Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Things You have Never known

* The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. * No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times. * You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. * Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older. * The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. * The king of hearts (in playing cards) is the only king without a mustache!! * American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (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. * Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. * The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. * Walt Disney was afraid of mice!!! * Pearls melt in vinegar!! * 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!!!!!!!!!!!!?? * Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. * Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton. * Turtles can breathe through their butts

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