Wednesday, May 9, 2007

More Facts!!!

  • 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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Why don't you post them under the topic "snippets"? That would be apt.