A bit of Trivia

Trying my hand at putting some colours and animation in my blog. I hope the animation works.

This is something I received some time ago. Have not verified all the information here but I know for sure some of them are correct.


For Those Who Thought
They Knew Everything
Here's a refresher course....

The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as substitute for



blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half

more than seven (7) times.

Donkeys kill more peole annually

than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping

than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns

until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

The first product to have a barcode

was Wrigley's gum.

The King of Hearts is the only king

WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating one (1) olive

from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

(Since Venus is normally associated with women.........)

Apples, not caffeine,

are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Most dust particles in your house are made from

DEAD SKIN!

The first owner of the Marlboro Company
died of lung cancer.

so did the first "Marlboro Man."

Walt Disney was afraid

OF MICE!

PEARLS MELT

IN VINEGAR!

The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but, not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.

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

(better relocate our toothbrushes)

And the best for last.....

Turtles can breath through their butts.
(Know anyone like that?)

Now You Know Everything!