Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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A man says average 4850 words in 24 hours.
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The world's populaton is approximately 6.53 billion (2006), India & China represent 36.92% of the world's populations.
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Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo kabushikigaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
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40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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Chocolate can be killed dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
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Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
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Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.
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Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
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The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
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By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
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Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
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The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
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To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
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The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

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