Hard to believe - but true!

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 7:39 am

The facts below are hard to believe, but true!...

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

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.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

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 747's 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.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

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.

Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

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.

The sound of ET walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

From 1930 to 2002 only one President in Brazil entered and left the govern in the correct time(by the Standart Brazilian laws).

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Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 7:46 am

Originally posted by Vicsun:
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

IS this still true i wonder, after all his product line has surely dropped since his retirement

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 7:49 am

Sleep, come on, these are old jokes after all... Don't pick on me

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 7:52 am

Originally posted by Vicsun:
Sleep, come on, these are old jokes after all... Don't pick on me

Couldn't help it, my pedantic nature shone through again

Plus, i don't think Dubbyah wears glasses

[ 10-23-2001: Message edited by: Mr Sleep ]

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 8:38 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
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Plus, i don't think Dubbyah wears glasses

[ 10-23-2001: Message edited by: Mr Sleep ]

He does wear glasses. You want me to prove it for you? huh?

Delacroix · Post by **Delacroix** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 9:03 am

Originally posted by Vicsun:
The facts below are hard to believe, but true!...

Add this true fact to the list Vicsun:

1)From 1930 to 2002 only one President in Brazil enter and leave the govern in the correct time(by the Standart Brazilian laws).

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 9:20 am

Originally posted by Vicsun:
He does wear glasses. You want me to prove it for you? huh?

Yes i do

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 9:42 am

@Ivan: Done.

@Sleep: e=mc^2 and therefore he wears glasses

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Craig · Post by **Craig** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 11:41 am

Originally posted by Vicsun:

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

1 in 4 americans have a mental problem

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 11:51 am

1 in 4 Americans own a gun.

I thought a piece of paper could be folded 9 times... Oh well...

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 12:27 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
[QB]1 in 4 Americans own a gun.
QB]

More to the point, most of them are husbands, and they are looking for you.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 12:31 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
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I thought a piece of paper could be folded 9 times... Oh well...

IIRC it is only 7, I've won many beers (eeh...bets

) on that one

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 3:25 pm

Originally posted by fable:
More to the point, most of them are husbands, and they are looking for you.

I thought you said you wouldn't tell them Fable...

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 5:16 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
I thought you said you wouldn't tell them Fable...

Maybe they worked it out themselves from the trail you left behind you?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Oct 23, 2001 5:34 pm

I washed it off...

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed Oct 24, 2001 3:44 am

Originally posted by Vicsun:
@Sleep: e=mc^2 and therefore he wears glasses .

Makes sense to me