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Old 07-19-2004, 05:48 PM
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Random Interesting Facts

Some of these are "Who gives a fuck" worthy...but some are good...

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 sleeping 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 mustache.

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.

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.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name
contains all the letters from the word "criminal."

And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.


Now you know everything there is to know...
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Turtles can breathe through their butts.
......but can they poop out their mouths??



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......but can they poop out their mouths??
i would pay to see that!
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those are pretty cool

worth the read defininitely
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Great find
Very interesting
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Mm...my old man sends me tons of this crap daily. I figure, if I have to suffer through it, so will you...
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This one comes from experience: Iced Tea can make you fail a breathalyzer.
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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
because the pitch is so high the sound waves don't 'bounce' off objects
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peanut butter does not cover up copius amounts of alcohol when being breathalyzed...but it does make you look like a twat when you spit it out on the breathalayzer..
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Man, I wish I could save that much cash by just leaving out 1 olive lol.
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This one comes from experience: Iced Tea can make you fail a breathalyzer.

...If you mix it with Vodka


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I thought that marlboro had totally fallen off the list of highest brand equity after the lawsuits
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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Incorrect.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm
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i learned a few things. thanks.
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Re: Random Interesting Facts

Outtake from Atomis' link:

"Anyone
who has been on the Internet more than a week has probably received at least one of those annoying lists of "facts": dozens and dozens of items of no real significance that somebody thought would be cool for you to know."

It's only annoying when others do it. When I do, it's cute, witty and entertaining Atomis. I live by the double standard, you see...
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