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Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:16pm

russ   Offline
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1. 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.

2. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray
blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

3. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least
6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting
from the flush.

4. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute
for blood plasma.

5. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

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

7. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

8. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching
television.

10. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years
of age or older.

11. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

12. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

13. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers'
first flight.

14. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1
olive from each salad served in first-class.

15. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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

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

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

19. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

20. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

21. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

22. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

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

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

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

26. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

27. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like
being seen wearing them in public.

28. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

29. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her
hands in jelly.

30. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

31. Pearls melt in vinegar.

32. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather
for a year's supply of footballs.

33. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for
dating are already married.

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

35. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

36. Average life span of a major league baseball: seven pitches.

37. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

38. 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.

39. Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name
contains all the letters from the word "criminal."

40. The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

 
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Reply #1 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 4:51pm

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Sorry to have to do this but.......

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5. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

I don't know about America but in England the tone of the horn depends on the make of car. Most are different.


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26. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

Only six? Or eleven?

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37. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

This is a lie. God knows where this belief started from but recently a scientist proved that a ducks quack does echo. I also proved it myself while chasing a duck at night. It would quack and a second later the quack would come back from the shed a hundred yards behind me.
 

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Reply #2 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 5:14pm
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5. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

Railroad locomotives sing to the tone of D flat in Canada.

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

I've managed to fold a piece of paper eight times; but I soaked it in water before hand.



And don't forget, "almost" is the longest word, that is in alphabetical order, in the english langauge.


 
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Reply #3 - Mar 7th, 2004 at 8:06pm

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And about the duck's quack that doesn't echo

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm
 
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Reply #4 - Mar 8th, 2004 at 12:53am

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

You mean all that pain and suffering that was inflicted on this world almost didn't happen? Undecided Undecided Undecided
I am a very pro-life person, but...........

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39. Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name
contains all the letters from the word "criminal."

40. The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

Grin Grin Grin
 

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Reply #5 - Mar 8th, 2004 at 2:57am

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Grin
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 8th, 2004 at 11:38am

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I am a very pro-life person


I Am to; But Too Bad Huh? Grin

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Reply #7 - Mar 8th, 2004 at 2:18pm

russ   Offline
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To all the people who try to be a smarta** and tell me that these facts are not true:

Why the hell do you think I posted them in the
JOKES
forum??!!
 
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Reply #8 - Mar 8th, 2004 at 3:35pm

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Why you posted them in the Jokes Forum is a good question...they're not funny.
 

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Reply #9 - Mar 10th, 2004 at 6:45am

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i  love useless facts
 
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Reply #10 - Mar 10th, 2004 at 2:50pm

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They may not be funny but I enjoy them very much.  Uh-Oh, here comes a Donkey!....Gotta run!!

Jim
 

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