nimbus
08/11/2005, 13:32
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
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.
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. (Go ahead; try it)
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.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
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.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
When you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
In the United States alone, there is a lawsuit every 30 seconds.
If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for US citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
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.
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. (Go ahead; try it)
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.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
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.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
When you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
In the United States alone, there is a lawsuit every 30 seconds.
If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for US citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.