Just when you thought you knew everything -
Anonymous
Several pages on this site will bring to light some things we have
simply taken for granted-a new way of life. It's amusing at times,
but really is a very serious matter concerning the way we live.
After the publishing of "The Innocence of Children" in The Journal
of Hope, the applause was so great-there was a request for more to
amuse and to bring to reality the year 2002. Please allow me to share
them with you. They were sent to me by readers and friends of
Journal of Hope -- taken from the internet and are
anonymous.
Just when you thought you knew everything...
Mosquito repellants 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.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first
flight.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from
each salad served in first-class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.
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.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.
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.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the
ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains
all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William
Jefferson Clinton.
And, the best for last..... Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Anonymous
My reading audience is very good at supplying me with articles
which they may find interesting and which I believe my audience would
love to share. Enjoy, won't you?
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