Subject: Did You Know?
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 08:56:00 EDT
"Did You Know?"
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.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane
crashes.
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
(Including yours truly LadyHawke?)
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 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright
brother's first flight.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Most dust particles in your house are made from
dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro company died of
lung cancer. (Well, no surprise there...)
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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.
(This little tidbit alone can make one pro-choice?)
All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just
didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president
whose name contains all the letters from the word
"criminal." The second?
......................William Jefferson Clinton
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