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.( Urban Legend ) Tests ( at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester in 2003 ) revealed that a duck's quack definitely echoes, just like any other sound, but perhaps not as noticeably.
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 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.
More True Facts!!!! But Very Strange!!!!! Read On!?
Why doesn't the most valuable brand name includes McDonald's??? I don't see how Marlboro or Budweiser has that MASS appeal?
Reply:You can fold a piece of paper more than seven time it just depends on the kind of paper and how or what you fold it with
like with your own hands or with some king of machine than can do that kind of thing. Report It
Reply:thanks...:-)
Reply:Yes.
Reply:cool
Reply:Thank u, I love reading these facts...
Reply:Very intersesting! I knew some of those already but some were new.. Thanks!
Reply:wow thats aweesome stuff.
Reply:Thx - I just caught myself trying to lick my elbow. Dang you!
Now I feel like a retard - lol
I did not know that "month" was a word without a rhyming partner - I did know orange was.
Did you know that only 3 words in the English language end with "gry"? Angry, Hungry and one I've never been able to figure out. ~ peace
Reply:that was great !!
Reply:Loved them all...........think i could handle being a snail....LOL
Reply:I'm such an idiot, i tried to do both lick my elbow and fold a piece of paper. i only folded it 6 times.
Reply:that was interesting, even though I've heard some of them b4
Reply:Mythbusters busted the folding a piece of paper 7 times. I think they got 9 or 10.
It is physically impossible for MOST people to lick their elbow. I have seen it done
Good job otherwise. I'm not sure if I believe the circular staircase in firehouses though.
Reply:Nice one.thanks.does this means snakes can jump??
Reply:That's really fun to know, thanks!
Reply:Good post. I like it.
Thanks. I knew some of these facts, but not nearly all.
Have a great weekend!
camellia
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