Thursday, November 8, 2007

Some wonderful little known facts

· The 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.

· Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

· Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

· "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

· No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

· American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

· The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

· Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

· Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

· Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

· Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

· If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33 and she would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

· Pearls melt in vinegar.

· It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

· A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

· Richard Millhouse 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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