Who Knew??
* No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
* The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
* Earth is the only planet not named after a Pagan God.
* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
* Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
* Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
* The first owner of the Marlboro company died of cancer.
* All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
* Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
* The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.
* The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
* Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.
* Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e".
* The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.
* The largest cabbage weighed 144 pounds.
* Pinocchio was made of pine.
* Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.
* A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
* A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
* Cranberry Jell-O is the only kind that contains real fruit.
May your Saturday be all that you want it to be !!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
More Saturday Silliness
Posted by BS at 1:42 PM
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11 comments:
Wow, alot of those I did not know...very intresting!
The first owner of the Marlboro company died of cancer - I think he lived in Colorado too!
Neat facts!
I think I saw this website, because for our newsletter at work, I had to find random trivia facts and I had a lot of these on there! Love it!
I think the guy that invented the toilet lives in a toilet shapes house. Saw it on the new not to long ago.
Very interesting, although I don't believe the one about apples, caffeine rules! I really don't want to believe the one about the dust mites yuck!
Interesting! Did you get things squared away with you dishwasher?
Of course I had to try the paper thing...twice!!!
Of course I had to try the paper thing...twice!!!
That is some interesting stuff!!! I had no idea that...A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge and a dime has 118 ridges around the edge. The dime is so much smaller than a quarter but just 1 groove off?!?!?! CRAZY!
As a complete germaphobe that dust mite one made me throw up a little in my mouth!!! And I didn't know they made cranberry Jell-O? I am so going to have to look for that.
Must be something with the name because, like Beccy, I had to try and retry the paper folding thing. I am still determined that I can fold it more than seven.
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