Saturday, September 5, 2009

Useless facts for your Labor Day BBQ

  • No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.
  • You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching t.v.
  • Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.
  • The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
  • American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.
  • 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.
  • Turtles can breathe through their bums.

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2 comments:

rickee said...

nice facts

Kelli said...

Those are SO interesting! Thanks.

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