You thought you knew everything.....

[T-Greg]

(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) Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

(6) The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

(7) The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

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

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

(10) Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

(11) Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!

(12) The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first "Marlboro Man."

(13) Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE!

(14) PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!

(15) The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

(16) It is possible to lead a cow upstairs... but, not downstairs.

(17) A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

(18) 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!)

(19) And the best for last..... Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

[y2k3Joker]

Thanks to you, I'll be trying to prove this one wrong all afternoon


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

[jasimon1]

(17) A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

(18) 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!)


Mythbusters proved both of these incorrect.

[T-Greg]

Originally Posted by y2k3Joker

Thanks to you, I'll be trying to prove this one wrong all afternoon


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

I tried that one too. Here's why it won't work, no matter how large a piece of paper you use. Everytime you fold it, a certain percentage of the paper gets folded....bigger paper...same percentage gets used up (see below) ....stop driving yourself nuts...it won't work!

1st fold- 50% of original paper left
2nd fold- 25% left
3rd fold - 12.5%
4th fold-6.25%
5th fold-3.125 %
6th fold-1.56%
7th fold-.78%

That means after your 7th fold, you have less than 1% of the original paper left and you are trying to fold it over more than 99% of the original paper, which is in a square less than an inch in diameter.

[jennymcc]

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

um....that we're always right?

(14) PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!

...learned that one from John Steed and Emma Peel.