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

   

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

   

3. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

   

4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

   

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

   

6. The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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

    

    

11. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.So did the first “Marlboro Man.”

    

12. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

    

13. Pearls melt in vinegar.

    

14. The three most valuable brand names on earth:
    1. Marlboro
    2. Coca Cola
    3. Budweiser
15. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs… but, not downstairs.

    

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

    

17. 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!)

    

18. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word “criminal.”

    

    The second? William Jefferson Clinton

    

19. And the best for last… Turtles can breathe through their butts.

    

Here are some moreInteresting facts we all know but…

1. MOPED is the short term for ‘Motorized Pedaling’.

2. POP MUSIC is ‘Popular Music’ shortened.

3. BUS is the short term for ‘Omnibus’ that means everybody.

4. FORTNIGHT comes from ‘Fourteen Nights’ (Two Weeks).

5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a ‘withdrawing room’ where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix ‘with’ was dropped..

6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S..

7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from ‘Agricultural Marketing’.

8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about ‘Journey for a day’ during each Day’s business.

9. QUEUE comes from ‘Queen’s Quest’. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen’s Quest..

10. TIPS come from ‘To Insure Prompt Service’. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written ‘To Insure Prompt Service’. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.

11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named ‘General Purpose Vehicle (GP)’.GP was changed into JEEP later.

12. Coca-Cola was originally green.

13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed..

14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row ! of the keyboard.

17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

18. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.

19. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

20.. People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

22. The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

23. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades – King David Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts – Charlemagne Diamonds – Julius Caesar.

24. Horse Statue in a Parkâ?¦ If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. – All invented by women.

26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

27. A snail can sleep for three years.

28. All polar bears are left handed.

29. Butterflies taste with their feet.

30. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

33. Shakespeare invented the word ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’.

34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

40. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox.

42. Most lipstick contains fish scales.