>> the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
>>
>> *A snail can sleep for three years.
>>
>> *No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
>>
>> *Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
>>
>> *Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
>> ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
>>
>> *The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
>>
>> *All polar bears are left handed.
>>
>> *In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their
>>bodies,
>> including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
>>
>> *An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>>
>> *TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
>>letters
>> only on one row of the keyboard.
>>
>> *"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English
>>language.
>>
>> *If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
>>She
>> would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is
>> Barbara Millicent Roberts.
>>
>> *A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
>>
>> *The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
>>
>> *Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
>>
>> *Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their
>>elbow.
>>
>>
>>
>> PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow???? :bounce:
>>