Jul 24, 2006

So you thought you knew everything!

  • 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.
  • 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 (50) years of age or older.
  • The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
  • 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.
    (Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!)
  • Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
  • Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
  • Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
  • Pearls melt in vinegar.
  • 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. (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)
  • Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."
  • The second? William Jefferson Clinton. (That should be no suprise!)
  • Now you know everything there is to know. Of importance, that is !!!

**Don't know if they're all true but they are interesting, specially the cow thinggy. That may come in handy one day, who knows!

11 comments:

  1. very cute and interesting!!

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  2. A few of them I had heard before... very interesting though.
    I've listened to Ally talk about dust coming from dead skin since she took biology last year. It's a joke in our house now... "Mom, look at all the dead skin on the bookshelf!"
    "Ally, look at all your dead skin on the ceiling fan!" Ha ha. I guess we're easily amused. *Ü*

    ~ Christina
    HsKubes HomeSchool Haven
    HsKubes Haven for Home
    Christian Military HomeSchool Mamas

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  3. lol Thank you for sharing. Some of them were very funny. I'm with you on the toothbrush one. Actually mine is hidden in my closet, because it has ended up in the cat litter more than once. EWWWW....

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  4. That was GREAT!
    I read it to my Mom, and she got a good "kick" out of it, too!

    I may end up posting it sometime, too...;-D

    Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Well! Thank you for enlightening us and letting us in on EVERYTHING. :)

    ~Kristi

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  6. Anonymous9:41 PM

    Coooool! I like these :) I also loved your good person test!!!

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  7. Anonymous10:35 PM

    Wow....I've read so many of those sort of things informing me on things that I never knew. And just when I think I DO know everything (not really!!!) I read another one. Now...I wonder if I know everything now?? I highly doubt it!!

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  8. Very interesting! I knew about the toothbrush one.....so I bought something to put ours in so that they're protected!

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  9. I think I got all these on one of those e-mails...but I had forgotten a few so it was great to read them again!
    I love it that Walt Disney was afraid of mice! :)

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  10. I tried posting a comment yesterday, but Blogger wouldn't let me! Anyhow, I was going to say: Wow, I feel so smart now! LOL

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  11. Lots of interesting things! Quite a few "Ewww" ones though. Hmm...maybe I should start brushing my teeth in the kitchen.
    Kelli

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