Fun Facts and a bit of Trivia

1. That 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 recommend 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 more than 7 times. (I don't get this one)


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 brother's 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 all of 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. (The first character that he created was Mickey Mouse)


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. Pearl melts 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. The 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 found in the word "criminal."
    
    ......................>>> The second ? William Jefferson Clinton !


40. In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal are punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.)


41. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror !!


42. Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times. (A brick??)


43. The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.


44. There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)


45. In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired. (Ah! Justice!)


46. Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. (But of course!)


47. In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act. (Makes one shudder at the thought.)


48. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law? )


49. In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises." (Is this a great country or what?.(Not as great as Guam!)


50. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it)


51. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it)


52. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (In my next life I want to be a pig)


53. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Still not over that pig thing) )


54. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)


55. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hummm....I won't touch THAT one!)


56. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. Who paid for this research??)


57. Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (In my next life I STILL want to be a pig ... quality over quantity)


58. Butterflies taste with their feet. (Ah, gezz)


59. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like that.)


60. Starfish don't have brains.