Thing you never needed to know!!

Tom · #1 (**permalink**) 12-24-2002, 06:24 AM

This is really some interesting stuff! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the
original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the
bubbles.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
American car horns beep in the tone of F
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. C'mon. Give it a try.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of
pickles the company once had.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was
talked out of it by her doctor.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

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JuliusSqueezer · #2 (**permalink**) 12-24-2002, 06:50 AM

Marilyn's extra toe theory is an old urban legend sparked from a beach photo where a clump of sand looked like an extra toe. This topic comes up from time to time among fashion photographers reminding each other to watch for minute disturbing details LOL...to back myself up....I ran a search on the subject and found a very detail page explaining all this.

Six Toe Monroe
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nomadbean · #3 (**permalink**) 12-24-2002, 04:14 PM

The car horn one.....what about people's horns who play a song on them? You know the good ole' boys down south in their big decked out, raised up pickup trucks??
Ok that coconut juice for plasma....not uh?....really?!?
Cool stuff Tom.
Trina
P.S. Watch out for those stray Donkeys they can be vicious. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
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JuliusSqueezer · #4 (**permalink**) 12-24-2002, 05:15 PM

A telephone dial tone is a perfect A...I used to use it to tune my guitar. LOL
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#5 (**permalink**) 12-26-2002, 05:40 AM

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE>Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd have to say that is a theory...our "testing" of the stuff has yet to PROVE they do NOT know where we are..UGH

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JuliusSqueezer · #6 (**permalink**) 12-26-2002, 05:49 AM

Those bug candles and torches suck...all they do is keep them off the candles...unless you are swiming in the candle wax, you will still get bit.
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#7 (**permalink**) 12-26-2002, 05:54 AM

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE>Those bug candles and torches suck...</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL...Yeah they do actually..about the only time the torches seem to help at all is when ya have tons of them all over the place..and that's not guaranteed even. I was refering to the stuff that ya spray on yourself or apply in a ltion form even.. I have yet to find one that works at all. Did find one that works the opposite last summer though.. It seemed to attract more of the pesky critters once applied..arghhh.
At the end of the summer we actually started using one of those slow burning coil things.. think it was the off one. That one seemed to work ..BUT was prolly just that the mosqites had prolly just moved on was all.... [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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Kent K25 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-26-2002, 05:58 AM

I just got through folding a piece of paper over 30 times. I am guessing you mean it cant be "folded in half more than seven times" cuz i can fold a piece of paper forever as long as i do it in small increments, one corner at a time etc...
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Stormyva · #9 (**permalink**) 12-27-2002, 05:04 PM

That is too funny.... more useless knowledge [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

For even more try...... http://www.uselessknowledge.com
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Blackwidow_woman · #10 (**permalink**) 12-29-2002, 08:02 AM

>>Those bug candles and torches suck...all they do is keep them off the candles...unless you are swiming in the candle wax, you will still get bit.

[img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] Man you got that right ,, up here they are huge and we have those torches all around our screen tent with the picnic table in the tent,, but the huge bon fires and some (skin so soft) from avon spraid on works wonders... [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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