Interesting Facts

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Jeff396

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I just got this and thought it was interesting. I hope "everybody" hasn't already seen it/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

>interesting trivia
>
>Things that make you go 'hhmmm...' Just when you thought you 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.
>
>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.
>
>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.


Jeff
 
   / Interesting Facts #2  
Good stuff Jeff, but not all true. I have a White Oak I planted in my yard that is about 15 years old that has had acorns the past 2 years!
 
   / Interesting Facts #3  
Sounds to me like an early bloomer... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
 
   / Interesting Facts #4  
And I want to know why my pet turtle who got hung head first in the water with his butt straight up in the air drowned? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Was he just too stupid to breathe thru his butt. /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif Or maybe he could not stand the smell and tried to hold his breathe. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
 
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<font color=red>Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.</font color=red>

As viewed from where?

Chuck
 
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#6  
I just relay 'em, I don't guarantee 'em./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I've still gotta try out that paper folding no more than 7 times thing. Sounds fishy!!

Jeff
 
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I tried to fold a piece of printer paper in half 7 times and much to my surprise....I couldn't do it.

Jeff
 
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<font color=blue>gotta try out that paper folding no more than 7 times thing. Sounds fishy!!</font color=blue>

Okay, I confess I read that and grabbed a full-sized sheet of newspaper and gave it a try. I think it comes down to what constitutes a "fold". I got to 7 by hand, and with a little mechanical help (small vise) I managed to double it over one more time. I gotta admit that that last one looked like hell, and you could hardly call the folded side a "crease", so I don't know if it counts.

Now if you had a room-sized piece of paper similar in thickness to newspaper, it seems like you could easily get a few more "doubling overs", but are those folds? Who knows.
crazy.gif


Can't believe I first, spent the time to try it, and second, took the time to post this message. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

Now where can I get my hands on a duck...
 

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