posted July 12, 2003 07:24 PM         

> > 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 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.
>
> > 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 email will try to lick their elbow.

posted July 12, 2003 08:20 PM         

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Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow

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indeed

good stuff juni very interesting! i had no idea that marilyn monroe had 6 toes, and i am a self proclaimed expert on her. ive even seen her autopsy reports. :/ oh well, learn something new everyday!

posted July 12, 2003 08:32 PM         

Whew, glad my toothbrush is in a cabinet cuz I never gave that any thought .

posted July 13, 2003 05:57 AM         

I like this one the best:

"A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why."

And how about this one??! "All polar bears are left handed."

Is it because polar bears they have their poles reversed? No, seriously, it has to do with the poles, just like water flows into the drain clockwise on the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise on the souther hemisphere (or vice versa, I'm not sure).

posted July 15, 2003 08:38 AM         

Tee Hee Lost Leo, isn`t life fun