Things You Need to Know


 Some of this sounds a little far-fetched, but most 
of it is believable.  Interesting, anyway.

 

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 Perhaps the greatest benefit of living in the information 
age is learning things like these that we would never 
know otherwise.

 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.

 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.
  
   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 
   brothers' first flight.
  
   American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 
   one olive from each salad served in first-class.
  
   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. 
   (We all definitely need to know this, right?)
  
   Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been 
   the head on a Pez dispenser. (What's a Pez?)
  
   Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually 
   than all of the Nike  factory workers in Malaysia 
   combined.
  
   Adolph 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 ET walking was made by some woman squishing 
   her hands in jelly.