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Jan 31 2008

Did you Knows

Published by rational at 5:28 pm under Uncategorized Edit This

DID YOU KNOW??????
**** Information you MUST know!****
…and now you know!

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.

The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

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!

The three most valuable brand names on earth? Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

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!)

And the best for last…..

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don’t YOU?)

Okay, I lied about that being all … here’s a few more interesting facts -

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)

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If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that’s more like it!)

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The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)

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A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
(Creepy.)
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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don’t try this at home,maybe at work)
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The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male’s head off.
(’Honey, I’m home. What the….?!’)
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The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
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Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(okay, so that would be a good thing)
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A cat’s urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)
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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)
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Starfish have no brains
(I know some people like that too.)
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Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they’ll live a lot longer)

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