- Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
- 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
- Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
- Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
- Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
- There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
- Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
- Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
- The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"
- By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
- Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
- Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
- Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
- Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
- Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
- The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
- To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
- The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
- Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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1 comment:
Why don't you post them under the topic "snippets"? That would be apt.
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