These may be "old hat" to many, but they are mostly new to me so I
thought I would share them.
Must be a quiet friday!

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

1- 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.

2- Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

3- Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 Feet
away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

4- The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
plasma.

5- American car horns beep in the tone of F.

6- No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

7- Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

8- 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

9- You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

10- Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or
older.

11- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

12- The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

13- A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first
flight.

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

15- Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

16- The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born
in the USA."

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

18- The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of
varieties of pickles the company once had.

Cheers,

John Dunlop

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