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