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genghis
26-01-2001, 21:31
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.

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

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 E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands
in jelly.

[616] J.S Bell
26-01-2001, 21:45
>Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an >abortion but
>was talked out of it by her doctor.

If she had had the abortion, no war, less deaths :) , but on AA :(

[TSQN]St Peter
26-01-2001, 21:48
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
plasma.

Could you define young? I'd hate to find I'm injecting coconut milk that's past it's use by date :tongue:

St.P

AeroBob
26-01-2001, 21:58
/me looks at the post. "...."

This was quite the most irrelevant (and consequently brilliantly unexpected and surreal) post I've seen in ages. Bravo!

genghis
26-01-2001, 22:02
Is that good or bad AeroBob?

Wraith Ed
26-01-2001, 22:56
Shush, Aerobob has used long words - therefore [b] He has spoken :)

TK421
26-01-2001, 23:01
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.


Not true m8ty... No piece of paper can be folded equally more than 7 times.

FlyinBrick
27-01-2001, 01:59
Not true matey...no piece of paper can be folded exactly in half more than 7 times.

[TSQN] Budgie
27-01-2001, 02:09
erm i disagree i can do it 9 times :P