NON PD - Little Known True Facts

[Kelly Grant <kglw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  LITTLE KNOWN TRUE FACTS
>
> - 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.
> - 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.
> - A Boeing 747s 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 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.
> - Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez
> dispenser.
> - Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
> factory workers in Malaysia combined.
> - All US Presidents have worn glasses.  Some just didn't like being seen
> wearing them in public.
> - Walt Disney was afraid of mice.