Did You Know...??
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 your there. That's why it's possible to be bitten even if you're wearing repellent.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborn particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma,
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
No piece of paper can be folded exactly in half 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 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 mustache.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
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 Heinze ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
The plastic things on the ends 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. DOH!!!
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
Betsy Ross is the only real person to have ever been the head on a Pez dispenser.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annualy than all of the Nike 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.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was
Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is
Alaska.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
That San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle; If the horse has one front leg in the
air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; If the
horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into
the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the
whole 9 yards."
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each
gallon of diesel that it burns.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports
games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL)are the day before and the day after the
Major League all-stars Game.
How about this.... The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" is a rhyme
about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular
sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores would smell very badly so
common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere
(inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a
pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be
burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes,
ashes, we all fall down!")
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show?
A. No theme song.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the
year?
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What activity is performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.