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Read this, and you'll know EVERYTHING

Posted: January 20, 2006 6:09 pm
by Wino 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 sleep
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!

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first "Marlboro Man."

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.

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


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?)

Posted: January 20, 2006 6:15 pm
by jonesbeach10
Know it all

Posted: January 20, 2006 6:15 pm
by jonesbeach10
Know it all

Re: Read this, and you'll know EVERYTHING

Posted: January 20, 2006 6:37 pm
by SharkOnLand
Wino you know wrote: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!)
I think the guys on Mythbusters busted this one....

Re: Read this, and you'll know EVERYTHING

Posted: January 20, 2006 7:13 pm
by Moonie
Wino you know wrote:.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
(Since Venus is normally associated with women,
what does this tell you!)
as opposed to counter-clockwise?? and Mars tells us someting about you guys, too......hmmmm.. Garry, Garry, Garry !!! . . :lol:

Posted: January 20, 2006 7:28 pm
by parrotsgirl
Garry, thanks for that insight....I feel so much smarter now :wink:

Posted: January 20, 2006 7:59 pm
by Sam
Mythbusters also busted the one about that Ducks quacks don't echo, too.

Re: Read this, and you'll know EVERYTHING

Posted: January 20, 2006 8:06 pm
by ragtopW
SharkOnLand wrote:
Wino you know wrote: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!)
I think the guys on Mythbusters busted this one....
good, because my Bathroom would not permit it..

Posted: January 20, 2006 9:47 pm
by sonofabeach
the paper folding thing is true.....I actually just tried it....even with toilet paper.......

and yes, I do need a life :lol:

Posted: January 20, 2006 10:00 pm
by Sam
sonofabeach wrote:the paper folding thing is true.....I actually just tried it....even with toilet paper.......

and yes, I do need a life :lol:


Try it with a napkin and count the original flds..... hehehehehe 8) :lol:

Posted: January 20, 2006 10:38 pm
by mings
I already know everything, as has been proven previously on this board ( :wink: ) but I'll read it. Ok. NOw I know nothing.

Posted: January 21, 2006 8:38 pm
by conched
Oak trees do not produce acorns
until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.


I KNOW that one is not right. Some oaks only need to be 20 years old or less.

#19
http://www.houstonarboretum.org/Special_Facts.htm

Yep, see #4 in above link.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

Posted: January 21, 2006 8:58 pm
by conched

Posted: January 22, 2006 9:18 am
by Lisa G
I'm gonna spread the word Garry................. :lol:

Posted: January 22, 2006 9:45 am
by sunseeker
I just folded a paper towel 9 times....I didn't fold it in the middle though I just kept folding each end into the middle...(the ends should meet each other)

Posted: January 22, 2006 9:46 am
by ph4ever
Gary I already know everything - I'm a woman :wink: :lol: