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Just when I thought I 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. (I keep my
toothbrush in the living room now.)
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 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright
brother's first flight.
The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was
twice as long.
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. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
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.
Now, you know everything there is to know.
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