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. [ a real ass ]
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. [ now, thats encouraging! ]
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 mustache. [ clean king? ]
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.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. [ i'm still sticking to my morning coffee ]
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. [ something for the muso/sound engineer to ponder! ]
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. [ gross! ]
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second ? William Jefferson Clinton
And the best for last.....
Turtles can breathe through their butts. [ so, they fart thru their mouth..!?! argh! ]
-[ coffeexifed ]-
just thought of having a brighter monday blue.. well on another note.. chinese new year is around the corner! yippie..!
but then again, what i experienced last year, will repeat itself again. sigh.
song in head : once in a lifetime - keith urban
10 comments:
wow, where u get all these interesting facts?
oh I especially love the fact that turtle breath through its butt...
lol
Hey those are really interesting facts you've posted there...must have taken quite sometime to find them out...well Chinese New Year is coming up real soon and a time enjoyment..and hey to shaer some of the spirit of the festivities do drop by my blog sometime and check out all the things i've posted there!!!
hey there.. those facts are gotten from.. my uncle who got it from someone.. who got it from someone.. who got it from someone as well.
ahh.. the 'beauty' of fwded mails.
[neoh-j] yeaps.. liked the last one too but i really wonder.. do they fart?
[kate] hi there! thanx for dropping by. saw your blog and interesting its all about CNY. but very neat greeting cards.
ducks quack actually does echo.
yeah... try making a duck quack in a room that's empty, with a hard reflective floor, like marble. the ducky will echo, that's for sure.
unless the ducky quacked in a acoustically dead environment, like a recording studio. then maybe there won't be any echo. heh.
0_o fuh..
see.. i think there's a reason why i'm still not musically inclined or literate.. ;o)
[merlvyn] yo you! how ya doing..? :)
[felix] thats true, i guess.. but if in an open valley..? will it echo..?
quite interesting one
don't think my voice will echo either. haha.
[ chaiyen ] never too late to know something new.. hehe.. ;o)
[ felix ] never try, never know.. hehehe
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