General Discussion -  Fun Facts (14 views)
 


>Subject: fun facts 
> 
>Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. 
> 
>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. 
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>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. 
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>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. [disproving evolution/Big Bang theory] 
> 
>Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the 
>morning. 
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>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. 
> 
>If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She 
>would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. 
> 
>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. 
> 
>Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone you know. They 
>will get a kick out of it; 


David A. Brown
Basic Christian: Forum
www.BasicChristian.org




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Edited 3/30/2004 7:53 pm ET by David (DavidABrown) 


  From:  Minister Falcon (OSMFalcon)     Mar-30 1:28 am  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (2 of 3)  
 
  848.2 in reply to 848.1  
 
Yup this was fun! Thanks David, it doesn't take much to make me smile!
         

 
  
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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    Mar-30 9:30 am  
To:  Minister Falcon (OSMFalcon)    (3 of 3)  
 
  848.3 in reply to 848.2  
 
Hi Osmfalcon,

 

When I first started the forum the first post was Jesus Walk 2001 and then some topical and end time stuff and finally one fun facts- humor post.

 

Then the first message posted by a visitor was from a Jewish man living in Israel and he said that he searched the forum and was glad to finally find some humor where he could post. Very funny :o).

 

God Bless you, have a Great Resurrection (Easter) Holy Day!

David

 



David A. Brown
Basic Christian: Forum
www.BasicChristian.org

 
 

