لؤلؤة الاحرار
12-07-2006, 12:10 AM
1. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
2-percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
3. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
4. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
5-. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
6. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
7. . Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
8. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
9. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
10-. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
11. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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12.The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
13. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
14. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
15 A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 21.
16. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
17. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
18. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
19. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
20. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
21. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
22. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
24. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
25. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.
26. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
27. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
28. Blue is the favoourite color of 80 percent of Americans.
29. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
30. There are more chickens than people in the world.
31. It's against the law in Iceland to have a dog.
32. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
33. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse order is " subcontinental".
2-percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
3. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
4. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
5-. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
6. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
7. . Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
8. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
9. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
10-. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
11. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
.
12.The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
13. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
14. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
15 A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 21.
16. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
17. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
18. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
19. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
20. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
21. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
22. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
24. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
25. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.
26. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
27. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
28. Blue is the favoourite color of 80 percent of Americans.
29. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
30. There are more chickens than people in the world.
31. It's against the law in Iceland to have a dog.
32. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
33. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse order is " subcontinental".