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RAF
10-05-06, 07:12
For those of you who just thought
you knew everything,
here's a refresher course...

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The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as a substitute for
blood plasma.


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No piece of paper can be folded in half
more than seven (7) times.

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Donkeys kill more people annually
than plane crashes.

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You burn more calories sleeping
than you do watching television.

(Must remember to sleep more often)

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Oak trees do not produce acorns
until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

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The first product to have a bar code
was Wrigley's gum.

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The king of hearts is the only king
without a mustache.

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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating one (1) olive
from each salad served in first-class.

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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
(Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!)

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Apples, not caffeine,
are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

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Most dust particles in your house are made from
dead skin.


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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

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Pearls melt in vinegar.

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

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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...
but not downstairs.

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A duck's quack doesn't echo,
and no one knows why.

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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!)

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Richard Millhouse Nixon
was the first U.S. president
whose name contains all the letters
from the word \"criminal.\"

The second ?

William Jefferson Clinton


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And the best for last.....


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

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Now you know everything
there is to know.

Of importance, that is !!!

Belso
11-05-06, 08:29
[quote:12ffb3a959=\"RAF\"]
The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
[/quote:12ffb3a959]

Sorry Sir that is incorrect!

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8590/brand111yt.gif

:wink:

Lovefist233
19-05-06, 00:42
[quote:4970235c5a=\"RAF\"]
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A duck's quack doesn't echo,
and no one knows why.

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[/quote:4970235c5a]

do you even watch mythbusters? this myth was busted

kessrali
23-06-06, 00:47
Mythbusters rules

dgwebster
30-06-06, 00:44
For those of you who just thought
you knew everything,
here's a refresher course...

****
No piece of paper can be folded in half
more than seven (7) times.

****

A duck's quack doesn't echo,
and no one knows why.

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[/quote:999d9a3127]

And Brainiacs!!!

[quote]
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!)



I asked an expert at my local hospital (Ninewells, Dundee University Teaching Hospitial a very well respected hospital at the front of many fields including being at the front WORLD WIDE in cancer research) and have been informed that you will come into a greater many contaminants and bacteria walking down a street pavement and opening your mouth for one minute.

The \"fact\" goes in opposite to the \"its healthier to lick a toilet bowl that bite your finger nails\" as the vast majority of the country has its toilets cleaner than their kitchen worktops :)