Interesting Trivia

For Those Who Thought They Knew Everything
Here's A Refresher Course ....

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
(Didn't the Professor say this exact same thing to Gilligan??)

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.
(I'd love to think that 6 times would more than suffice...)

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. (There you have it, KingSausage. Well, damn...and I just convinced him to take a donkey to San Francisco instead, too...)

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
(Which means that if you fall asleep while watching TV, you're really exercising..)

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.
(Until then, they get their older brother to get accorns for them...)

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
(The second was Campbell's Althom Soup...)

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
(I always suspected that guy was a little "funny"...) American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class. (But it was one HUGE stinkin' olive, tho...) Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. (Since Venus is normally associated with women,what does this tell you!)
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
(That explains the Starbucks Apple Stand I spotted on the way to work...) Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
(The rest are made from Muse's sock drawer...)

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first "MarlboroMan." (So did the first Marlboro smoker, I hear...)

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
(If all the mice I saw wore red shorts and talked like Micheal Jackson, I would be, too..! ) Pearls melt in vinegar. (And here I was putting them in the microwave...)

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. (Had the first owner of Coca Cola died from cancer, they'd be #1, I bet...)

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs. (Whew...that's good to know, huh?!)

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. (I like ducks... ) Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U. S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." And the second William Jefferson Clinton. (Please don't tell me you're SURPRISED!!!) And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts. (I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

Now you know everything.Treat yourself to some inner peace everyday.

Your children are not your children
they are the sons and daughter of life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you
and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts
for they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

K. Gibran

share by : Irene Tan